23 Jan “Jellies for Dads,” or an ad for pot?
More in the saga of pot in the Hasidic community...
Gender
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....
04 Dec The forbidden women’s music academy
A new saga in Williamsburg's gender and piety landscape...
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...
29 Aug Returning from the afterlife to battle the turban
The above document is an extraordinary case of superstition that...
02 Aug Street poster: blaming illness on immodesty
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Analysis of how faiths link tragedy to what people wear...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #6: Games
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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
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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
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Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
22 Jan An overview of Hasidic entertainment #1: Novels for Grownups
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Novels, kids books, newspapers, toys and games...
24 Sep Censoring the Bible and God
When even God doesn't make the cut...
02 Sep Hasidic Satmar Creative Writing
On discovering an old notebook...
24 Jul Masks and Modest Clothing
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If you had been brought up in the Hasidic community,...
04 Jun NYC has a curfew, and it makes me think of this police booth
Abandoned police booth an artifact of a different Williamsburg...
11 Mar Book Review: On Division by Goldie Goldbloom
Lack of nuance and research paint a flat, inaccurate picture...
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
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How different societies make meaning of historic events...
07 Jun Tour-guide diary: a scary Hasidic man causes trouble
He screams at my tours as we make our way...
24 May A naked playboy model in Hasidic Williamsburg
Opportunism pretending to be feminism. What else is new?...
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...
23 Jan The people who police others have templates
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A template for sending friends, neighbors, relatives anonymous "notices" about...
26 Aug Do Hasidim smoke?
Among Satmar Hasidic Jews, women never smoke. It’s really unheard...
23 Aug Why Hasidic boys’ educational standards are not enforced
It’s really a question of: if the NYC Department of...
12 Apr Mysteries of the Newlywed Couple’s Room
A reader asked: What do they does a Hasidic newlywed...
22 Mar How to style side-curls
This is how I did up side-curls nice and neat....
18 Mar Hasidic handshakes at the White House
Yes. Okay, it wasn’t my hand he wasn’t shaking; it...
15 Mar Hasidic marital purity laws
What are the Hasidic rules of menstrual separation?...
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...
08 May Hasidic Family Size
A reader asked: How do Hasidim raise so many kids? Answer: I...
29 Mar This smartphone war is directed especially at women
“There is no excuse for a woman to have a...
09 Jan 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,...
06 Jul Ladies’ Bikur Cholim – Volunteering for the Needy
The other day, I passed the Ladies Bikur Cholim and...
19 Jun Donating Parts of a Bus
I saw this the other day. The sign on this...
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...
25 May On Hasidic Women
Recently, Hasidic women became the subject of much heated debate...
30 May The Joke
Originally published on the now-defunct Unpious here. I once stole a...