admin | April 19, 2020
On the first day of Passover, a group of police officers found a small synagogue in the Hasidic hub of Monsey, in Rockland County, N.Y., where about 50 men had gathered to pray. They broke up the service, issuing eight summonses. When Ed Day, Rocklands county executive since 2014, posted about the incident on Facebook, he got nearly 100 comments
admin | April 19, 2020
There is one indelible scene in Unorthodox that will stick in your memory long after youve finished watching the four-part miniseries. Esty, a 19-year-old Hasidic Jew, has escaped from the constrictions of married life and her ultra-conservative community in Williamsburg and fled to Berlin. There she befriends some music students
admin | April 19, 2020
Unorthodox might be one the best miniseries that Netflix has ever produced.
admin | April 19, 2020
CORRECTION: This story was updated at 5:18 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2020, to state that the Loceys are Messianic Jews. A previous version incorrectly stated Hasidic Jews
admin | April 19, 2020
- Advertisement - Unorthodox is a Netflix drama show that came out on Mar. 26 of this year
admin | April 15, 2020
Though I am not entirely sure why, people seem just plain fascinated by the (supposedly) cloistered communities of black clad Jews who briskly swarm -- entourage and side curls in tow -- through the streets of Brooklyn, the Diamond District and Old Jerusalem.
admin | April 15, 2020
From Thursday's N.Y.
admin | April 15, 2020
CHESTNUT RIDGEChaim Rosehas been appointed to the Board of Trustees, becoming the first Hasidic Jewish residentto serve on the governing body since the village formed in 1986. Rose's appointment March 26by Mayor Rosario Presti reflects the growing Orthodox Jewish influence in the Ramapo village and comes more than a year after the board adopted a zoning law permitting houses of worship in residential areas. The law has drawn three pendinglawsuits.
admin | April 15, 2020
Netflixs champion series Tiger King has undoubtedly nestled itself into the collective cultural memory of quarantine. Its sensationalism attracted 34 million viewers within 10 days of its release, entertaining and distracting us from our crisis. Another recent Netflix release, Unorthodox, deserves just as much attention as Tiger King receives
admin | April 13, 2020
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, who inherited the leadership of the Novominsker Hasidic dynasty that was founded in Poland by his grandfather and transplanted to Brooklyn a century ago, died on Tuesday at his home in the Borough Park section.
Proudly Powered by WordPress | Theme by The Cloisters | Entries RSS Comments RSS
