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Opinion I read a secret transcript of Hasidic sex advice. I’ve read worse.
TV shows like ‘Unorthodox’ skewed my understanding of a real Hasidic wedding night
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Culture In Satmar Williamsburg, even the Legos wear yarmulkes
Frieda Vizel left the Satmar world at 25 — but she still visits twice a week to give tours of Hasidic Williamsburg
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Forverts in English The spa resort where European rebbes spent their summer vacations
Before World War I, the Marienbad resort had hotels for the rebbes, replete with glatt kosher restaurants and ritual baths
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125 greatest Jewish movie scenes Over beers, a Hasidic widower challenges our assumptions
In a key scene in 'Menashe,' the lead character and his Latino co-workers connect across cultures
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Opinion Hasidic boys like mine don’t receive the education they deserve
In a scathing report, the New York Supreme Court ordered the city and state to determine whether yeshivas are providing their students with an adequate academic education.
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Forverts in English Former rabbinical student recalls the moment his belief in the Lubavitcher Rebbe vanished
Yossi Newfield was a firm believer until a former teacher pointed out what Maimonides had written about the requirements for the messiah.
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Forverts in English My obsession with my Hasidic father’s handwritten letters
His letters were remarkably similar to those I wrote as a teen: petty gossip among friends, misunderstandings, pranks, but also deep friendship.
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News Yeshiva enrollment points to huge Hasidic growth outside New York City
Yeshiva enrollment in Rockland County grew more than 63% in the past decade, underscoring rapid Hasidic population growth in counties north of New York City where these families have increasingly settled in recent years. The data, gathered by the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council, also showed enrollment at Brooklyn schools ticking up a more modest…
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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