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In Conversation on "Heretic in the House" with Naomi Seidman
Season 1 Episode 8
This is a long-form zoom conversation with Naomi Seidman, host of the wonderful "Heretic in the House" podcast.
You can find the podcast here: https://www.hartman.org.il/program/heretic-in-the-house/
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
In conversation with Gerry Albarelli, former Hasidic boys' English teacher
Season 1 Episode 7
Gerry Albarelli wrote one of the most unique books on the contemporary Hasidic community. It's on the subject of his experience as a secular studies teacher in the Satmar Hasidic boys' school. His bo…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
A special visit to Williamsburg with writer and former resident Phillip Lopate
Season 1 Episode 6
Williamsburg, Brooklyn has a rich immigrant history. Before the South Side became the Hasidic enclave that it is today, it was a much more eclectic immigrant neighborhood. Among its former residents …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Izzy Posen and Frieda Vizel live zoom conversation on Post-Haredi life, identity and relations
Season 1 Episode 5
I had the great pleasure of doing a live zoom conversation with fellow former-Hasid [OTD] and professional thinker Izzy Posen. Izzy is a prolific personality on Twitter, where he is eager to encourag…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Interview with Harry Weiss, former Williamsburg resident
Season 1 Episode 4
I'm delighted to be posting another video conversation with a Jewish Williamsburg "old-timer", this one with Harry/Chaim Weiss.
Harry Weiss was born September 24, 1949, in the Williamsburg section of …
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Shpanier Arbet / Jewish garment art with Elena Solomon
Season 1 Episode 3
In this video post, I explore a very interesting part of Hasidic clothing: the silver decorative strip found on the men's prayer shawls. I talk to Elena Solomon, who, together with Lilly Homer is wri…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
In Conversation with Nathaniel Deutsch, Co-author of 'A Fortress in Brooklyn'
Season 1 Episode 2
I had the pleasure to talk to Nathaniel Deutsch about his new book on Hasidic Williamsburg.
Nathaniel Deutsch is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he holds the …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Interview with Nelly Grussgott on post-war Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Season 1 Episode 1
This video is part of a research project to document the way Hasidim came to America after the war and turned Williamsburg into an insular religious enclave.
Nelly Grussgott was born in 1930 in Berlin…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago