MR -“My husband is originally from Passaic, his family left because it was too yeshivish”
Yeshivish -code word for “Frum”. Anybody who lived in Passaic 20 years ago and decided Passaic was too Yeshivishe -meant that they don’t like Jews who keep the Torah. I don’t live in Passaic, but even nowadays there is a Big Modern Olam and lots of BT’s. It’s funny because -before the Yeshiva came there it was a dying Jewish community. The Yeshiva brought the Jewish community back to life.