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Hipsters vs. Hasidim: Kill Them All, Let God Sort 'em Out
After decades of fawning on those sweet, romantic Ostjuden, the hipsters of Billyburg are once again forced to realize that these deodorant-challenged rabble are simply Judaic White Trash parasites with a thick, sticky coating of privilege.
Judaics re-enact a scene from the conclusion of Dune on the streets of the hippest part of the ...
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I keep thinking about the anonymous young man who jumps out the window and runs off into the night at the end of Bob Dylan's "Must Be Santa" video, directed by Nash Edgerton.
If you've not seen Bob Dylan's horrifying "Beyond Here Lies Nothing" video, also directed by Nash Edgerton, I don't recommend it. I repeat. I don't recommend it.
However, it did ...
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... it.
My father turned to the Rebbe and said that for different reasons, we had lived among the Satmar Hasidim and their fellow travellers for many years. There, we frequently hear complaints about the views ... gaze, and said: "One concludes with a blessing. As it is known, it is customary among Hasidim to celebrate the fifth day of Hanukkah with festivities. What is the reason? Since the fifth ...
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... it.
My father turned to the Rebbe and said that for different reasons, we had lived among the Satmar Hasidim and their fellow travellers for many years. There, we frequently hear complaints about the views ... gaze, and said: "One concludes with a blessing. As it is known, it is customary among Hasidim to celebrate the fifth day of Hanukkah with festivities. What is the reason? Since the fifth ...
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... not get stared at by everyone on the street for the way I look. Or, at least, that the staring is divided up between me and all the fake Hasidim.
We are told to wait. I know about this part because everyone’s told me ... my shoulder and started steering me down the street. He grouped me with two other Hasidim (the real ones, that is) and told us, when they called action, we were supposed to ...
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... safety hazard for children going to and from school. Granted, Hasidim have more children than most New Yorkers, and they go to school earlier and come home ... block or two west of Bedford, is a case in point. Hasidim claim that a dedicated bike lane exists ... issue at the climate conference.
He reports that quite a number of Hasidim actually want the bike lane, but they won't appear on camera or give ...
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... understand and I hope you're all not disappointed in me - please try to understand. When I see the Hasidim protest who I am, I am not filled with hate or even resentment.
I don ... as a substitute for the embrace I wanted to give him but couldn't, because there were other Hasidim glaring at us from a distance.
And then as the rest came up to us, he read to me Vayikra 18 from ...
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... housing shortage. In 2002, there were about 4,200 Hasidim in the neighbourhood; today there are more than 6,000. Rising ... moved west. But it wouldn’t be a good thing if the Hasidim leave.
First of all, a Hasidic exodus would be a disaster for the neighbourhood ... Hasidic community.
Then there’s the question of streetlife. If the Hasidim left, Mile End and Outremont be far less lively ...
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... quite a bit of thought to the question of what liberal Jews can learn from Hasidim. I have done this while trying (in my Yiddish writing) to defend liberal Jewish ideology to Hasidim.
Wouldn ... , when do we start reaching in? What is it, after all, we want to preserve?
This is the most important lesson the Hasidim can teach us, even if we are unwilling or unable to build walls. Their way of life ...
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... Brooklyn for her doctoral dissertation in sociology, she was surprised to be covertly introduced to Hasidim unhappy with their highly restrictive way of life and sometimes desperately struggling to escape it. Unchosen tells the stories of these â??rebelâ? Hasidim, serious questioners who long for greater personal and intellectual freedom than their communities ...
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... of Israel didn't obliterate the fantasy of return.
You know the Hasidim, the ultra-Orthodox Jews? They don't believe in the state of ... He urged them to move to Israel.: Rabbi Schneerson?: The Hasidim have bought up half the real estate in Jerusalem. ... .: Years ago they didn't believe in Israel. There are two factions of Hasidim. The Lubavitchers and the Satmarers. One believes in Israel, ...
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... the current rate.
Can you think of a good reason?
I can't.
Yet, this is what the Hasidim who make up the majority of the East Ramapo School Board ... you watch the video of the meeting, its clear as day the Hasidim are scamming. They insisted on having the vote that night (see part 4 ... the money to pay the new, higher fees, the leader of the Hasidim refused to provide a straight answer.
Source: ...
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... unauthorized painting on New York City property is unlawful, but that is overlooked because it’s committed against the terrible Hasidim.”
Nebach…such victims. Such a persecuted people.
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Also, please read the Daily News editorial.
The Hasidim who pressured an election-time City Hall into sandblasting this supposed “safety and ...
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... cyclists. But the rabbis don't want a visual reminder that there are other people in the neighborhood besides the Hasidim.
"One woman asked me if she should go topless and I told her no, ... club has hundreds of bikes for local residents to borrow.
But the issue for the Satmar Hasidim is really about isolationism. They resent the gentrification by young hipsters, and the fight against the ...
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... Throne of Holiness, the Shekinah dwells in them, and all holiness descends upon themâ€.*
*Midrash Pinhas, pp. 43-44 (A), cited in The Hasidic Anthology: Tales and Teachings of the Hasidim, by Louis I. Newman, p. 499. Reprinted with permission of Ann Newman (B)
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