"In an era where clicks often trump compassion, a heartfelt reminder from the #Jewish community is resonating deeply: True understanding comes not from confrontation, but from curiosity laced with respect. This message, shared widely on #socialmedia amid fresh tensions in #NewYork's #KiryasJoel, draws a poignant line between genuine #storytelling and exploitative grifting and it's a lesson that moves the soul as much as it informs the mind.

At the heart of this #narrative is #documentary #filmmaker #PeterSantenello, whose immersive #series on #Hasidic #Jewish life has touched millions. #Santenello didn't storm into #Brooklyn's #ultraOrthodox neighborhoods with accusations or agendas; he arrived with humility, an open heart, and a genuine desire to learn."

https://www.jfeed.com/jewish-world/hasidic-journalism-ethics

Can YouTube die already?

"Leaders and residents in the #KiryasJoel #Hasidic community are warning against engaging with outside #media and #online content creators after a viral #YouTube video sparked concern about #antisemitic harassment and provocation.

The video, posted by social media #influencer #TylerOliveira, has generated more than 1 million views..."

https://vinnews.com/2026/01/16/youtube-video-spurs-concerns-in-us-jewish-communities-residents-warned-not-to-engage-with-provocateurs/

Who says the performing arts are dead? :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

"It had all the trappings of a conventional #Christmaspageant: the three wise men, #Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels.

But there was a twist: This pageant, performed on Sunday in #NewJersey, also included a #Hasidic #Jewish #caricature, carrying a sack of coins and dancing with the devil.

Earlocks swaying, the character called #Moshko entered the room to the tune of “#HavaNagila,” offered a greeting in mock #Yiddish, and announced that he was selling liquor, in a brazen effort to distract the #Christians from reverence about the birth of #Jesus.

The pageant that took place at #StMary Protectress #Ukrainian Orthodox #Church in #Clifton, New Jersey, is known as a #vertep — a form of theater prominent in Slavic Christmas celebrations. Caricatures of Jewish figures that promote stereotypes about #Jews and greed are a longstanding and frequent feature."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-caricature-in-ukrainian-christmas-tradition-appears-at-nj-church-drawing-criticism/

Weeks before #Israel recognized #Somaliland, two #Miami #Chabad followers slipped into the #HornOfAfrica to print the #Tanya—a centuries-old #Hasidic work rarely seen in such sensitive regions. Their journey blends faith, risk, and geopolitics in one remarkable mission.

https://saxafimedia.com/israel-recognition-chabad-emissaries-tanya/

"From a distance, the men in those fur hats look like representatives of #Satmar, the largest #Hasidic community in the world. Their cadence, clothing, borrowed quotations and posturing suggest it.

The truth lives elsewhere. #NetureiKarta is not Satmar. Neturei Karta is a distortion of Satmar, a parody wearing its costume. This distinction matters. A community with deep roots and complex thought is being slandered in #London streets by men who share nothing with it except a wardrobe.

To explain that, I needed to give [my daughter] the outline of the man whose name they exploit, #Rabbi #JoelTeitelbaum.

Rabbi #Teitelbaum never operated as a political actor in the modern sense. He survived the collapse of #European #Jewry. He rebuilt communities from nothing and shaped a Hasidic world that regained strength after devastation. His philosophy rested on one conviction: #Jews must not force redemption through political sovereignty before the #messianicera."

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/386192/the-hasid-in-a-keffiyeh/

I made an assessment and maintained my polar position. #hasidic

"The incident occurred last Tuesday during #Hanukkah, when a 35-year-old #Chabad #Hasidic man was walking along #KingstonAvenue around 5 p.m.

According to reports, the #attacker approached him, made #antisemitic statements, including disturbing references to the #Holocaust, pulled out a #knife, and #stabbed the victim multiple times before fleeing the scene.

The #violent #assault was captured on security cameras and quickly went viral, heightening concerns in the tight-knit community."

https://www.jfeed.com/jewish-world/crown-heights-antisemitic-stabbing

"#Chabad, the international #Hasidic #Jewish movement that held the #BondiBeach #Hanukkah celebration, often bears the brunt of #antisemitic attacks. That's because in the #Jewish world, it is boldly public facing."

https://religionnews.com/2025/12/15/undetered-by-sydney-australia-terrorist-attack-chabad-defiantly-celebrates-hanukkah/

Hmm 🤔 M is skinning her own horses? Until one snaps out of it and, kicks her in the head and drags her through the field.... that's when our local facility takes her in to give her a piece of her own medicine.... somehow M knows how I tore my own face off for the Hasidic oath on the Moon so I could be with my soulmate in the music industry. #hasidic #lunarbase #ssp #area51

I could be the only actual righteous in the Stenekes bloodline, the only real Yad Vashem. #yadvashem #stenekes #judaist #hasidic #churchofsatan

I suggested an umbrella ella ella can also be put someplace else... just sayin' #hasidic

A Horror movie can be a source of inspiration does this make the movie responsible for the copycat?? I may be a source of inspiration but never the cause. #hasidic

"#Sora2 was supposed to mark a new chapter for #OpenAI, a video-generation tool that promised limitless creative possibilities. But less than two weeks into its launch, the platform is already facing backlash for surfacing #antisemitic content created by users.

Several videos generated using #Sora’s #AI tools, including some with stereotypical portrayals of #Jewish individuals in money-related scenarios, have gained traction on the platform. One video that depicts a #Hasidic Jewish man diving for coins has racked up more than 11,000 likes. Another that features a man in a #kippah surrounded by piles of quarters has been remixed into multiple versions, including one using #SouthPark characters.

This article explores what happened, how OpenAI is responding, and what marketers and content leaders should take away from yet another AI content moderation failure."

https://www.contentgrip.com/openai-sora-2-antisemitic-content/

Oh I'm one of those, it's called operation often now??? This is Lunarbase Dagon facility shit... It's the Andromedan virus creation is fighting against... the virus vs. all creation. #viy #vey #lunarbase #hasidic #munchkin #minion #israeli #arachne #operationoften
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FAQPa8F96/

I was interrogated "voice to skull" without my memory and assigned Hasidic Wallachian Satanism... eventhough I already was before this lifetime. #voicetoskull #wallachian #judaism #hasidic

No more placating #Hasidic pro-#motorist #impunity voters in #Williamsburg!

https://gothamist.com/news/he-needs-hasidic-voters-mayor-adams-campaign-gambit-on-a-brooklyn-bike-lane #EricAdams #Mamdani #brooklyn

Enough with #motorist #impunity in pro-#Trumpian #Hasidic South #Williamsburg

https://gothamist.com/news/judge-lets-mayor-adams-remove-bike-lane-protections-on-brooklyns-bedford-avenue

B&H Photo Video closes at ONE on Fridays, not at THREE as I keep thinking. Got there at 1:30 and boy was I sad. Walked to 36th & 5th, to "42nd Street Photo" on 36th Street, natch, where I paid more than twice for B&W 120 roll film. Boy are my dogs tired (I live 46th/ 10th).
#hasidic #photo #store #closes #sabbath #Saturday #BlackAndWhite #roll #film #folding #autographic #brownie #camera #NewYorkCity #Manhattan #pedestrian #walk #barking #dogs #drizzle #rain #grey #NYC #today

Was googling the New York Jewish musician Matus Lichtenstein (c.1865–1940) whose name came up in my research and I found this 1928 recording I'd never heard before by his Matus Lichtenstein's Kunst Orkester. Interesting. Sort of #klezmer, sort of #Hasidic #nigunim played in a mainstream orchestral style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlIRRXkVGGw&ab_channel=OwlyBluesman

#JewishMusic #MusicHistory #nigun

FROM HER TEENAGE ARRANGED MARRIAGE in a high-demand Hasidic Jewish community to her life now as a lesbian mom with a doctorate, a woman looks at her transformations through the years with clarity and deep compassion. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kissing-girls-on-shabbat-sara-glass/1144226658?ean=9781668031216

@bookstodon

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