New Torah Ceremony in Williamsburg
An Inauguration of a Torah Ceremony on the street after our tour....
31
Jan
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29
Jan
23
Jan
The people who police others have templates
A template for sending friends, neighbors, relatives anonymous "notices" about modesty infractions....
10
Jan
06
Jan
Night of fiery speeches!
Street posters 2019: an invitation to a major anti-technology event (for men only)...
04
Jan
I don’t own many $60 book: Historical Atlas of Hasidism
A new fantastic atlas of Hasidic history by Marcin Wodzinski...
30
Dec
For Jewish history nerds: the AJS new podcast
A new podcast on Jewish history has a pilot episode about food. The Jewish "Appetizers" specifically!...
27
Dec
Kosher cameras, mp3s, gameboys, ipods, etc.
The Hasidic community does not reject technology but rather adopts it with modifications....
25
Dec
Streetsigns: more wars on phones.
Street signs 2019: a new set of posters with smart phone warnings. This one seems to be driven by economic incentives...
17
Dec
Chanukah 2018 in Hasidic Williamsburg
This was or first ever food tour on Chanukah and we had a wonderful time! We learned how to play dreidle and we tasted various of the newest iterations of donuts. The dairy donuts are now all the rage, and...
15
Dec
Street posters fall 2018: the draft in Israel
Street posters 2018: a protest against the draft in Israel makes an analogy to the holocaust....
Apocryphal stories beyond Hasidic rabbis
A very nice Hasidic gentleman who works at one of the delis I take my tours to, told us a story today. He offered the story to me and some of my tourists just as we were wrapping up and...
