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נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>Interesting-ish data. I'd say there looks like big flaws in the choice to agglomerate sects as if they're the same. But it's accurate enough for the conclusions in this article. </p><p>"The authors surveyed 1,307 <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Orthodox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orthodox</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> adults, 95% of whom reside in the U.S. They grouped respondents into three categories: Modern Orthodox; <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Haredi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haredi</span></a> — including both <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hasidic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hasidic</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yeshivish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yeshivish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> who belong to a sect or follow a particular rabbi — and the New York-based Hasidic <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Satmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satmar</span></a> sect, whose adherents believe that no <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> state may be established until the Messiah comes."</p><p><a href="https://forward.com/fast-forward/584346/orthodox-jews-israel-zionism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forward.com/fast-forward/58434</span><span class="invisible">6/orthodox-jews-israel-zionism/</span></a></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"It took Howard Langer two years from his first serious attempt at <a href="https://babka.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> — 60 pages longhand in pencil — to complete what would become “The Last Dekrepitzer.” It took almost two more years for the 74-year-old to find an agent and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/publisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publisher</span></a>.</p><p>“I was 70 and I wanted to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/write" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>write</span></a> my whole life, and so I said to myself, ‘You know, if you don’t start now it’s not going to happen.’ So I sat down the next morning and began,” said Langer, a Philadelphia attorney who also teaches at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School.</p><p>Langer’s debut <a href="https://babka.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> about a fiddling <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hasidic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hasidic</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/rabbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rabbi</span></a> won the 2024 National <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> Award and was shortlisted for The Athenaeum of Philadelphia’s 2024 <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Literary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literary</span></a> Award.</p><p>“I was stunned when I received the call telling me of the award,” Langer said."</p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/fiddling-with-writing-lawyer-pens-award-winning-book-about-busking-rabbi-in-nyc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofisrael.com/fiddling-wit</span><span class="invisible">h-writing-lawyer-pens-award-winning-book-about-busking-rabbi-in-nyc/</span></a></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p><strong>Ukraine Daily summary - Thursday, February 6 2025</strong></p> US provides 30% of Ukraine's weapons, domestic production covers 40% -- Ukraine's operation in Kursk Oblast may become 'important part' of negotiation process -- Ukraine strikes Russian oil facility, Buk air defense system overnight -- Euroclear to send 2-billion-euro tranche of Russian assets profits for Kyiv -- and more <p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Thursday,%20February%206%202025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Thursday,%20February%206%202025/</span></a></p>
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