July 07, 2004

Yes, We Are Still Experiencing a Lull

But elsewhere, Pitchaya Sudbanthad has a fascinating account of the Hasidim in Brooklyn, so you should go read that.

In September 2003, Frimcha Hirsch and Elky Stern, two 16-year-old Hasidic girls, were asked by a parent to go out for some smoked fish. They never went to the market. Instead, they fled Brooklyn’s Borough Park for a bus at the Port Authority. Frimcha and Elky were going to run as far away as they could.

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