90210 Billboard Doesn't Quite Fit In
Photo c/o The Brooklyn Paper / Allison Bosworth
The Hasidic community in Williamsburg is a bit up in arms recently over the addition of this sexified 90210 billboard looming over the neighborhood and their stretch of the BQE. A local rabbi gave the reasoning to the Brooklyn Paper:
In Jewish law, it is forbidden to see any part of a lady that is not dressed ‚Äî and having men and women swimming together is also not permissible, even if they are fully clothed,” said Rabbi David Niederman, president of the United Jewish Organization
Nobody’s returning any phone calls. But now that the premiere’s come and gone, it’ll most likely be taken down quietly one night without noise nor fuss. Offensive? Or maybe just a bit of New York seeping east…
