FREE THE HASIDIC COMMUNITY OF WILLIAMSBURG 1ST EDITION PDF Solomon Poll | 9781351481571 | | | | | Former Satmar Hasidic Jew now tours world to expose sect's dark underbelly | The Times of Israel One city health official estimated that about a quarter of new Covid cases in New York City appeared to be emanating from Orthodox Jewish communitiesthough the official acknowledged that at present the data was imperfect. I want to be clear, this can be addressed effectively. We need everyone to be a part of it. The data that alarmed public heath officials included the percentage of coronavirus tests that were coming back positive. Across one section of southern and central Brooklyn that included three neighborhoods — Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst — about 4. Across the entirety of the city, between 1 percent and 2 percent of tests have been positive most days in the past two months. The alert said the Health Department was regarding the Covid cases in those three neighborhoods as a single cluster that it was calling the Ocean Parkway Cluster. The actual increase in new cases in New York City has been noticeable, but modest, in recent weeks. For much of the past two months, the seven-day rolling average of new cases has hovered in the mid- s. Recently, it began to climb toward an average of new cases a day, reaching that on Sept. In recent years, the Health Department has faced skepticism and sometimes defiance from the Hasidic community as public health officials responded to a measles outbreak and to sporadic herpes cases linked to a circumcision ritual. And at the height of the pandemic, many Hasidic Jews in New York felt that the mayor had unfairly singled them out when he drew attention to social-distancing violations among mourners at the funeral of a prominent Hasidic rabbi. It was clear this week that the public health authorities were again struggling with how to encourage — or enforce — mask-wearing and social- distancing requirements in Hasidic neighborhoods, where many people are returning to communal life with few Covid-era precautions. The alert did not single out any particular group, only naming several neighborhoods with an elevated rate of transmission. That email was sent to other Orthodox Jewish news outlets as well in early September. Yosef Rapaport, a media consultant, editor and podcaster in Borough Park, said he had also been hearing of a recent increase in the numbers of people sickened with Covid But the illness subsequently seemed to have passed, and synagogues and yeshivas The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition to reopen. Many people stopped bothering with masks. In some areas with significant Hasidic populations, more than 40 percent of people being tested were found to have antibodies, fueling speculation that herd immunity might not be far off. But after the summer passed with few new cases, there has been a The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition increase in recent weeks. In interviews, several Hasidic men in different neighborhoods across Brooklyn said that few people wore masks at large gatherings, including those at synagogues. They noted that many families The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition taking careful precautions and still not fully rejoining communal life. Rabbi Seligson said that some synagogues were holding more services to limit the number of people present at once and that some religious gatherings were being held outdoors. New York N. Latest Updates: The Coronavirus Outbreak. Amtrak chief pleads for billions in aid and warns of thousands of layoffs. The C. A vaccine The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition volunteer in Brazil has died, but health authorities say the vaccine was not to blame. See more updates. More live coverage: Markets. Home Page World U. How 'Unorthodox' on Netflix got Hasidic Jewish customs right - Los Angeles Times It is a sunny summer day, and all around her young people frolic in their swimsuits. Esty, by contrast, is still clothed in the frumpish turtleneck, calf- length black skirt, and heavy brown wig she wore as a new wife back in Williamsburg. Married Hasidic women are not supposed to show their hair in public; they are not supposed to go swimming with men, The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition. When Esty finally walks into the water—still fully dressed—she strips away her synthetic locks, revealing a buzz-cut scalp beneath. Her dip in the water feels like both a sacrilege and a baptism. 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She at times looks jittery and spindly, like a baby gazelle set loose from its enclosure at the city zoo. At other times, she allows herself to be sensual and almost buoyant, belting an earthy wedding song or swaying beneath the blue lights at a Berlin night club. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By Rachel Sym e. The designer, who has dressed the likes of Michelle Obama and Taylor Swift, realized that he was in a position to help with the face-mask shortage brought on by the coronavirus. Bacon, atheism, the Internet, Julia Child, and Christopher Hitchens converge in the intellectual awakening of a Canadian nonagenarian. Rachel Syme is a staff writer at The New Yorker. She has covered fashion, style, and other cultural subjects since The New Yorker Recommends What our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Read More. Culture Desk. The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg: A Study by SOLOMON POLL Jewish | eBay Opinion by Frimet Goldberger. Frimet Goldberger is an award-winning journalist who frequently writes about The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition Hasidic community, why she left and how to better understand it. The views expressed The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN Netflix's widely popular miniseries "Unorthodox," inspired by Deborah Feldman's debut memoir, joins an emerging subgenre of television explorations of Hasidic Jewish communities and characters. Sign up for CNN Opinion's new newsletter. Join The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition on Twitter and Facebook. From the critically acclaimed Israeli hit series "Shtisel" -- in which universal struggles between The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition just happen to be set within a Haredi umbrella The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg 1st edition for ultra-Orthodox community -- to Netflix's original documentary "One of Us" -- an important but incomplete portrait of people who flee the Hasidic community -- depictions of extremely religious Jews are becoming more mainstream. Frimet Goldberger. And "Unorthodox," the latest series to offer insight into this community through the eyes of a young woman who flees a repressive marriage, provides four hours of voyeuristic thrills in a somewhat accurate, albeit one-dimensional portrait of Hasidim. I should know. Born into a strict Hasidic community -- and, full disclosure, formerly friends with Feldman before she cut ties with even her ex- Hasidic friends -- my husband and I gradually, painfully transitioned away from Hasidic life over the past 11 years. At 15, I first encountered the fascination of outsiders with the world I grew up in. Standing with a gaggle of women on a strip of grass, I watched as FBI agents arrested my neighbor down the street in the Hasidic enclave of Kiryas Joel, a modest suburb in New York. They carried the young father, who was eventually sentenced to prison, down the concrete stairs, his peyos side curls dangling in shame. Read More. Reporters scrambled to get a shot of him and then turned the camera to us, the stunned neighbors. I might have felt like I was in a movie -- if I'd known what a movie was like. I had never seen one. As a sheltered Hasidic girl, I was as fascinated by the television crews that swept into town as they were with me. But even after years away from it, I still wonder: Why does my former community make for such compelling cinema? Hasidim are an insular people. Built on a foundation of devotional religious practices and ancient customs, the community prefers its isolation. Founded in the 18th century by the Baal Shem Tov, the movement spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe, splintering into larger and smaller sects led by local rabbis. After the Holocaust, Hasidim managed to rebuild from the enormous loss and have grown exponentially in the years since then. To some outsiders, their elusiveness only serves to increase their allure. Enter writers and producers keen on lifting the curtain and granting viewers a peek into a community that, to some, may seem like a Margaret Atwood-style literary concoction. Of course, this is nothing new. There is a long history of films that have garishly played up the mystery of Hasidim -- from 's "A Stranger Among Us," starring Melanie Griffith as an undercover cop in the New York Hasidic community, to 's "A Price Above Rubies," starring Renee Zellweger as a disgruntled young Hasidic wife and mother.