Hasidic Jews are the real counterculture in gentrified Brooklyn
There’s a variety of reasons why they end up becoming distanced, and they see it as a way of protecting themselves and their community from negative influences.
A man arrives at a mass gathering of Satmar Hasidic Jews in the Brooklyn borough of New York December 2, 2015(photo credit: REUTERS/DARREN ORNITZ)BySHIRA HANAU/JTA