I have a (distant) relative who is, or was, part of that community (Me'asharim, I think it's called). My understanding is that they believe that life should be lived the way it was in Poland in the 19th century. Excepting, you know, the pogroms and all that.
A good friend of mine tells me that a man attacked him with an umbrella when he tried to use a pay telephone on Friday night in the neighbourhood.
The new generation of ultra-Orthodox have been making a name for themselves as being even more conservative than their predecessors, and that's just local news.
As for 'burn in hell', I have no idea where that is coming from. There's no doctrine of hell in mainstream Judaism.
It seems like sisters in the world should start a religion... I bet it would be a peaceful one and probably allow men to wear boxer brief around in broad daylight.
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on 2008-10-06 09:28 am (UTC)I have a (distant) relative who is, or was, part of that community (Me'asharim, I think it's called). My understanding is that they believe that life should be lived the way it was in Poland in the 19th century. Excepting, you know, the pogroms and all that.
A good friend of mine tells me that a man attacked him with an umbrella when he tried to use a pay telephone on Friday night in the neighbourhood.
The new generation of ultra-Orthodox have been making a name for themselves as being even more conservative than their predecessors, and that's just local news.
As for 'burn in hell', I have no idea where that is coming from. There's no doctrine of hell in mainstream Judaism.
-- JF
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on 2008-10-06 11:01 am (UTC)