Gender

15 Jan Pearl shares her Hasidic marriage experience

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Matchmakers, chaperoned 'beshows,' and so much more....

21 Nov My final high holiday video: the Satmar Bagleiten

Posted at 16:02h in Gender, Holidays, Rabbis, Vlog 3 Comments

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Episode 6 wraps up the holidays and ushers in the...

13 Sep Thoughts on the NYT exposé on Hasidic education

Posted at 10:25h in Education, Events, Gender, Outsiders-Looking-In 20 Comments

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Can the government force change?...

06 Sep The Hasidic shtern; a special art style

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A very different kind of Jewish star...

28 Aug My video with Pearl, Part 2

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On the role of woman, insularity, Satmar rebbe, and more....

21 Jul Street poster: “Satmar’s economy is thriving”

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The paradox of a community without college education...

17 Jul Street poster: working girls and selling kidneys

Posted at 07:36h in Economy, Education, Gender, Street posters 1 Comment

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Both are equally bad....

11 May Book review: Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhoods

Posted at 06:44h in Artifacts, Bookshelf, Clothing, Education, Gender, OTD 2 Comments

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a special book, with an essay from my blog!...

28 Apr Purim 2022 in Hasidic Williamsburg

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Costumes, music, drinking - quite the festival!...

27 Mar Transcript of a Hasidic groom’s wedding lesson

Posted at 11:05h in Education, Gender, Marriage 5 Comments

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The birds, the bees, and many many compliments...

23 Mar Frieda Vizel and Izzy Posen talk: OTD-Haredi relations

Posted at 10:35h in Education, Events, Gender, OTD, Other 2 Comments

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An upcoming Zoom event ...

14 Mar Hasidic tech college

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So modern, the model wears an Apple watch...

03 Mar Remember: “more coverage is better!”

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A guide to women's headgear...

23 Jan “Jellies for dads,” or an ad for pot?

Posted at 07:19h in Artifacts, Economy, Food, Gender 0 Comments

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More in the saga of pot in the Hasidic community...

12 Jan With Elena Solomon: on shpanyer arbet, a special part of Hasidic garment art

Posted at 13:16h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender, On the tours, Vlog, Williamsburg 3 Comments

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A look at the art on men's atarah...

07 Jan Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 2

Posted at 20:42h in Clothing, Food, Gender, History, Williamsburg 2 Comments

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Women’s clothing are extremely influenced by mid-century western styles...

05 Jan Looking at old Bais Yaakov Williamsburg yearbooks with Naomi Seidman

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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

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Contextualizing a street poster....

04 Dec The forbidden women’s music academy

Posted at 15:18h in Censorship, Gender, Rabbis, Vlog 0 Comments

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A new saga in Williamsburg's gender and piety landscape...

28 Oct Special cleaning-lady dress without pockets

Posted at 15:17h in Artifacts, Clothing, Economy, Gender 1 Comment

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Apparently, over six thousand of these "dresses" have been sold. They...

24 Oct Kids’ collectors’ cards: gefilte fish anime

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Collectible cards, as in, the kind of sets like baseball...

22 Oct Fashions of the shtreimel

Posted at 15:02h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender 6 Comments

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The shtreimel is the Hasidic hat that married men wear...

17 Oct Irreverent Yiddish song: ‘I Want To Be A Rebbe’

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https://youtu.be/TyjKCTZIbEk Here is a song that I love because it's irreverent...

29 Aug Returning from the afterlife to battle the turban

Posted at 16:37h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender 3 Comments

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The above document is an extraordinary case of superstition that...

02 Aug Street poster: blaming illness on immodesty

Posted at 06:38h in Artifacts, Clothing, Covid19, Gender, My Essays, On the tours, Street posters 0 Comments

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Analysis of how faiths link tragedy to what people wear...