Tours of Hasidic Williamsburg
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Tours of Hasidic Williamsburg
Tours led by a woman who was raised in the culture:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/ny...=nyregion&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/ny...=nyregion&_r=0
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I hope you didn't think my comment was dismissive -- I think it sounds interesting as well. I've sometimes wondered why the Hasidim wear 19th century Polish garb, and the article answered that question.
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Have fun. Sorry, as my father was born into a Satmar Hassidic family in Romania, I wont be taking this tour. The stories he shared with me dont give Hassidim a very good light, perhaps Lubavitch but not Satmar. Hard to generalize about a group of people. Strikes me like an episode of The Twilight Zone when the humans are the zoo animals.