A lovely look at child-rearing and community involvement in the Chasidic world. To me it’s very reminiscent of the 1950s where all children played in the street and post War there were scores of us. No child regardless of age was escorted to school or picked up. We simply walked. To get a school bus one had to live 2+ miles in distance from the school. Any neighbor was a safe haven and any cousin or child in need could come to stay for months sans legal work. Surely, there’s a lot to be said for Community, then and now. Shkoyakh!
19-minute bonus, awesome. This second channel was a great idea - love that we get to see things that didn't make it into a full, main-channel video. You read my mind a little. Most of the video I was thinking, oh, it's so interesting that the school system enables women to work, not something you often see in more conservative, religious communities. And then you directly addressed that's really not the point, ha! I was thinking, alright, no need to embarrass me in front of everyone, Frieda, ha! The conversation about how much more time boys spend in school - I think I understand what you mean based on this and other videos. Education for girls is still pretty intensive compared to what would be average to me, but for boys much more of their mental, spiritual, and physical time/selves are devoted to school. Girls can be a little more carefree (relatively) about it. I get the impression that, from a secular point of view, the girls' curriculum is also more well-rounded, whereas for the boys Jewish studies are the entire point. Love that even in this older video, you pointed out people will help women with a stroller on the subway. Recognizing something familiar to you like that in the secular world strikes me as a compliment to your character. Cheers!
Cheers my friend, and thanks so much for this thoughtful comment! I like a lot of things of a world full of many kind people. Many - including you :) I'm enjoying having a throwaway channel where I can post things that I don't want to publish as a serious video but would still like to make it available for anyone interested. It's also nice that I feel more relaxed here :)
Thank you very much for sharing this, it was fascinating! I used to live in Brussels and got to personally know an Orthodox Jewish community. It was so interesting. As a practising Catholic, I think that we could learn a lot from Orthodox Jews on community. Traditional Catholics of the Latin mass community unfortunately lack these kind of social bonds. I often look at the mothers in my church, who sometimes have five or more children, and think that they have the worst of both worlds. They have lots of children, like women in traditional, religious societies, but without the "village" of women in such societies. Unfortunately, most of these mothers don't even really have any kind of bedrest after childbirth. I would like to hear more about how the Jewish community goes about this, as you alluded to in your video!
Hello, this video is a recipe for making a good society. I'm a public high school teacher and I know that lavish amounts of attention from parents and other adults almost guarantees success. Very nicely delivered.
This was so interesting!! One reason, I think, this communal system works is because geographically everyone lives very close together. I live out in the countryside and everyone is very spread out, this type of system wouldn't work. Since the school system is such an integral part of the community and social life, I am guessing that homeschooling isn't something done in these communities.
I SO wish we had more of a supportive, caring, communal approach to child raising in wider Western society. Not only are parents (often just one parent nowadays!) left totally alone to manage their children with no or little help and socialization, many people are actually unkind to both kids and parents, like they don’t deserve to be part of society. It’s become the ‘cool’ thing to express publicly how you find kids annoying and don’t want anything to do with them. Every activity is age segregated and some people even get angry if they just see kids in a public place. As a result, not only are kids less well socialized, parents are often really isolated and depressed and struggling economically and physically. Then they are blamed 100% for any little perceived failing. I think it’s a big reason many people are choosing not to have kids now.
Great video but the bussing is definitely NOT free of charge. I paid for it in Williamsburg and pay for it upstate even though i only use it on legal holidays and Sundays because we get bussing from the town otherwise (that's free of charge but you pay for it with heartache 😂😂😂)
MY ONLY " issue" if it s an issue😂 with the Hasidic communities in USA,is that they speak a weird mix of English n Yiddish,with a Scottish accent 😂 I know this is inevitable since they live in USA but when it comes to religious terms,i think WE have to pronounce them with the proper way... For example the word shabbos, in USA they pronounce it as if it is an English word. This goes against one of the commandments.
You might say oook relax this is JUST a subtlety and i might agree but... We are talking about ultra orthodoxs right,which are totally meticulous... So yes they OUGHT to take what i said also into consideration.
This was one of the most informative videos that you have done. And, lots of food for thought on child raising moires for the rest of society.
As always, Frieda, so interesting, and a good introduction to all the more in depth interviews you present.
Frieda is extremely beautiful 😍 very informative and always interesting to watch !
A very informative look at how the Hasidic community works together. Thank you, Frida.
Look at your sub count on this episode. How far you’ve come, and very well deserved.
A lovely look at child-rearing and community involvement in the Chasidic world. To me it’s very reminiscent of the 1950s where all children played in the street and post War there were scores of us. No child regardless of age was escorted to school or picked up. We simply walked. To get a school bus one had to live 2+ miles in distance from the school. Any neighbor was a safe haven and any cousin or child in need could come to stay for months sans legal work. Surely, there’s a lot to be said for Community, then and now. Shkoyakh!
19-minute bonus, awesome. This second channel was a great idea - love that we get to see things that didn't make it into a full, main-channel video.
You read my mind a little. Most of the video I was thinking, oh, it's so interesting that the school system enables women to work, not something you often see in more conservative, religious communities. And then you directly addressed that's really not the point, ha! I was thinking, alright, no need to embarrass me in front of everyone, Frieda, ha!
The conversation about how much more time boys spend in school - I think I understand what you mean based on this and other videos. Education for girls is still pretty intensive compared to what would be average to me, but for boys much more of their mental, spiritual, and physical time/selves are devoted to school. Girls can be a little more carefree (relatively) about it. I get the impression that, from a secular point of view, the girls' curriculum is also more well-rounded, whereas for the boys Jewish studies are the entire point.
Love that even in this older video, you pointed out people will help women with a stroller on the subway. Recognizing something familiar to you like that in the secular world strikes me as a compliment to your character. Cheers!
Cheers my friend, and thanks so much for this thoughtful comment! I like a lot of things of a world full of many kind people. Many - including you :)
I'm enjoying having a throwaway channel where I can post things that I don't want to publish as a serious video but would still like to make it available for anyone interested. It's also nice that I feel more relaxed here :)
Thank you very much for sharing this, it was fascinating! I used to live in Brussels and got to personally know an Orthodox Jewish community. It was so interesting. As a practising Catholic, I think that we could learn a lot from Orthodox Jews on community. Traditional Catholics of the Latin mass community unfortunately lack these kind of social bonds. I often look at the mothers in my church, who sometimes have five or more children, and think that they have the worst of both worlds. They have lots of children, like women in traditional, religious societies, but without the "village" of women in such societies. Unfortunately, most of these mothers don't even really have any kind of bedrest after childbirth. I would like to hear more about how the Jewish community goes about this, as you alluded to in your video!
Hello, this video is a recipe for making a good society. I'm a public high school teacher and I know that lavish amounts of attention from parents and other adults almost guarantees success. Very nicely delivered.
You are so interesting. I've learned so much 😊
This was so interesting!! One reason, I think, this communal system works is because geographically everyone lives very close together. I live out in the countryside and everyone is very spread out, this type of system wouldn't work. Since the school system is such an integral part of the community and social life, I am guessing that homeschooling isn't something done in these communities.
I find that the Hasidic have a lot in common with my own people (Māori). This is very interesting.
Btw. Zabars Chocolate Babka reminds me of kokosh for its very chocolate and sugar crunch
I SO wish we had more of a supportive, caring, communal approach to child raising in wider Western society. Not only are parents (often just one parent nowadays!) left totally alone to manage their children with no or little help and socialization, many people are actually unkind to both kids and parents, like they don’t deserve to be part of society. It’s become the ‘cool’ thing to express publicly how you find kids annoying and don’t want anything to do with them. Every activity is age segregated and some people even get angry if they just see kids in a public place. As a result, not only are kids less well socialized, parents are often really isolated and depressed and struggling economically and physically. Then they are blamed 100% for any little perceived failing. I think it’s a big reason many people are choosing not to have kids now.
Empty hands are the devil's play toy.
There's so much to applaud the Hasidic community for supporting family and community values.
Great video but the bussing is definitely NOT free of charge. I paid for it in Williamsburg and pay for it upstate even though i only use it on legal holidays and Sundays because we get bussing from the town otherwise (that's free of charge but you pay for it with heartache 😂😂😂)
Also, no small child under 5/6 will be let off the bus without a responsible adult there for them. The cut off age varies in each school
MY ONLY " issue" if it s an issue😂 with the Hasidic communities in USA,is that they speak a weird mix of English n Yiddish,with a Scottish accent 😂 I know this is inevitable since they live in USA but when it comes to religious terms,i think WE have to pronounce them with the proper way... For example the word shabbos, in USA they pronounce it as if it is an English word. This goes against one of the commandments.
You might say oook relax this is JUST a subtlety and i might agree but... We are talking about ultra orthodoxs right,which are totally meticulous... So yes they OUGHT to take what i said also into consideration.