Five Hasidic Jews Arrested for Williamsburg Attack on Gay Man
richards | April 23, 2014
Taj Patterson after the attack. The NYPD has arrested five Hasidic men in connection with the beating of a gay black man in Williamsburg last December
Five Arrested in December Assault on Gay Brooklynite
richards | April 23, 2014
Those accused of beating fashion student Taj Patterson reportedly used antigay slurs, but they were not charged with a hate crime. Taj Patterson Five men were arrested today in connection with an assault on a gay black man in Brooklyn, N.Y., last December, the New York Daily News reports.
4 Hasidic Jews Busted in Beating of Gay Black Man in Brooklyn
richards | April 23, 2014
Victim Set Upon in Williamsburg in December By Josh Nathan-Kazis Published April 23, 2014. The New York Police Department has arrested four Hasidic men in the December beating of a black gay man in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, according to news reports
Former Hasidic Jews reveal hidden world — Russian subtitles – Video
richards | April 21, 2014
Former Hasidic Jews reveal hidden world -- Russian subtitles By: Catherine Gonzalez Gallego
Hasidic growth displaces 1000's of African/Black/Latino families in Spring Valley NY – Video
richards | April 19, 2014
Hasidic growth displaces 1000's of African/Black/Latino families in Spring Valley NY Jewish growth, Blacks sitting idle while all other races rise.
Bloomingburg eliminates building inspector job
richards | April 19, 2014
Village aims for more control of Lamm's projects Bloomingburg is replacing its building inspector with an engineering firm. This means it will have more control over the housing development being built by developer Shalom Lamm.JOHN DeSANTO / Times Herald-Record Published: 2:00 AM - 04/19/14 Last updated: 9:23 AM - 04/19/14 BLOOMINGBURG In its first move aimed at oversight of this village's controversial 396-home Hasidic development and its related projects, the new leadership of Bloomingburg eliminated the position of building inspector.
John Turturro and Woody Allen share the laughs
richards | April 18, 2014
It's a tantalizing combination of words Woody Allen is a pimp that seems custom-made for tabloid fodder. And while cheeky headline writers may still be inclined to exploit the phrase, actor and filmmaker John Turturro had more artistic intentions when he decided to cast the controversial comedian as an aging procurer in his "Fading Gigolo." Opening Friday in limited release, Turturro's film he wrote, directed and stars opposite Allen is one of the season's more unusual amalgams. A religious sex comedy?
John Turturro's Hasidic Rom-Com
richards | April 18, 2014
'Fading Gigolo' Demonstrates a Rare Feel for the Frum World Courtesy of Millennium Entertainment For His Eyes Only: John Turturro directs and plays the eponymous part in Fading Gigolo.
Hasidism – Jewish Virtual Library
richards | April 13, 2014
The Hasidic movement started in the 1700's (CE) in Eastern Europe in response to a void felt by many average observant Jews of the day. The founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (referred to as the "Besht," an acronym of his name) was a great scholar and mystic, devoted to both the revealed, outer aspect, and hidden, inner aspect of Torah
My Orthodox exodus: When I left my community, I discovered myself
richards | April 13, 2014
Until I was 25 years old, I believed that Passover was about liberation. I had left my Hasidic community three years earlier, and when I received my divorce judgment on the eve of Passover in 2012, I reflected on the irony of celebrating my freedom from an arranged marriage while celebrating the deliverance of the Jewish people
