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Opinion Why Jewish Fundamentalism Is More Brazen Than Ever — and Not Just on the Plane
There’s a Hasidic man arguing with the gate agent at the Phoenix airport. He’s claiming that he can’t be seated next to a woman because of his religion – even though Hasidic men have sat next to women on airplanes and buses and in shared taxis for decades, until they gained enough political power in…
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Breaking News U.K. Launches Inquiry Into Belz Hasidic Female Driving Ban
(JTA) — The United Kingdom’s education secretary launched an inquiry and condemned a London-based Hasidic sect for its decision to bar women from driving. Nicky Morgan on Friday called the Belz rabbis’ driving ban, which included a stipulation that Belz schools expel students whose mothers drive them to school, “completely unacceptable in modern Britain,” according…
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Breaking News British Belz Hasidim Bar Women From Driving
The Hasidic Belz sect of Britain has barred women members from driving. A letter sent out last week by the sect’s rabbinic leaders said that allowing women to drive goes against “the traditional rules of modesty in our camp,” the Jewish Chronicle reported Thursday. The letter also said that as of August students would not…
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Culture Why Satmar Hasidim Are More Liberal Than Liberals
In the past few years I’ve been spending much of my time outside of New York, but now I’m here and I find that coming back is a bit challenging. When I’m in town I’m oblivious to the changes happening around me. Yes, I have eyes and I can see the changes but more often…
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Culture Growing Up Hasidic — and Racist
On April 22, 1987, my mother was rushed to Interfaith Medical Center, situated on the outskirts of Crown Heights in Brooklyn. My mother was new to this country, without anyone to guide her about things like where to give birth to her firstborn, me. She claims I was the only white baby in the nursery….
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Breaking News Hasid Sues Florida County for Ordering Him To Shave Beard, Ditch Kippah
A Hasidic Jewish employee in a Florida sheriff’s office is suing the department for religious discrimination. Benjamin Newmark filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Fort Myers on Monday alleging that he was penalized for observing his religion and retaliated against for filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The American…
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Life Playing Hasidic Woman in ‘Felix and Meira’ — Again
In the 2012 Israeli film “Fill the Void,” winsome actress Hadas Yaron played Shira Mendelman, a young Hasidic woman who (spoiler alert) marries her dead sister’s husband. Her portrayal of a religious girl in turmoil made such an impression on the international film community –– she took home the Volpi Award for Best Actress at…
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Breaking News Manhattan Synagogue Members Sue To Block $13M Building Sale
Members of a Manhattan synagogue are asking a judge to halt the sale of their building in a deal made without their knowledge. Worshippers at Sages of Israel, which is also a nursing home, claim that the board selling their Lower East Side Orthodox synagogue building for $13 million to a developer is not legitimate…
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