While the Satmars of Williamsburg are trying to shield their helige eynaim against the filth perpetrated against them by Satan hipsters and their skinny jeans, the Skvere Chassidim in New Square New York enjoy an idylic life of holiness uninterrupted…
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Chassidic swimsuit issue
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Why I believe Deborah Feldman
Why I believe Deborah Feldman Guest post By David Lerner Part 1: Concepts of print & Murder, she wrote. “Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. It is the peculiar snare of the perplexed orthodox,” – H.G. Wells in The…
I was a Chassidic Jew – but I broke free!
By now, unless you’re living under a rock you’ve probably seen the NY Post interview with a young Satmar woman telling her story about growing up and then leaving the path. The article is a good glimpse into Satmar-Willi from…
Proposal to only rent to Jews in Crown Heights sounds like Nazi Germany
Crown Heights is on the road to becoming the next Williamsburg and it’s chassidic residents feel the need to fight back. A recent letter to the famous mud slinging chabad website called COL, blamed landlords for being too open with…
And you thought chabadnicks were the only one’s to worship their rebbe
I have a feeling that most of the hatred directed at chabad for their “rebbe worship” is because most other chassidic groups aren’t accessible to just any old shmo off the street. Not only are chabadnicks the “missionaries” of the…
Chabad may be Chassidic but it aint Chassidishe
When most people talk about chabad, they usually don’t get lumped in with chassidim, although this pisses off diehard chabadnicks, for the most part the stereotype is pretty true. Some of you may blame it on the fact that unlike…
Modesty sign in Williamsburg deemed immodest
The modesty sign on one of the doors of one of the biggest Jewish supermarkets in the Chassidic-Hipster community of Williamsburg has been deemed immodest by the vaad hatznius which patrols the neighborhood looking for anything that may be deemed…
Chassidim: The Taliban of the Jews!!!
The biggest problem I have with yesterday’s events is that I’m not surprised. I have watched over the years as the Chassidic movement has shrunk from it’s holy stature in my mind, to a bunch of zealots who place more…
10 perks of being in an arranged marriage
I always find it super cool when I realize that chassidim are reading my blog, I know they are because it’s quite rare for me to walk around Williamsburg or New Square without being recognized, but I don’t think I…
Words cannot describe this
Thanks goes to Jack for sending this hilarious shot! I have decided to take it down because none of my chassidic rebel sources can confirm that the person is off the derech and out of the closet or just seriously…
Why do Chassidic women shave their heads?
Whenever people begin to talk about hair covering post marriage, the conversation always ends up in chassidish territory and someone is always wondering why they shave their heads if they are covering them anyway. Interesting enough, no one ever wonders…
Study shows Haredi men to be in superior health
In a shocking new study, researchers have found that Haredi men tend to be in better shape than Modern Orthodox men. The study which was done over the past three years in Israel came to these conclusions last week as…
Why I think chassidim are cool
Just because we love to hate on Chassidim doesn’t mean there can’t be a little loving once in a while. It seems that most of the negativity many non-Chassidic orthodox Jews feel for Chassidim comes from the media itself and…
Frum looking man caught on tape dancing with girls at parade
I know we have to be dan lakav z’chus and make believe that this guy is not Jewish, but due to the fact that the West Indian Day Parade took place in Crown heights on Eastern Parkway, the chances of…
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…
Matisyahu is Modeling for Kenneth Cole!!!
This may be old news, but to me its funny and way cool. I personally love Matisyahu as a Jewish icon and his ability to make orthodoxy not seem all black and white. I understand that everyone has some sort…