How Andrew Yang Won Over Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn – News Nation USA
admin | May 23, 2021
We shouldnt interfere with their religious and parental choice as long as the outcomes are good, he told The Forward, a Jewish publication, in February.
Meet the sociologist who left his Chabad community and wrote a pathbreaking study of ex-Hasidim – Forward
admin | May 14, 2021
Read this article in Yiddish When Schneur Zalman Newfield studied at Chabad yeshivas, everyone thought he was a pious young man who had little knowledge of the outside world. They couldnt have imagined that Newfield had secretly assembled a stash of contraband books - modern Yiddish literature, science and history texts and even Russian novels - which he feared would lead to his expulsion. The scenario might sound like something youd read in the memoirs of a Jewish intellectual raised before the Russian revolution.
A Hasidic singer, a dozen boys and teens, a father of 11: All 45 Meron victims – The Times of Israel
admin | May 8, 2021
The identification of all 45 victims from the Mount Meron tragedy has been completed, Israels Abu Kabir Forensic Institute said Sunday morning. The victims, all male, included brothers, children as young as 9, young fathers, and rabbis.
The TikTok exec looking to spread Hasidic values – Jewish Insider
admin | May 7, 2021
When Michal Oshman walked into Facebooks London offices on her first day of work at the social media giant, she encountered a question emblazoned on the wall at the entrance: What would you do if you werent afraid? The question struck a deep chord with Oshman, 45, who felt that she had lived much of her life controlled by deep-seated fears and anxieties.
Attorney general settles housing bias claims against Town of Chester over 431-home project – Times Herald-Record
admin | May 7, 2021
CHESTER A federal judge approved an agreement on Friday between the state Attorney General's Office and Town of Chester that resolves another piece of the 2019 discrimination lawsuit by the developers of the 431-home Greens at Chester project. The developers, who claimed the town obstructed their fully approved plans to try to prevent an influx of Hasidic families, already settled their case against the town in February and have been building homes since last year, with 22 now under construction. But still pending before U.S.
Lag BaOmer pilgrimage brings Orthodox Jews closer to eternity I experienced this spiritual bonding in years before the tragedy – Jacksonville…
admin | May 7, 2021
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel attracts as many as half a million visitors every year.
‘His voice was the sound of music:’ An American Hasid lost on Mt. Meron – Forward
admin | May 7, 2021
Rabbi Shragi Gestetner was born to make music.
Three men from Rockland and Kiryas Joel died in Israel disaster that claimed 45 lives – Times Herald-Record
admin | May 7, 2021
Aron Wieder talks about Israel stampede deaths Aron Wieder talks about Israel stampede deaths Peter Carr, Times Herald-Record Two men from Rockland County and one from Kiryas Joel were among at least 45 people crushed or trampled to death early Friday while leavingan annual religious gathering in Israel. The victims included ShragyGestetner, a 33-year-old father of five from Airmont who was a Skverer Hasidic rabbinical scholar and singer who used to perform at large events
Those medical dramas with the terrible stereotypes about Orthodox Jews – The Times of Israel
admin | March 7, 2021
A version of this essay originally appeared on Alma, 70 Faces Medias feminist Jewish culture site. On Wednesday, the Jewish internet was shocked by a scene from the TV medical drama Nurses. The shocking part should be that a clip from a subpar Canadian medical drama only airing on NBC because of a COVID-induced lack of programming managed to go semiviral.
Frontier Airlines accused of anti-Semitism after canceling flight over mask controversy – USA TODAY
admin | March 3, 2021
As the U.S. surpassed 220,000 COVID-19 deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance about wearing masks while traveling
