A recent NY Times op-ed rang an alarm bell about the Supreme Court’s supposed preference for religion “over all other elements of civil society.” This betrays a terrible misunderstanding of what exactly the First Amendment protects.
A recent NY Times op-ed rang an alarm bell about the Supreme Court’s supposed preference for religion “over all other elements of civil society.” This betrays a terrible misunderstanding of what exactly the First Amendment protects.
(JTA) (New York Jewish Week via JTA) Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood is known as a center of gentrification and a gathering place for the cool young hipsters of New York City. A short walk from the Lower East Side over the Williamsburg Bridge, it’s also home to one of the most concentrated Hasidic Jewish communities in New York.
In their new book, “A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg” (Yale University Press), Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper unpack the history of Jewish Williamsburg and the collision of its pious Jewish community with the forces of commerce and urban development.
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