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Category Archives: Hasidim
Ex-Hasid: ‘For most of my life, I believed that all non-Jews hate us and want to kill us’
The stronger your in-group identity, the more likely you are to have negative feelings about outsiders. REPORT: When I went on dates, I had nothing in common with the women. I knew nothing about their culture, and they knew nothing … Continue reading
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Confessions Of A Hasidic New York Landlord
He tells nymag.com: “If there’s a black tenant in the house—in every building we have, I put in white tenants. They want to know if black people are going to be living there. So sometimes we have ten apartments and … Continue reading
Great News For Hasidim
REPORT: The Social Security Administration (SSA) approved disability benefits for hundreds of Puerto Ricans because they do not speak English, despite the fact that Puerto Rico is a predominantly Spanish-speaking territory. According to a new audit by the Office of … Continue reading
Is This New Book Good For The Jews?
Heeb magazine writes: There’s an old joke about two Jews stuck on a desert island. They had three synagogues. One that the first Jew attended, one that the second Jew attended, and the one neither would set foot in even … Continue reading
If There’s No Opposition, There’s No Holiness
A Hasidic rebbe instructed his students to abandon a project (building a mikveh) part-way because there was no opposition. “If there is no opposition,” said the rebbe, “there is no holiness. If you desire to sin, the world gives you … Continue reading
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