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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know some of the people involved in One Of Us (although none of the protagonists).  
First, much of what is in the film is absolutely sickening, terrible, heartbreaking, should be illegal etc.

We should be careful not to overgeneralize though; not all Hasidic communities/sub-communities-- and certainly not all Hasids-- are like what is portrayed in the film.

In my personal opinion, [b]fanaticism of all stripes is bad[/b].  And, yes, there are a lot of similarities between certain hasidic communities and fundamentalists of other religions.

There has been a big shift in the last 15-20 years where in America Hasidic kids are not receiving 'decent' educations in many of their schools. there are lawsuits about this in NJ right now. (My brother who is a secularaly (and religiously) educated orthodox Jew but not hasidic taught in one for a little while, and he said it was beyond terrible how little respect many of the families and administrations have for secular education). I personally think there is an opportunity for advocacy and enforcement around their schools.  In NY and I think NJ, it is particularly complicated due to some political realities and voting patterns. In the DC area, the only area with a larger hasdic populationis Baltimore, and I'm not familiar enough with that community to know how prevalent the disregard for a decent secular education is.  [/quote]

+1 Agreed, and it's hard to tell Hasids apart from fundamentalist muslims.  Both forbid women from being educated or intermingling with men.  Both forbid children from secular education.  Both ignore basic human rights.  And yet we're bombing and drone striking the muslims but letting these Hasidic luddites run free?  WTF America?????[/quote]

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