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Community in Conflict: Reporter’s Notebook
FoxNews.com Senior Reporter Elizabeth Llorente reveals the journalistic challenges of reporting on the insular Hasidic Jewish community for the three-part Fox News Digital series, "Community in Conflict." FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering…
Community in Conflict: Hasidic Jews & Defection
Part 3: When you are born into the Hasidic Jewish community, you are born a Hasid for life. However, if one does choose to leave the community, they risk being an outcast in not just the Hasidic community but the…
Community in Conflict: Hasidic Jews & Tech
Part 2: Many Hasidic Jewish communities in New York and neighboring New Jersey forbid the use of smartphones, social media and technology. Why? The answer may come from a watershed moment in the Hasidic culture, where ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders held…
Community in Conflict: Hasidic Jews & Backlash
Part 2: The Hasidic Jewish community is one of the fastest growing in the United States, and some Hasidic leaders have the task of finding new neighborhoods where they can establish new enclaves. But some residents in areas where Hasidic…
Community in Conflict: Hasidic Jews & Education
Part 1: Some Americans may not realize that Hasidic Jews shun many common secular practices widely accepted across cultural and national borders, including the basics of education. For example, there are several yeshivas, or Hasidic Jewish schools, in the New…