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xcept for one impor-
tant difference, the
scene on Lee Avenue
in Brooklyn could be that of
any residential neighborhood
in New York. Children with
book bags hurry off to school,
men carrying briefcases walk
briskly down the street, and
young women push baby
carriages.
The difference is the way
they're dressed. The men
with briefcases wear long
black coats and broad-
brimmed hats. The boys going
off to school have side curls,
and the women wear dresses,
even though they're just out
strolling.
Williamsburg is our first
stop on a tour of Jewish
Brooklyn, and it's our first
taste of the intensely Jewish
flavor of this borough, which
is home to thousands of
Chasidic Jews.
The Chasidic Jews who live
here have their own yeshivot,
their own shuls and shops,
and, in some cases, even their
own bus service to transport
them to Manhattan, where
many of the men work in the
diamond district.
As we drive along Lee
Avenue, we note the dif-
ferences in Chasidic garb.
Most men wear the kapote,
the typical long, black over-
coat; but a few wear the
bekecher, a long coat of silk,
with pockets in the back.
There are also details of
Chasidic neighborhoods some
might miss, like the corset
shops all along Lee Avenue.
It's a good business here
because Chasidic wives, who
sometimes have eight or nine
children, favor old-fashioned
corsets after so many
childbirths.
We see the Jewish flavor all
along Lee Avenue, with its
glatt kosher butcher shops,
stores selling wigs and tur-
bans for women to cover their
heads in public, and other
stores selling specialty items
ranging from kosher ritual
baths for dishes to portable
sukkahs.
Turning onto more residen
tial streets, we note the
balconies especially built for
sukkahs and the lamposts
that define the boundaries
within which Jews can carry
during Sabbath. The typical
two-story dwelling has a fami-
ly living on one floor and the
small shul below.
At 274 Keap Street is the
Keap Street Shul. This struc-
ture, built in 1876, is the
oldest still-existing syna-
gogue in Brooklyn. It
This borough is
home to thousands
of Chasidic Jews.
was built in 1876 by the ear-
ly Jewish residents of
Williamsburg, which was
then a separate town north of
Brooklyn.
We follow the route of
Jewish migration in Brooklyn
as we leave Williamsburg and
head toward Crown Heights,
where the early
Williamsburg residents mov-
ed after they had prospered.
Here we find streets lined
with stately brownstones
sheltered by large leafy trees.
We walk to the three-story
brick building at 1770
Eastern Parkway.
This corner brick building
with its ornate window
details is world headquarters
for the Lubavitcher sect of
Chasidic Jews. Outside, black-
coated men talk animatedly.