Outsiders-Looking-In

03 Apr My Interview with Sara Braun, who joined the Hasidic community

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This is an interview I did for my youtube channel...

13 Sep Thoughts on the NYT exposé on Hasidic education

Posted at 10:25h in Education, Events, Gender, Outsiders-Looking-In 24 Comments

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Can the government force change?...

05 Nov The immodest marathon returns to the enclave of piety

Posted at 19:20h in On the tours, Outsiders-Looking-In, Street posters, Williamsburg 0 Comments

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Runners refer to it as the quiet mile....

25 Feb NBC’s show ‘Nurses’ does Hasidic Jews

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Hollywood can’t help thinking up a bunch of cliches...

28 Sep A shutdown of the NY Hasidic community?

Posted at 07:03h in Covid19, Outsiders-Looking-In 2 Comments

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The Hasidic community is urging its members to mask up—but...

29 Apr New essay in Forward on the difficulty of making it after leaving

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New article available at the Forward...

05 Apr Why I believe it’s important to criticize shows like Unorthodox

Posted at 22:15h in My Essays, Outsiders-Looking-In, Unorthodox 15 Comments

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Our stories told by creators with no skin in the...

31 Mar New article in the Forward on Unorthodox

Posted at 10:05h in Outsiders-Looking-In, Unorthodox 12 Comments

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A new article in Forward...

28 Mar (sorta) live-tweeting watching Unorthodox

Posted at 00:27h in Outsiders-Looking-In, Unorthodox 53 Comments

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Watching Netflix's Unorthodox and taking it to task for everything....

11 Mar Book review: ‘On Division’ by Goldie Goldbloom

Posted at 12:34h in Bookshelf, Gender, Outsiders-Looking-In 2 Comments

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Lack of nuance and research paint a flat, inaccurate picture...

29 Jan Is the Hasidic community a cult?

Posted at 21:51h in Juxtopositions, Outsiders-Looking-In 3 Comments

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When wedding debates wax philosophical...

15 Dec Reflections on the Jersey City attack

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The rise of hate crimes against Hasidim...

11 Dec Book review: ‘Becoming Eve’ by Abby Stein

Posted at 11:58h in Bookshelf, Gender, Outsiders-Looking-In 25 Comments

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Thoughts on the newest ex-Hasidic memoir...

03 Jun What makes Shtisel so accurate?

Posted at 20:23h in Outsiders-Looking-In 6 Comments

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It's not just because the costumes are perfect...

24 May RESOURCES ON HASIDISM

Posted at 21:08h in Artifacts, Bookshelf, Education, On the tours, Outsiders-Looking-In 0 Comments

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A summary of resources on Hasidic life...

24 May A naked playboy model in Hasidic Williamsburg

Posted at 19:36h in Gender, On the tours, Outsiders-Looking-In 3 Comments

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Opportunism pretending to be feminism. What else is new?...

30 Mar So much lazy journalism around the measles outbreak

Posted at 08:32h in Outsiders-Looking-In 3 Comments

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It's not correct to say that Hasidim are against vaccines....

21 Mar A thread on imamother: “How does Satmar feel about Frieda Vizel’s tours?”

Posted at 17:16h in On the tours, Outsiders-Looking-In 0 Comments

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There is an interesting conversation on the frum internet forum...

19 Jun NYC ad campaign: needles ain’t needless

Posted at 17:08h in Artifacts, Outsiders-Looking-In 0 Comments

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A Chickenpox outbreak among Hasidic children of Williamsburg had the...

09 Sep Book review: ‘Teacha, Stories from a Yeshiva’

Posted at 16:47h in Bookshelf, Education, Outsiders-Looking-In 0 Comments

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One of my favorite books that describe contemporary Hasidic life...

09 Sep Book review: ‘The Marrying of Chani Kaufman’ by Eve Harris

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The Marrying of Chani Kaufman is a novel that compiles...

06 Jul How to pronounce “Hasidic”

Posted at 20:40h in Outsiders-Looking-In 0 Comments

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I just came across this line in an email correspondence:...

08 Jun Dead eyes or cultural blindness?

Posted at 20:19h in On the tours, Outsiders-Looking-In 0 Comments

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Psychologist Marty Klein and visiting tourist of Williamsburg (he did...

01 Jun Hasidim in media: ‘Fading Gigolo’

Posted at 20:06h in Outsiders-Looking-In, Unorthodox 0 Comments

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Hollywood has an interesting relationship with Hasidim. To date, the...

25 May Anecdote from a visitor who wouldn’t be a shabbes goy

Posted at 18:55h in On the tours, Outsiders-Looking-In 0 Comments

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A visitor in Williamsburg told me this great story: I once...

A modestly dressed woman is sweating in the heat and thanking someone for telling her she looks hot

28 Jun On Being Hot

Posted at 20:22h in Cartoons, Clothing, Gender, Outsiders-Looking-In 16 Comments

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So it's summer! Oh, sunny, lovely, sweaty summer. The time...