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From the Reform Rabbi Amiel Hirsch—who had coauthored a widely circulated letter against Mamdani—to the Satmar Hasidim in Brooklyn, New York Jews expressed at least cautious optimism about their mayor elect, if not outright excitement.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2026

They say they worry the show describes strictures more typical of, say, the Brooklyn-based Satmar Hasidim, not the less stringent community of which she was part.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

On a childhood visit, I’d marveled at the city’s Jewish delis, black-hatted Hasidim and Jewish mayor, all sources of wonder to a boy from Savannah, where Jews were a tiny minority.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021

On religious holidays, Skvire Hasidim come from all over the world—New Square has fifteen sister cities—to worship with him.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019

There were also those synagogues in which Jews who were not Hasidim worshiped.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok