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Why do so many Hasidic Jews have non-American accents?

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We all speak with accents. When we speak with people who speak like us, we don't notice it. When we encounter people from other cultures, regions of the country, or socio-economical classes, we do notice differences in speech. read more

Although many Hasids have European accents, the Chabad Lubavitchers, by and large, speak excellent, unaccented US English. Their headquarters are in Brooklyn, NY (770 Eastern Parkway, in the Crown Heights section, not far from Prospect Park. read more

Chassidus was born during a time when a large population of the Jewish community was being ignored by the “more enlightened, ” well-educated, and pious Torah observant Jews. The Jewish world was also reeling and demoralized from incident of the false messiah, Shabatai Tzi. read more

In religious circles, it is the Ashkenazi Haredi Jews, particularly the Hasidic Jews and the Lithuanian yeshiva world (see Lithuanian Jews), who continue to teach, speak and use Yiddish, making it a language used regularly by hundreds of thousands of Haredi Jews today. read more

I know a guy who works at Mount Sinai and he told me the genetics-treatment center contains a wildly disproportionate number of Hasidic Jews. In fact, they have their own Genetics Disease Center. This may have to do with marrying close to one’s family. read more

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