Ex-Hasidic Man Sues Quebec Gov for Failing to Ensure Proper Education

A father fights the Quebec government after realizing the secular education both he and his children had gotten in their Hasidic Yeshivas, were intentionally not up to the legal state requirements. Struggling with ostracization, dishonor and a battle to keep their own children after leaving the sect, Yohanan Lowen continues to fight for the children who don’t know any better.

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• No functional education for its members, do you agree?
• Disclaimer:  Orthodox community split into main 3 sections
• Why different Jewish Sects wash each others hands
• Last disclaimer
• Growing up in a Hasidic ghetto
• The differences in the community from London to New York (CONTROL)
• What does Hasidic control look like?
• Responding to the Chavie video commenters claiming her story was biased
• Are Rabbi's allowed to get married or have sex?
• How old was Yohanan when he got married?
• Masturbation was considered WORSE than murder
• No birth control- families with 18 children!
• Is anyone happy in the group?
• Required duties of a Hasidic man in Yohanan's sect
• His elite line of family
• What started the domino effect for Yohanan's family to leave
• Why put his son in a non-hasidic school to begin with?
• Differences in Hasidic yeshivas and secular schools
• Why are governments siding with these high control groups over the parents of children who have left?
• Advice for anyone who is trying to leave their Hasidic community

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