12-29-2011, 09:41 AM
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Gunnen, these Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic's are NOT the same ones you are thinking of. I don't know if Missoula has a large Jewish population but here, we have a HUGE Hasidic population and I assure you, they are nothing like these Ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Yes, they live for the most part, in squalor and are not the best kept or clean (as rumor and gossip has proved), but they are kind and tolerant people here. Yes, they study the Torah and live by their religious beliefs and stay in close knit communities, but they are not violent. I've lived in their neighborhoods and they are safe. Actually I think I'm the only one who does not call them Stinky Jews or berate them every chance I get.
These Hasids in the story are beyond them. They are the sect of Hasidism that the Hasids here are fearful of. For the life of me I cannot think of the proper name for them because the news story does not describe them properly, but in Israel, there has always been this insane faction of Hasidim that make everyone nervous there. They are like the Amish in a way where they reject anything modern and live strictly 'by the book'. What's really ironic is that they are just like the Arabs who fight against them and their right to exist. There never will be peace in that region.
Yes, they live for the most part, in squalor and are not the best kept or clean (as rumor and gossip has proved), but they are kind and tolerant people here. Yes, they study the Torah and live by their religious beliefs and stay in close knit communities, but they are not violent. I've lived in their neighborhoods and they are safe. Actually I think I'm the only one who does not call them Stinky Jews or berate them every chance I get.
These Hasids in the story are beyond them. They are the sect of Hasidism that the Hasids here are fearful of. For the life of me I cannot think of the proper name for them because the news story does not describe them properly, but in Israel, there has always been this insane faction of Hasidim that make everyone nervous there. They are like the Amish in a way where they reject anything modern and live strictly 'by the book'. What's really ironic is that they are just like the Arabs who fight against them and their right to exist. There never will be peace in that region.
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