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Brooklyn’s Bicycle Man Uses Two Wheels To Bring Hasids and Hipsters Together

JL;DR SUMMARY Baruch Herzfeld, a Modern Orthodox Jew in Williamsburg, is striving to bridge the cultural gap between the neighborhood's Satmar Hasidim and secular hipsters through a bicycle lending initiative. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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WilliamsburgModern Orthodox JudaismCulture ClashSatmar HasidimCommunity IntegrationBaruch HerzfeldHipstersBicycle LanesNeighborhood ChangeTransportation Alternatives

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Washington DC, United States
"Both of his brothers are rabbis one at the National Synagogue in Washington."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"An unusual sign appeared in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in early August."

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