Hasidic

Kasich confronts ignorant rabbis and Talmud students

Republican Presidential candidate John Kasich confronts ignorant rabbis and Talmud students in New YorkBy Michael Hoffmanwww.revisionisthistory.orgThis surprising scene is refreshing to watch, after observing many politicians cringing and toadying in the presence of the self-Chosenites. Kasich has the intelligence and knowledge to get the job done, and obviously has little respect for the enormous, artificially inflated prestige of the rabbinic world.  But does he have the courage to maintain it and follow-through?

A Judaic woman escapes misogyny and mind control

A Judaic woman flees misogyny and mind control_____________________One Hasidic Housewife's Inspiring — and Unusual — Journey to College and BeyondBy Frimet GoldbergerJewish Daily Forward | January 9, 2014=  Excerpt  =...I was born in Kiryas Joel, the exponentially growing epicenter for Satmar Hasidim in upstate New York. I attended the village’s only girls school through 11th grade, which is when Satmar girls graduate and begin preparations for their betrothal.