From the comments on a Facebook invite for a traditional Friday night meal:
Host: “I need someone to help me with the zemiros.”
Token non-Jewish girl on the invite list: “What’s a zemiro?”
Overheard at Tu B’shvat meal:
Host is cutting open a purple-skinned fruit with black dots inside.
Chasidish bucher who just joined the party: “What’s that?!”
Host: “Dragonfruit.”
CB musing to himself: “As if a kiwi isn’t gay enough.”
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Author: Danny Saunders (3 Articles)
Danny Saunders grew up in Williamsburg in the 1940's as the son of a Rebbe--an American-style Rebbe, known as Reb Saunders, instead of Reb Yankele, or Reb Moishele, or Reb Itzikel. Which explains how a rebbish kind ends up at Hirsch college studying psychology. Danny is said to now hang around Borough Park where he styles himself a "family therapist" but spends most of his time downstairs at Shomrei Shabbos, and takes his meals at Masbia. He's also seen occasionally at the Millinery Synagogue on Thursday nights hogging the cholent.
Ex-Hasidic Mother Loses Custody of Children
By Shulem Deen
Judge orders custody switch, citing concerns that the mother’s influence might jeopardize the children’s religious upbringing.
Making Families a Priority
By Leah V.
Battling the ultra-Orthodox community’s efforts to separate OTD parents from their children.
A Raizel by Any Other Name
By Shulem Deen
“Sean?!” my mother asked. “That’s what you go by now?” Her disdain was obvious, but I needed a moniker that jibed with the ethnically neutral persona I now sought.
Dali’s Painting
Like a stadium wave, in a domino effect, the congregation rises. A messy instrumental cacophony fills the chapel.
Disturbed by the Bubble
By Samuel Katz
If x equals 2y, bubble. What is Maya Angelou referring to, bubble. If twenty men work at Acme how many women do, bubble. If I want to get to college there is one thing I need to do, bubble.
Occupy Rodney Street
By Samuel Katz
Every revolution needs a bus ride, and the Hasidic world has now had theirs. But can a revolution ever come to the Hasidic world?
An Interview With Chani Getter
From a young Hasidic girl in the Nikolsburg community in Monsey, to marriage at age 17, to a life-coach and rabbi-in-training, Chani Getter presents a portrait of fortitude and resilience.
Seedy Business
The thought of someone dying of cancer because of my masturbatory habits made me uneasy. Whoever it was, that poor person had no idea what hit him.
Tatte’s Secrets
Aug 26, 2011 / 2 Comments
The discovery of a ripped photograph in a family album raises the question: how much should parents keep from their children?
To Kvetch or Not To Kvetch
Sep 5, 2011 / 5 Comments
Reflections on FreiFem’s focus on negativity in the ultra-Orthodox community.
“Honey, I’m Gay.”
Jun 15, 2011 / 7 Comments
Can love survive if a marriage doesn’t?
Damn, now I cannot use cb anymore…
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