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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…