Ask them to explain the Noahide laws to you (7 laws that Hasidic Jews feel Gentiles have to follow) which many of them have been doing of late. It would be a conversation starter at the least.
peace, Jim Davis Ozark Bioregion, USA Planet Gaia
http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=141735 http://www.amazon.com/Shia-Imami-Ismaili-Muslims-Introduction/dp/1430315628/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218913605&sr=8-2
--- On Fri, 5/22/09, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
> From: shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] umbrellas and hasidism
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 5:39 PM
> At 05:15 PM 3/31/2009, Chuck Grimes
> wrote:
> > It occurs to me, that when I was curious about Judaism
> it was a simple
> > matter of picking up a casual friendship with my
> neighbor
> > downstairs.
>
>
> follow up: we had a garage sale today and I learned
> something that confirmed what would have been my answer
> awhile back: striking up a friendship among the folks in
> this neighborhood presents problems in so far as this
> particular branch of orthodox / hasidism is so strict that
> the children will not speak to other children when they try
> to make friends.
>
> i'd gathered that from folks' general reaction. I'd be
> sitting on the porch, reading, and I'd smile and wave. it
> was rare that I got a response. well, that's why: they're
> just very insular and don't mix it up with gentiles,
> apparently. i didn't say anything earlier since, well, maybe
> they just didn't want to talk to me. today, i learned that
> this is the general behavior. *shrug*
>
> shag -- too old for this garage sale crap -- carpet ($1)
> bomb (bag sale on bombs, Sat afternoon) lol
>
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