Artifacts

19 Jun I attended one of Williamsburg’s many “mighty carnivals!”

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We got unsalted popcorn for fifty cents!...

11 May Book review: Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhoods

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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!...

19 Apr How to open a box of matzohs, the proper way

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A classic children's game with a Passover twist...

13 Apr Looking back at “Corona-times” memes

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The memes of those early lockdown days...

08 Apr Street poster: Convert Ukrainian refugees to Hasidism?

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The Hasidic community has deep historic roots in Ukraine. The...

06 Apr Satmar Grand Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum’s fierce anti-lockdown speech

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A March 2020 speech against shutting down the community....

14 Mar Hasidic tech college

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

09 Mar Street poster: smash-your-smartphone festival

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Bring drills, hammers and bottles of wine....

06 Mar Street poster: laws of neighbors

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Is it ever okay to report a Hasidic neighbor to...

03 Mar Remember: “more coverage is better!”

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A guide to women's headgear...

17 Feb What is kosher technology?

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A video exploring kosher tech....

10 Feb More anti-smartphone collector’s cards

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Cards with masks, guilt trips and Abbey Road...

30 Jan If there is a chart, it’s science!

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Even Hasidic zealots have info-graphics ...

27 Jan Unboxing the children’s gift set ‘Shabbes’dig’

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A video post examining a Hasidic musical/artistic product...

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

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

20 Jan Anatomy of the Hasidic Yiddish newspaper

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Unpacking how news is censored and relayed in the Hasidic...

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

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

02 Jan Marijuana use among the Hasidim in Brooklyn

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Contextualizing a street poster....

19 Dec How to have a great relationship

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A pamphlet with quaint bit of relationship advice...

12 Dec Survey in Der Yid Daily: are you afraid of omicron?

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11.8% report being worried...

30 Nov Kvitlach: a Chanukah card game

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A gambling card game that's a staple in the Chanukah...

28 Nov Recipe: sweet cheese latkes for Chanukah

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Like pancakes, but much richer...

23 Nov The Christmasification of Chanukah

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A video post...

18 Nov Street poster: Uber without a smartphone

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If you follow my work, you might know that I'm...

16 Nov Kids’ cards: the absolute worst matchmaker

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There is a series of Hasidic collectors' cards called “Taryag,"...

10 Nov Street poster: anti-vaccine messaging

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On my tours, you don’t need a mask or a...

28 Oct Special cleaning-lady dress without pockets

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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

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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...

15 Sep Emergency party!

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Have you ever been invited to an emergency party? The other...

05 Sep Honey cookie recipe

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It’s the season of the Jewish new year again, so...

29 Aug Returning from the afterlife to battle the turban

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

19 Aug Street Poster: buildings for “gentiles of the lowest sort”

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How Hasidim afford to live in Williamsburg...

16 Aug State-of-the-art tech: kosher phone vending machine

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Flip phones get fancier yet....

08 Aug Censoring lady position available

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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

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Methods of subversion....

23 Feb Candy Land and Monopoly, Hasidic versions

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Hasidic versions of board game classics...