Monday, June 14, 2004
Children sent home from cheder in New Square
Women from New Square in upstate New York were asked last week to cover their sheitlech with either hats or tichlech. Letters were sent out to women warning of repurcusions for non-compliance. The women who did not follow the warning letters had their children sent home from school early during the day with a not explaining that they would not be readmitted until the matter was resolved and the necesary sheitel adjustments were made. Many women quickly gave in to the demands for fear of being ostrisized in the community. Others are packing their bags and their families, leaving the tight-knit town run by Skver, not willing to change their way of life to suit the Chassidic leaders of the town.
Women from New Square in upstate New York were asked last week to cover their sheitlech with either hats or tichlech. Letters were sent out to women warning of repurcusions for non-compliance. The women who did not follow the warning letters had their children sent home from school early during the day with a not explaining that they would not be readmitted until the matter was resolved and the necesary sheitel adjustments were made. Many women quickly gave in to the demands for fear of being ostrisized in the community. Others are packing their bags and their families, leaving the tight-knit town run by Skver, not willing to change their way of life to suit the Chassidic leaders of the town.
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