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9/12/2008

Hipsters v. Hassids

Filed under: Jewish Stuff/Judaism, New York City — Jaws @ 9:53 pm

The ultra-orthodox Jews in Williamsburg don’t seem to be too happy with some new bike lanes going through their part of town.

The main culprits: Hipsters.

Now the ultra-orthodox Jews in question are the extremely insular (could one say “xenophobic”) Satmar sect.

Now this pits two not too popular groups against each other. But in this case the Hipsters may have the advantage–as the Satmar’s need to realize that if they’re gioing to be in Williamsburg, they’ll have to adapt to their new neighbors.

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