Category Archives: Hasidim

NJ Jewish paper unlikely to reverse decision in face of orthodox threats.

    People familiar with the situation in Teaneck, NJ, the home of the NJ Jewish Standard, caution that it is extremely unlikely that the publisher of the newspaper, James Janoff, will reverse his policy of refusing to publish same-sex … Continue reading

Posted in American Jews, American politics, Gay and lesbian, Hasidim, Jewish, Judaism, Kosher slaughtering, Lubavitcher, Media, Orthodox Jews, Torah, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Russians steal Jewish library, Refuse to return.

The Chabad- Lubavitch Hasidic sect was started in Russia in the nineteenth-century. It has had a long line of famous leaders, all of whom were born in Russia. However, when the Nazis came they were either killed or escaped with … Continue reading

Posted in American Jews, Bible, Crime, Education, Hasidim, Lubavitcher, Russia, Torah, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hasidic Sex Symbol: Punk Jews

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Hasidic sex symbols. Several year ago, still sporting payess and a more-or-less Chasidic appearance, I met a girl in Greenwich village who stopped me on McDougal Street to tell me, “I think Hasidic … Continue reading

Posted in American Jews, Europe, Gay and lesbian, Hasidim, Hebrew, Israel, Jewish, Lubavitcher, Orthodox Jews, UK, Yiddish | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Russian President visits Yiddish-speaking Jewish homeland.

Dimitry Medvedev, the president of Russia, has come to Birobidzhan, the only Yiddish-speaking Jewish homeland outside of Brooklyn. Asked at the local airport why he had come to the Jewish Autonomous Republic, he said, ” If you only knew how … Continue reading

Posted in Hasidim, Jewish, Lubavitcher, Orthodox Jews, Russia, Yiddish | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jewish tombstones used to pave roads in Ukraine.

KIEV – Brothers David and Zvika Gorvitch, who travelled to Bogoslav, Ukraine, in search of their grandfather’s final resting place, were shocked to find at the entrance to the city’s municipality building, that the stones on the pavement were actually … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitism, Crime, Europe, Hasidim, Holocaust, Jewish, Lubavitcher, Russia | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Kick me, I’m Jewish. Jewish Decoys in the Netherlands.

Here in the States there are certain neighborhoods where anyone dressed with a yarmulka ( Jewish skull cap) or wearing orthodox garb, stands a good chance of inviting verbal attacks and possibly physical violence. The situation is even worse in … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Crime, Europe, Hasidim, Jewish, Lubavitcher, Media, Orthodox Jews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Yiddish alive and doing quite well, thank you.

For years I have been hearing secular Jews tell me that Yiddish is dead. Meanwhile, people have continued to speak Yiddish but, if you listen to the rest of the world, they don’t exist or, maybe, don’t count. While languages … Continue reading

Posted in American Jews, Education, Europe, Hasidim, Israel, Jewish, Lubavitcher, Media, Orthodox Jews, UK, Yiddish | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jerusalem Gay Pride parade route rejected.

The Jerusalem Open House organization is launching its annual Gay Pride parade on July 29, but the Jerusalem police have rejected the suggested route of the parade, which was to culminate at the Knesset building where a rally was to … Continue reading

Posted in Gay and lesbian, Hasidim, Israel, Jewish, Middle East, Orthodox Jews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

US Hasidic town wins first prize…for poverty.

Kiryas Yoel, a Hasidic town in upper New York state, has now earned the dubious distinction of being the fastest growing place in the region as well as the poorest city in America and the one with the greatest number … Continue reading

Posted in Hasidim, Jewish, Orthodox Jews, Yiddish | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why 27 years for Rubashkin?

Sholom Rubashkin, head of Agriprocessors, a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa, was just convicted on 86 counts of fraud. His sentence was 27 years in federal prison. Parole is not allowed in the federal prison system. U.S. District Court Chief Judge … Continue reading

Posted in Hasidim, Jewish, Kosher slaughtering, Lubavitcher, Media, Orthodox Jews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment