leading some to comment on the uneasiness Jews feel toward their Hasidic "brothers." On the other hand, the Hasidim have influenced other American Jews to become, in some ways, a bit more like them.

(JTA) — An unidentified man ran up to a group of Hasidic Jewish men and punched one in the head. The victim, who like the others with whom he was standing was wearing a shtreimel, a fur hat worn ...