Not your average Brooklyn hipster: Meet Meir Kalmanson

By Samara Abramson May 2, 2016

  At first glance, you might think Meir Kalmanson is just another 25-year-old hipster filmmaker from Brooklyn. But if you take a closer look, you’ll find that he’s far from typical. Kalmanson was born into the Chabad Lubavitch movement, which is a sect of ultra-Orthodox Hasidism — and the largest and fastest-growing Jewish organization in…

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On The Seventh Day, God Made Fashion

By H. B. Rubin May 14, 2013

Hassid or Hipster? It’s a topic of discussion that never gets old. But what about these bearded men’s female counterparts? While I don’t think we’re going to see any Hasidic women sporting crop-tops and wedged Supergas anytime soon, there may be more stylish overlap than you’ve previously considered. Whether it be the variety of hats lining…

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Hasidic Lady Rock? Heck Yes.

By H. B. Rubin October 26, 2012

There are few things that I love more than Obama’s Horses and Bayonets line in last night’s debate. One of those things are the cheese quesadillas that my roommate makes almost nightly as a College-Is-Fucking-Stressful snack. The other is Bulletproof Stockings. No no, I’m not referring to a new military-chic phenomena of stockings that can shield…

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