Several year ago, still sporting payess and a more-or-less Chasidic appearance, I met a girl in Greenwich village who stopped me on McDougal Street to tell me, “I think Hasidic Jews are so fucking cool. Those curls …
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By Shulem Deen
June 18, 2010 / 7 comments
Several year ago, still sporting payess and a more-or-less Chasidic appearance, I met a girl in Greenwich village who stopped me on McDougal Street to tell me, “I think Hasidic Jews are so fucking cool. Those curls …
Tags: Around Town, Chulent, conforming, counter-culture, Elke Reva Sudin, film, Isaac Schonfeld, Levi Okunov, modernity, off the derech, parties, Y-Love, Yitz Jordan
Posted in Arts & Culture, Movies
I pedal slowly, on the lookout for my mark. I never know what she will look like. It is only by the kick in my belly that I know. I brake, then.
I’m damned if I do, and damned if I don’t. But I’m more damned if I don’t, so I will. I will talk about race. And racism. And how our frum world is afflicted by it, ingrained as it is …
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By Samuel Katz
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Wishing a happy Father’s Day to all the Unpious dads.
Jul 8, 2011 / 5 Comments
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