Monday, July 21, 2014

Frum facts that some did not know

When frum people are painted as extremists and fanatics its not surprising when with a little research you come to see that Charedim actually do not live in a cave. An article in commentary magazine about charedim and frum communities in the USA shows that diversity exists among the Charedim. Living among the frum these facts are not news, but when your opinion of frum yidden is based on the portrayal in the secular Jewish media it could not be further than the truth. Read article HERE
Here are some "surprising facts"

 -Armed with professional degrees, Yeshivish men and women are entering once forbidden fields—law, accounting, pharmacology, psychology, corporate business—that bring them into increased contact with other sectors of the Jewish population.
-Hatzolah ambulance drivers don’t check the pedigree of people needing hospitalization, any more than Chaverim only help Haredim locked out of their cars. The most famous “store” giving away free clothing, Bobbie’s Place in Flatbush, serves Haredim and non-Jews in the neighborhood equally.
  -As many as 20 percent of students at the Lakewood yeshiva Beth Medrash Govoha were raised in non-Haredi homes. And Lubavitch too has attracted significant numbers to its brand of Hasidism.

3 comments:

  1. Apparently this Wertheimer received a grant from Avi Chai Foundation. I don't know if he used the proceeds for this article. However, one would think that the guru at Avi Chai, the good Dr. Schick could help point out some of the silly, perhaps egregious, errors in the article. Dr. Schick does profess to be a representative of the Hareidi/Yeshivish world.

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  2. Fotheringay-PhippsJuly 21, 2014 at 12:52 PM

    There is no way anything close to 20% of BMG is from non-Charedi homes. Maybe 5%. (Sefardim are a bit of a wild card.)

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  3. that depends what you call "charedi".
    also none of the those fields were ever "forbidden".

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