Bless them both.

Lots of insightful discourse in this thread.

Ask someone who’s Hasidic. My understanding is rich culture and a real sense of community, people know their neighbors and help each other out in ways small and large.

Either way, we should give the same leeway to the Hasidic lifestyle that we do to everyone else, no?

You’re nitpicking. Call it what you want - I would like to see the practice stopped without stocking the flames of antisemitism.

I don’t much care to philosophically debate the benefits of objective journalism when people’s lives are at stake. You’re also showing a profound bias by stating that Hasidic Judaism is a cult.

I believe the NYT is not objective in its reporting when it comes to the Hasidic community and has made it a goal to highlight as many social ills as possible within it.

That’s an absurd argument and not at all what I’m saying. I’m saying all this negative attention is careless and unbalanced and the Times rarely highlights positive aspects of the Hasidic lifestyle.

Antisemites tend to.

My assertion is that the focus is singular and feels malicious. I want yeshivas to teach secular subjects and not abuse their children.

I don’t want them to serve as the example of all that is wrong when antisemitism is running high.

Sure pass the law but don’t limit focus to just yeshivas.

This really serves to highlight NYT obsessive campaign of reporting on the ills of yeshivas.

The city doesn’t want those savings.

Thank you!

What’s the music track being used? It’s driving me crazy.

One had Mel Gibson.

It’s okay to feel how you feel.

As a native of the area they visited, I thought it was charming. Sorry you didn’t like it.