richards | July 10, 2015
Unite the Beards is a new and remarkably nave organization that wants to bring hipsters and Hasidic Jews together. Theyre based here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where the Hasidic community has made it very clear they hate hipsters way more than everybody else does.
richards | July 10, 2015
Judge orders custody switch, citing concerns that the mother's influence might jeopardize the children's religious upbringing. A 32-year-old mother from Monsey, N.Y., has lost custody of her children due largely to what a judge described as the mothers inadequate religious observance
richards | June 17, 2015
In June 2008, exactly three years after I got married, I decided to get a divorce. I didn't fall out of love with my wife. In fact, I never fell in love with her in the first place
richards | April 14, 2015
The Hasidic philosopher Martin Buber told the tale of a Jewish grandfather who was a master storyteller. Though limited physically, confined to his wheelchair, this did not constrict his mind or his imagination
richards | April 14, 2015
ALL WHO GO DO NOT RETURN By Shulem Deen. (Graywolf Press, 320 pages, $16.) In this painful and elegiac memoir, Shulem Deen, a former Skverer Hasidic Jew from New York City, eloquently describes his agonizing fall from faith and ascendant longing to live in a less insular world than the subculture he grew up in and in which he became a husband and father of five.
richards | April 2, 2015
Local historian explains origins of Satmar Hasidim & KJ, outlines conflicts between sect and broader community, long-term implications Published Apr 2, 2015 at 1:46 pm (Updated Apr 2, 2015) Photo illustration An example of high-density housing in the Village of Kiryas Joel. Photo by Abby Wolf Richard Hull, a professor at New York University as well as the historian for the Town of Warwick, described the history of Kiryas Joel during a lecture last month at Congregation Eitz Chaim in Monroe. The Kiryas Joel School.
richards | April 2, 2015
Associate Professor Lis Harris was a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1970 to 1995. In addition to innumerable articles, reviews and commentaries, she is the author of Holy Days: The World of a Hasidic Family, Rules of Engagement: Four American Marriages and Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings and the Corporate Squeeze. In 2014, Columbias Rare Book and Manuscript Library acquired her papers
richards | March 27, 2015
Riveting and Painful Memoir Offers an Unflinching Look at Hasidic Life Pearl Gabel Narrating the Unraveling: Shulem Deen grew up in Brooklyns Boro Park, the largest ultra-Orthodox community in America. All Who Go Do Not Return By Shulem Deen Graywolf Press, 288 pages, $16 Family and God are the essences of a Hasids life
richards | March 15, 2015
Synopsis | Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection Of My Hasidic Roots THE SYNOPSIS OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOK =--- Where to buy this book? ISBN: 9781439187012 Book Synopsis of Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic R..
richards | March 13, 2015
Hasidic Jews Etch A Sketch Hasidic Jews Etch A Sketch. By: Etch A Sketch By Khai Kid
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