03 Apr Hasidic Yiddish Expressions Wordlist
A precious collection of mine...
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10 Jun My Hasidic Education
Resources and past posts on the topic of my Hasidic...
03 Apr My Interview with Sara Braun, who joined the Hasidic community
This is an interview I did for my youtube channel...
15 Feb Pearl on head shaving and her son who left
A very special conversation continued....
25 Dec Chanukah night in Williamsburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0petvgeUCE In my newest video, I'll take you into Williamsburg during...
21 Nov My final high holiday video: the Satmar Bagleiten
Episode 6 wraps up the holidays and ushers in the...
11 Nov A visit with a Hasidic family for Sukkos
For episode 5, I join a chol hamoed meal...
07 Nov This Election Day, Hasidim are voting on education
NY has a big gubernatorial race...
28 Oct Chol Hamoed scenes of rides and concerts
Episode 4 is a visit during chol hamoed...
16 Oct Williamsburg on the eve of Sukkos; a lively market and more
Video 3 in my high holiday series...
08 Oct A look at Williamsburg’s kapores (chicken ritual) scene
Video 2 in my high holiday series...
05 Oct Video series: High Holidays in the streets of Jewish Brooklyn
Join me for the lively street scenes...
28 Sep The Hasidic Economy: an overview
Beyond the myths; a more complex story....
13 Sep Thoughts on the NYT exposé on Hasidic education
Can the government force change?...
06 Sep The Hasidic shtern; a special art style
A very different kind of Jewish star...
28 Aug My video with Pearl, Part 2
On the role of woman, insularity, Satmar rebbe, and more....
21 Jul Street poster: “Satmar’s economy is thriving”
The paradox of a community without college education...
17 Jul Street poster: working girls and selling kidneys
Both are equally bad....
19 Jun I attended one of Williamsburg’s many “mighty carnivals!”
We got unsalted popcorn for fifty cents!...
15 Jun 50 years ago in Williamsburg – Nathan Benn’s photography
Shot for the National Geographic in 1972 & 1973...
07 Jun In conversation with Gerry Albarelli, former Hasidic boys’ English teacher
A former Hasidic boys' English teacher on his experience...
18 May A walk through Williamsburg with Phillip Lopate
The celebrated writer grew up in Williamsburg...
11 May Book review: Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhoods
a special book, with an essay from my blog!...
28 Apr Purim 2022 in Hasidic Williamsburg
Costumes, music, drinking - quite the festival!...
19 Apr How to open a box of matzohs, the proper way
A classic children's game with a Passover twist...
08 Apr Street poster: Convert Ukrainian refugees to Hasidism?
The Hasidic community has deep historic roots in Ukraine. The...
06 Apr Satmar Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum’s fierce anti-lockdown speech
A March 2020 speech against shutting down the community....
27 Mar Transcript of a Hasidic groom’s wedding lesson
The birds, the bees, and many many compliments...
23 Mar Frieda Vizel and Izzy Posen talk: OTD-Haredi relations
An upcoming Zoom event ...
22 Mar My top picks of Hasidic pastries
Tasting and recommending - delicious stuff!...
20 Mar Building series: A new interactive map-tour of Brooklyn’s Bais Yaakov history
An interactive tour of the birth of Bais Yaakov in...
14 Mar Hasidic tech college
So modern, the model wears an Apple watch...
09 Mar Street poster: smash-your-smartphone festival
Bring drills, hammers and bottles of wine....
06 Mar Street poster: laws of neighbors
Is it ever okay to report a Hasidic neighbor to...
17 Feb What is kosher technology?
A video exploring kosher tech....
10 Feb More anti-smartphone collector’s cards
Cards with masks, guilt trips and Abbey Road...
02 Feb Interview with Harry Weiss, former Williamsburg resident
Another video in my conversation series...
30 Jan If there is a chart, it’s science!
Even Hasidic zealots have info-graphics ...
27 Jan Unboxing the children’s gift set ‘Shabbes’dig’
A video post examining a Hasidic musical/artistic product...
23 Jan “Jellies for dads,” or an ad for pot?
More in the saga of pot in the Hasidic community...
20 Jan Anatomy of the Hasidic Yiddish newspaper
Unpacking how news is censored and relayed in the Hasidic...
16 Jan Street poster: a kosher vaccine?
Not a typical vaccine either....
12 Jan With Elena Solomon: on shpanyer arbet, a special part of Hasidic garment art
A look at the art on men's atarah...
07 Jan Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 2
Women’s clothing are extremely influenced by mid-century western styles...
05 Jan Looking at old Bais Yaakov Williamsburg yearbooks with Naomi Seidman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnIyJzbSehY Today I am sharing a YouTube conversation with Naomi Seidman,...
02 Jan Marijuana use among the Hasidim in Brooklyn
Contextualizing a street poster....
29 Dec The Hasidic local economy
Filmed in Williamsburg. How Hasidim earn a living; part of...
19 Dec How to have a great relationship
A pamphlet with quaint bit of relationship advice...
12 Dec Survey in Der Yid Daily: are you afraid of omicron?
11.8% report being worried...
10 Dec Street poster: an alarm that rings if you pull out a smartphone
Notice warns of a new technology that embarrasses smartphone users...
08 Dec In conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch, co-author of ‘A Fortress in Brooklyn’
https://youtu.be/Y-7QlD92o6k I had the great pleasure to talk in a zoom...
04 Dec The forbidden women’s music academy
A new saga in Williamsburg's gender and piety landscape...
30 Nov Kvitlach: a Chanukah card game
A gambling card game that's a staple in the Chanukah...
28 Nov Recipe: sweet cheese latkes for Chanukah
Like pancakes, but much richer...
23 Nov The Christmasification of Chanukah
A video post...
18 Nov Street poster: Uber without a smartphone
If you follow my work, you might know that I'm...
10 Nov Street poster: anti-vaccine messaging
On my tours, you don’t need a mask or a...
05 Nov The immodest marathon returns to the enclave of piety
Runners refer to it as the quiet mile....
24 Oct Kids’ collectors’ cards: gefilte fish anime
Collectible cards, as in, the kind of sets like baseball...
22 Oct Fashions of the shtreimel
The shtreimel is the Hasidic hat that married men wear...
17 Oct Irreverent Yiddish song: ‘I Want To Be A Rebbe’
https://youtu.be/TyjKCTZIbEk Here is a song that I love because it's irreverent...
11 Oct Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 1
As I've spent years exploring the story of Williamsburg, I’ve...
17 Sep Building series: Hasidic architecture and family-size balconies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrEtQxMBFY One of the many interesting things in Hasidic Williamsburg is...
15 Sep Emergency party!
Have you ever been invited to an emergency party? The other...
11 Sep Interview with Gerald Friedman
A conversation with a diner at Gottlieb's deli, former WB...
05 Sep Honey cookie recipe
It’s the season of the Jewish new year again, so...
03 Sep The Kosherinator
A cartoon lesson in how Hasidim modernize....
29 Aug Returning from the afterlife to battle the turban
The above document is an extraordinary case of superstition that...
19 Aug Street Poster: buildings for “gentiles of the lowest sort”
How Hasidim afford to live in Williamsburg...
16 Aug State-of-the-art tech: kosher phone vending machine
Flip phones get fancier yet....
08 Aug Censoring lady position available
Black crayon and ubiquitous censorship ...
02 Aug Street poster: blaming illness on immodesty
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Analysis of how faiths link tragedy to what people wear...
29 Jul Hasidic underground during lockdown
Methods of subversion....
06 Apr Book review: ‘Worlds Apart’ by Sudy Rosengarten
Some notes from a small book of memories of early...
23 Feb Candy Land and Monopoly, Hasidic versions
Hasidic versions of board game classics...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #6: games
Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #5: audio/visual
Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #4: Hasidic internet
Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #3: news, leaflets and mags
Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #2: children’s books
Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #1: novels for grownups
Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
09 Nov Sharing a glimpse into the city during Covid
A walk in Boro Park ...
01 Oct Covid test? only if you’re 100% healthy!
Outsmarting the numbers...
24 Sep Censoring the Bible and God
When even God doesn't make the cut...
14 Sep Hasidic schoolwork—censored!
Can you guess what's been omitted from these passages?...
02 Sep Hasidic Satmar creative writing
On discovering an old notebook...
26 Aug Building series: the Church that shrank
The story of one church's transformation...
21 Aug A Williamsburg architecture brush-up
Finding Treasures in an Online Photo Database from the 1940s...
29 Jul It’s the foxy season
Foxies, Doopers, Chupps--What's in a name?...
24 Jul Masks and modest clothing
If you had been brought up in the Hasidic community,...
04 Jun Building series: the odd-looking police booth
Abandoned police booth an artifact of a different Williamsburg...
27 May The pandemic and persecution complex: a new Forward article
A new article on the persecution complex and COVID-19...
18 May What’s a kosher phone? Part 2
A deeper dive into the world of kosher phones...
18 Mar Hasidic kids learn an incoherent world history
Into the world of coloring books and car phones...
11 Mar Book review: ‘On Division’ by Goldie Goldbloom
Lack of nuance and research paint a flat, inaccurate picture...
07 Feb Why you should visit the Hasidic community in February
Fruits and nuts rejoice...
15 Jan A reply to Hasidic men
What about Hasidic women?...
12 Jan Parallel cultures
An unexpected East Asian Connection...
11 Dec Book review: ‘Becoming Eve’ by Abby Stein
Thoughts on the newest ex-Hasidic memoir...
06 Dec The Titanic: here vs. there
How different societies make meaning of historic events...
27 Jun My Hasidic report card versus My son’s public school version
School's out. It's time to look at report cards...
20 Jun From the Hasidic economy to the global economy, with Footsteps in the middle
The organization that is supposed to serve as lifeline serves...
07 Jun Tour-guide diary: a scary Hasidic man causes trouble
Not everyone is welcoming....
27 May Building series: Satmar’s eyesore on 540 Bedford Avenue
It's now one of NYC's longest standing incomplete projects...
24 May RESOURCES ON HASIDISM
A summary of resources on Hasidic life...
24 May A naked playboy model in Hasidic Williamsburg
DISCLAIMER: This post contains R-rated content. This happened in Hasidic Williamsburg: Playboy model Marisa Papen traipsed through the neighborhood, in the heart of its busiest areas, in the nude. For a photo shoot. There are a bunch of pictures on her website of this orchestrated photoshoot stroll. There's also footage of a confrontation with some Hasidic men and the cops. https://youtu.be/8IVsOJPVrm4
15 May A kids’ card collection: anti-smartphone edition
The pictures on these anti-smartphone cards are something else....
10 May Measles, anti-vaxxers, and the Hasidic community
Answers to a whole bunch of questions I keep getting...
11 Apr Still trying to make sense of the Hasidic anti-vaxxers
While the few anti-vaxxers are extremely frustrating, the problem seems...
03 Apr I found this pro-vaccine Hasidic book
It's the official, authoritative Hasidic position on vaccines....
31 Jan New Torah ceremony in Williamsburg
An Inauguration of a Torah Ceremony on the street after...
29 Jan Street poster: airline miles donation
Street poster 2019: airline miles as a charity donation...
23 Jan The people who police others have templates
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A template for sending friends, neighbors, relatives anonymous "notices" about...
06 Jan Street posters: fighting back to preserve Hasidic education
Street posters 2019: an invitation to a major anti-technology event...
30 Dec A new podcast and Flaum’s Deli
A new podcast on Jewish history has a pilot episode...
27 Dec Kosher cameras, mp3s, gameboys, ipods, etc.
The Hasidic community does not reject technology but rather adopts...
25 Dec Street posters: more wars on phones.
Street signs warning of the dangers of flip phones...
17 Dec Chanukah 2018 in Hasidic Williamsburg
This was or first ever food tour on Chanukah and...
15 Dec Street posters fall 2018: the draft in Israel
Street posters 2018: a protest against the draft in Israel...
08 Nov What’s a kosher phone?
Kosher phones is one of many ways Hasidim navigate their...
06 Nov How the Hasidic Community votes
The best way to describe how the Hasidic community votes...
27 Sep Street posters: a study session on genetic ethics
Using dna to determine the supremacy of a fruit....
22 Sep Kavanaugh allegations and Hasidic censorship
Last Friday, I stopped into a deli and bought a...
26 Aug Do Hasidim smoke?
Among Satmar Hasidic Jews, women never smoke. It’s really unheard...
21 Aug How the Hasidic community deals with the internet
The story of internet among Hasidim is interesting. It crept...
14 Aug Street posters in Hasidic Williamsburg: on secular education
It’s always interesting to watch the rotation of street posters...
03 Aug Non-Hasidic renters in the Neighborhood
Can you rent a place in the Hasidic neighborhood?...
03 Aug Orthodox politics: on Trump
A reader asked: Do Orthodox Jews support Trump? Answer: Many Hasidim did....
16 Apr Violent cidelock cutting
Here is an answer from history:[1] Paraphrased and copied (with...
16 Apr Essay in Tablet Magazine on Hasidic education
“Shulem Deen wrote in the The New York Times “Why...
12 Apr Mysteries of the newlywed couple’s room
It's a private moment for a kiss....
22 Mar How to style sidecurls (payos)
This is how I did up side-curls nice and neat....
18 Mar Hasidic Jews and the Amish
I gave a tour of Hasidic Williamsburg to a group...
18 Mar Hasidic handshakes at the White House
Yes. Okay, it wasn’t my hand he wasn’t shaking; it...
01 Mar Hasidic men’s fashion: the shtreimel
A reader asked: What is that furry, circular hat that...
03 Feb When men don’t hold doors
A reader asked: Is it wrong of me to feel...
25 Sep The role of Hasidic women
A reader asked: Are most Hasidic women satisfied with their...
07 Aug Premarital genetic testing in insular communities
A reader asked: How do insular communities ensure that marriages...
07 Aug No college: shopkeepers and entrepreneurs
A reader asked: How are Hasidic Jews so wealthy? They...
08 Jul Street poster July 2017: throw away your smartphone
This belongs to the genre of "internet warnings", among the...
08 Jul Street posters July 2017
This belongs to the genre of ways in which the...
08 May Life of large families
A reader asked: How do Hasidim raise so many kids? Answer: I...
08 May Street posters – re smartphones
This belongs to the genre of ways in which the...
29 Mar This smartphone war is directed especially at women
“There is no excuse for a woman to have a...
29 Mar A tour of Hasidic Williamsburg 35 years ago ($6.50!)
Sociologist George Kranzler did it first....
22 Mar Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum’s New York Times obituary/1979
Read Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum's New York Times Obituary/1979...
04 Mar Williamsburg wasn’t always a haven for Jews…
Can you imagine a Williamsburg without a Jewish congregation? Here's a...
04 Mar Building series: the House of the Prince of Peace once in Williamsburg
Site: Site of the Christian Mission / Jews for Jesus Location:...
09 Jan Gender segregation rules in the Hasidic workplace
A reader asked: Are there any particular rules I need...
07 Jul Hasidic women’s swimwear
A reader asked: What do Hasidic women wear to swim,...
19 Jun NYC ad campaign: needles ain’t needless
A Chickenpox outbreak among Hasidic children of Williamsburg had the...
17 Jun Bike registration drive
Bike registrations are annually organized for Williamsburg Hassidic children by...
16 Jun “Bagleiten,” a Satmar tradition
This bagleiten video is from June 30, 2016, in Williamsburg,...
16 Jun Routine announcement to tenants in Yiddish
h/t Williamsburg News on Twitter...
16 Jun Whassup on Whatsapp?
A screenshot taken from a Whatsapp group titled in Yiddish...
08 Jun Shavuos 2016: neighborhood notes
Are you planning on passing by Hasidic Williamsburg on this...
24 Dec The Jewish Federation’s look at Williamsburg
The Jewish Federation of North America released a poverty study...
06 Nov Hasidim in media: ‘Talk Yiddish to Me’
https://youtu.be/sX2rm-jLLFY Among my circles, we often discuss the inaccurate portrayals of...
09 Sep Book review: ‘Teacha, Stories from a Yeshiva’
One of my favorite books that describe contemporary Hasidic life...
24 Aug “Free Palestine” in Williamsburg
his picture, of a plaque on Hewes Street in Williamsburg...
24 Aug Wall poster: warning against selling homes to outsiders
From July 2014 This poster is so illustrative of how the...
04 Aug An interview with Philip Fishman; author of ‘A Sukkah is Burning’
Many Jews remember Williamsburg before its Hasidic transformation; when centrist...
30 Jul The future of the historic Hanover Club/Vien’s School?
When a friend of mine was in Williamsburg late one...
22 Jul Building series: Clymer Street shul, and the last star of david
The Clymer Street Synagogue is the site for the last...
10 Jul A Wedding officiated by R. Teitelaum and R. Feinstein
A 1954 wedding announcement in the Brooklyn Eagle made note...
06 Jul Ladies’ Bikur Cholim – volunteering for the needy
The other day, I passed the Ladies Bikur Cholim and...
27 Jun Building series: It used to be a theater 2: Vien Synagogue
Site: Vien Synagogue/ formerly Wilson Theater Location: 27 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn,...
27 Jun Wall poster June 2014 – against Whatsapp
This poster warns people to get off WhatsApp. Relevant Text /...
26 Jun New collection: wall posters
Some collectors amass interesting collections of stamps or antiques, this...
24 Jun Assault and impropriety on Lee Avenue
A very dramatic story went down on a Friday Night...
23 Jun Tips on tipping
Here's how incredibly different Hasidic NYC is from most of...
19 Jun Donating parts of a bus
I saw this the other day. The sign on this...
18 Jun How the streets in Williamsburg got their names…
Taylor, Wilson, Clymer...
15 Jun Building series: Leonard and Phillip Lopate’s home
Site: Childhood Home of radio host Leonard Lopate Location: 151 Ross...
12 Jun Kipelach versus rugelach
I always ask my groups what the above pastries are....
10 Jun A 1992 photo collection of Hasidic Williamsburg
Photos by Melodie McDaniel photography. I'm not sure what to...
09 Jun Building series: inside the Hanover mansion / Vien’s school
I wrote about the Hanover Mansion that's now the Vien's...
07 Jun Building series: it used to be a theater 1 – Klausenberg Synagogue
Site: Klausenburg Synagogue Location: 131 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 [image: NYC...
03 Jun Dairy pastries in Williamsburg
As tonight is Shavuos, the Jewish holiday that is celebrated...
26 May Building series: Vien’s Girls’ school building; the Williamsburg story
Site: Former Hanover Club / Former Young Israel / girls...
25 May Building series: the Wonder Bread factory—now the Skverer Yeshiva
Site: Formerly bread factory / now Skver yeshiva Location: 97 Heyward...
23 May How the Williamsburg Bridge changed Williamsburg
When the Williamsburg Bridge was built in 1903, Jewish immigrants...
23 May Building series: missionary Jews in Williamsburg
A century ago a Christian Mission to the Jews stood...
23 May A High School essay by Deborah Feldman
This really interesting first-person account of Hasidic Williamsburg was written...
25 Apr On Marrying Young
Marriages in the womb? Why not? It's all done in...
04 Feb On Taliban Women
Taliban women are in vogue among extremists. What are Taliban...
02 Oct On women shaving all their hair
How can you cartoon about shaving? You have to. Because...
28 Jun On Being Hot
So it's summer! Oh, sunny, lovely, sweaty summer. The time...
31 May On Arranged Marriage
It's wonderful that the young Hasidic boy or girl is...
25 May On Hasidic Women
Recently, Hasidic women became the subject of much-heated debate after...
03 May On Internet Filters
30 May The joke beyond the bathhouse
I once stole a big laminated poster from the mikva....