Comments on: VIDEO AND PHOTOS: Two Young Girls Dressed As Jews Arrested For Stealing Pocketbook In Williamsburg Store

By: BABAKAMA

BABAKAMA — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:16:56 +0000

ask the thieves; from where did you steal the pleated school uniforms?

By: voseppes

voseppes — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:57:38 +0000

We have to be careful. For the past several years, gypsy women, dressed modestly, have been panhandling on Purim. I chased one away by simply saying, “Shalom Aleichem!” They don’t speak the lashon.

By: jew yorker

jew yorker — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:47:48 +0000

Great color commentary and play by play on the video.

By: ujm

ujm — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:34:42 +0000

The arrested were two non-Jewish hispanic female minors.

Dress does say a lot about a person. Someone going around in torn jeans with a crew cut and a sleeveless shirt rightfully and 100% correctly will engender a different reaction and precautions than someone in a suit and tie.

By: The little I know

The little I know — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:52:21 +0000

It seems another issue is ignored. The suspects were “dressed like Jews”. This assisted them in pulling off their crime. The bystanders easily judged them to be Jewish girls and thus trustworthy. I guess we feel safe when around our own. However, by judging based on dress, we were fooled this time.

Should we be judging our safety (and countless other things) based on how someone dresses? Is the external presentation indicative of their honesty, integrity, and spirituality? We have far to go in our understanding of just what is accomplished by using חיצוניות as the yardstick to measure anything.

By: DikDukDuck

DikDukDuck — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:24:37 +0000

So we got framed.

By: nfgo3

nfgo3 — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:04:49 +0000

So, in the third photo, who’s the guy in the dark hoodie?

By: shuali

shuali — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:57:10 +0000

Looked at the 1st and 2nd picture. There’s no “denial” (tartei b’mashma).

By: taz

taz — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:31:07 +0000

I wonder if there were children left unattended in that stroller?? How easily they could have been snatched as well!!

By: ujm

ujm — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:30:35 +0000

No.