“Another battle was been lost in the Great Hipster-Hasidic Wars of Williamsburg following reports that hipsters have been detained. The two bike lane vigilantes shown in a video repainting a Bloomberg-blasted bike lane were arrested, handcuffs and all, after turning themselves in to detectives yesterday evening. Quinn Hechtropf, 26, and Katherine Piccochi, 24, were charged […]
“In 2005, the mayor got four out of five votes cast in the Hasidic sections of Crown Heights, Borough Park and Williamsburg. He carried those same areas this time, but with considerably less support, according to an analysis. ” more@NYTimes.com
“Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against the Israeli government outside of the UN Headquarters in New York September 22, 2009. ” DayLife.com
The Vishnitz Hasidim are preparing for an influx of the sect’s followers from Israel and abroad ahead of the High Holy Days by building a 3,000-square-meter tent in a vacant lot in Bnei Brak. This year, the Vishnitz Hasidim will temporarily leave their center in Bnei Brak’s Kiryat Vishnitz neighborhood and move to the tent […]
“New York state has provided New Square with $1.6 million toward the construction of a massive poultry processing plant in the village, next door to New Hempstead. The state money was part of $153.6 million in “Restore New York” grants announced yesterday by Gov. David Paterson and Denis Mullen, the CEO and chairman of the […]
Hasidic Judaism summons images of wide-brim black hats, curling side-locks called payots and Polish noblemen. Of stern veneers and high-minded, ritualistic devotion to religious study. It probably doesn’t conjure up the Kolakowski household in the near West End.There are signs of a strict Hasidic lifestyle, albeit a cluttered one: religious texts piled high on the […]
“For whatever reason, the centennial’s organizers missed the fact that Tel Aviv was the preferred place of residence for senior Hasidic rabbis and their followers; they created a world whose size and quality easily compared to the communities of Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.From the early 1930s to the 1970s, more than 20 […]
“One of the pillars of chasidic thought is the idea that people can comprehend God better through their actions - specifically, by performing mitzvos (sacred deeds) - than by meditation. This concept is the basis for the beliefs and observances of Chasidism, founded by the Ba’al Shem Tov in the eighteenth century. Rabbi Noson Gurary […]
“Based on interviews and oral histories, this collection of 89 stories is the first anthology of Hasidic stories about the Holocaust, and the first ever in which women play a large role.” more@GoogleBooks
Photo: Zalmen Rosen holds a live carp at the New Square Fish Market. The fish are popular at the market, especially at Passover, when they are used for gefilte fish. New Square Fish Market delivers fish all over Rockland. (Peter Carr/The Journal News)
“In the old days, Rosen affirms, things happened. Tricks were used. “They used […]
The 21st of Adar draws many thousands of visitors to the town of Lizensk, Poland, in honor of the yahrzeit of the holy tzaddik, the Noam Elimelech. Every year the number of people who visit Lizensk grows, along with the demand for food and lodgings. Hachnosas Orchim of Reb Elimelech is an organization that supplies […]
