Hasidic Jew

Unorthodox? Try This: A Young Hasidic Wife Breaks With Her Tradition, Writes Tell-All Book

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.25.2012

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Jesse Kornbluth

"I had to believe everything I was taught, if only to survive," she writes. And what was she taught? In the slow-track classes for girls, nothing very academic, for a girl could realistically have no higher destiny than marriage at 17 and motherhood a year later.

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Hasidic Man Burns Neighbor For Not Praying Right

Reuters | Posted 04.08.2012

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By Aman Ali NEW CITY, NY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A Hasidic Jewish man from New York state pleaded guilty to assault on Tuesday for setting...

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Police Crime Reporting Scandal: Now the 66th Precinct?

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Len Levitt

Did Brooklyn police ignore a citizen's complaint about a flasher who ended up shooting four members of an Orthodox Jewish volunteer patrol?

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Circumcise Me: An Honest Portrayal of Conversion

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Groner

Campbell's play isn't solely about his Jewish identity; it's a retelling of the inner struggles that prompted him to go searching and a hilarious recollection of the obstacles he endured while trying to find himself.

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Ex-Hasid Pokes Holes in Holy Rollers

Jessica Pilot | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jessica Pilot

"People trust Hasids... I know how this works... In the five years that I studied Yeshiva in London, I was never asked by customs to open my bags," says Luzer Twersky.

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Spring Valley, 1/3 Haitian, Helps With Earthquake Relief

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — At a money-transfer booth tucked into a dusty TV repair shop, Haitians carrying thin envelopes of $5 and $10 bills clamore...

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Hipsters vs. Hasids: The Battle Over Brooklyn's Bike Lanes

Posted 05.25.2011

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The war over Williamsburg has taken yet another turn. In response to last week's removal of bike lanes in the traditionally Hasidic neighborhood in...

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What Hipsters Can Learn From Hasids About the Bedford Bike Lane

Nathan Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathan Schneider

If bikers had been more courteous on Bedford, there might still be a lane there. The Hasidim probably wouldn't like it at first, but they'd at least tolerate us.

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Brooklyn Hasidic Man Mugged For His $1,200 Fur Hat!

brooklynpaper.com | Sabrina Jaszi | Posted 05.25.2011

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A thief stole the fancy holiday hat off a Hasidic man's head on Oct. 2....

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Naked Bike Protesters Get Cold Feet In Ongoing Hipster, Hasidic Jew Battle

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Bicyclists who planned to go topless to protest the removal of a Brooklyn bike lane switched gears Saturday, pinning plastic breasts ...

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An Interview with Matisyahu, Plus Barbra Streisand and Brian Setzer Updates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Matisyahu's latest album, Light showcases his young, old soul, further exploring musical territories of both the secular and sacred.

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