I arrived in Crown Heights at 11:30pm last night, jacked up on an almond snickers bar and some mountain dew I thanked the Lord for convincing me to take a nap earlier in the day so that I could have…
Tag: Charedim
Anti Indulgence Chassidim in Williamsburg ban Choice!!!
I have always had some existential angst when it came to the whole concept of choice. All those theories about freedom of choice and God knowing all drive me so crazy that I choose to just ignore everything and go…
The problem with using chickens for kapparos
Taken from the “chumra of the week” Facebook club. Not sure who exactly wrote it- but its amazing I don’t hold by kaparot/ss with chickens COW (chumra of the week) members have truly been blessed with an opportunity to differentiate…
Charedim in Israel Ban Tzipi Livni
If they could I am sure they would- but blotting out her face and not mentioning her name is the next best thing. I wonder if the name Tzipi will be banned? So I wonder what is going to happen…
Thoughts on the Twerski controversey
I have received several emails asking me what my thoughts are on the whole Twerski fiasco For those of you who do not read the NY Post or VIN, Dov Hikind has decided to try and combat this whole child…
Chassidim in Willaimsburg say bike lanes are not tznius!!!
When the bans and chumras start affecting me they have gone too far. While reading Vos Iz Neias this morning I cam across an article on this issue and I am in pain. Because now they are starting to ban…
Jewish Music Hechsher: What exactly is Jewish music?
For all you people with ADD: The first half of this post is serious, second half is hilarious. So the Charedim in Israel have done it again, for those of you who have been wondering when the next crazy ban…
Should there be a dress code at the Kotel?
So I snapped the following picture at the kotel and it made a ruckus on my Facebook album of Israel pictures (I intend to make a flickr account one of these days) the picture was meant to show a dude…
How frummies utilize the brims of their black hats
For some reason I got in a mood to write classic frum satire stuff this week. Apparently there is a crisis within the shidduch crisis that many of us are not aware of, I was speaking to a girl who…
Do chassidim really do things backward?
My faucets in my house are backwards, they are all switched from the normal sides of hot and cold and they turn the opposite way- it makes for a confusing time when washing my hands, washing the dishes and taking…
Defending the Charedim
So this past week between jobs I took my old summer job of inspecting camps for the State of NY back for a week or so. It was fun because as always it provides a rare seen glimpse and up…