Sentences with phrase «hasidic religious»

While legally required to offer a public - school - equivalent education, there is an ongoing New York City investigation into practices at some schools in the highly insular ultra-Orthodox community, with claims that more than a few used by the Hasidic religious group prioritize religious studies to the point that many students graduating 12th grade are near ignorant when it comes to anything more than basic math, grammar, science or history, leaving them all but unemployable.

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I am an hasidic jew and i feel bad i am exposed to such hateful people like you, as a Jew u should be more tolerant and respect us, ur religious grandparents would cry hearing ur hateful comments against ur fellow Jews.

A Hasidic Jew presents problems to any organization since they are bound by a higher set of religious dogma that might not agree with established governmental policies.

He is of significance for Judaism not only as religious philosopher, translator of the Bible, and translator and re-creator of Hasidic legends and thought, but also as a religious personality who has provided leadership of a rare quality during the time of his people's greatest trial and suffering since the beginning of the diaspora.

NEW YORK (CNN)- A Hasidic NYPD recruit is planning a lawsuit after being dismissed for refusing to trim his beard for religious reasons, his attorney said Sunday.

CNN: Hasidic NYPD recruit says he was fired over beard length A Hasidic NYPD recruit is planning a lawsuit after being dismissed for refusing to trim his beard for religious reasons, his attorney said Sunday.

But good thing your not too religious in hasidic values cause how they treat women?

But as an Orthodox Hasidic Jew «it is absolutely forbidden in my religious beliefs to cut or trim my beard in any way,» Litzman wrote in a March 18 statement to NYPD officials, provided to CNN by Lewin.

Beards for religious purposes are to be kept to 1 millimeter in length, he said, adding that there are other Hasidic and Orthodox uniformed members who observe the accommodation.

«Although not knowing whether I will be punished for maintaining my religious beliefs has been very taxing on me and my family, I will not waver in my firm belief that I can be a successful member of the NYPD and an Orthodox (Hasidic) Jew at the same time.»

Concerns stem in part from a majority of students in the district attending religious schools, while the Board of Education is largely dominated by Hasidic men making decisions for a largely black and Latino student body.

The fear and consternation among the secular community regarding the Ultra ‑ Orthodox and Hasidic communities is real and it's based on some very real goals and interests of the secular versus the religious community that need to be addressed.

His understanding of religious experience is a nuanced one, honed from years of living as an exiled Hasidic Jew and from studies under a religious philosopher.

This religious - fish - out - of - water narrative involving the Hasidic community has been well trod in films before, but in the hands of filmmaker Sebastain Leilo and his more than capable cast, Disobedience doesn't treat it with anything less than striking intelligence and humane interactions.

Here's one article or you can google and find some other articles about it too, if you'd like, but it seems that the Hasidics are taking over the school district boards and diverting a lot of the funding for religious schools, which is hurting the regular public schools» funding.