In 1996, during the heated days of the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, a fire broke out at the women’s convalescent home where Hasidic mothers were recovering with their newborn babies. It raged during the night as frantic mothers escaped the home with their babies. This incident is believed by many to have been arson - and was the precipitated by fighting in the village between the iron fisted leadership and a small group of dissidents. Although I grew up in Kiryas Joel, I remember little or no

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