As I reported five days ago, stores in Williamsburg, Brooklyn have posted signs warning customers not to try to enter if dressed 'immodestly' in sleeveless and/or low cut tops. So? What's new?
The Williamsburg dress code sign I posted on July 17
So. What's new?
What's new is that the New York Post clearly saw the sign I posted five days ago and set out to write a story about it – which is a good thing.
The bad thing is that the Post reporter stole the story from FailedMessiah.com and failed to credit me for reporting it first.
This same Post reporter tried to steal the Howard Frank suicide/murder story from me, as well, a couple weeks ago. (So far his report has not run in the Post. It was supposed to printed last Sunday, but wasn't. And then it was supposed to printed today. But as of a few minutes ago, it hadn't been.)
At any rate, the Post characterizes the sign (which it does not reproduce) this way:
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish business owners are lashing out at customers at dozens of stores in Williamsburg, trying to ban sleeveless tops and plunging necklines from their aisles. It’s only the latest example of the Hasidic community trying to enforce their strict religious laws for everyone who lives near their New York enclave.
“No Shorts, No Barefoot, No Sleeveless, No Low Cut Neckline Allowed in the Store,” declare the English/Spanish signs that appear in stores throughout the Hasidic section of the hipster haven. The retailers do not just serve Jews — they include stores for hardware, clothes and electronics.…
The Post's reporter then goes on to compare the sign to, among other things, the attempt by hasidim to force gender segregation on the B 110 city bus that serves the area.
Related Post: Williamsburg Grocery Store Dress Code.
[Hat Tip: Ruthie.]