(JTA) — An unidentified man ran up to a group of Hasidic Jewish men and punched one in the head. The victim, who like the others with whom he was standing was wearing a shtreimel, a fur hat worn ...

leading some to comment on the uneasiness Jews feel toward their Hasidic "brothers." On the other hand, the Hasidim have influenced other American Jews to become, in some ways, a bit more like them.

Also opposing the ban are Hasidic Jews, who often wear the cake-shaped sable hats known as shtreimels on Shabbat and holidays. Made from the tails of sables and foxes, the hats can cost as much as ...