Sentences with phrase «called hasidic»

«I called it the Hasidic Eraserhead when I first saw it, and we are making every prudent effort to market the film to both Jewish and young art - savvy audiences.»

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Rosenberg runs a website and telephone call - in line that publicizes claims of sexual abuse in the Hasidic community, and he believes this attack was an attempt to «silence» him, according to Abe George, the rabbi's attorney.

Religion News Service: Orthodox rabbis laud conviction of Hasidic man on sexual abuse charges The world's largest group of Orthodox rabbis is lauding the process that led to the conviction of a Hasidic Jewish man on Monday (Dec. 10) on sexual abuse charges, and called on all segments of the Jewish community to cooperate with police in such cases.

Mordechai Hager, who died in March at age 95, founded a Hasidic village called Kaser in Rockland County, where he owned several properties and where Isaac Hager, who goes by the nickname Itzy, was raised.

The Sullivan County Board of Elections will appoint a monitor to review challenges to voter registrations to settle a lawsuit filed by Hasidic Jewish residents in what legal experts call an unprecedented agreement in New York state.

A public comment session on the Hudson Valley Hasidic Jewish village of Kiryas Joel's controversial annexation proposal was held Tuesday evening — despite calls from some elected officials and area residents to postpone the session because of inclement weather.

A controversial proposal that calls for the predominantly Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel in New York's Orange County to annex land from the town of Monroe will likely face legal obstacles.

One source close to Indig, whose Aroni Satmar sect ran the school, said the Hasidic power broker called the mayor at the time and asked him for assistance.

At issue is which warring faction of a Brooklyn - based Hasidic sect called Satmar will operate four Jewish summer camps in Wawarsing this year.

And if you can set aside the blithe treatment of sex work or the borderline - offensive caricaturing of the Hasidic community — a scene of Allen being called before a council of rabbis veers into questionable territory — there's a delicacy to the dynamic between Turturro and Paradis that's endearing despite the pairing's ludicrousness.