Record
“In three hours, everybody’s gone.”
Members of a Hasidic family pack their
minivan to leave Sullivan County.
Members of a Hasidic family pack their
minivan to leave Sullivan County.
Fathers strapped luggage and toys to the roofs of minivans. Mothers were too busy hosing off chairs and folding the last of the laundry to talk about the exodus.
This scene has repeated for decades now. The day before Labor Day, Sullivan County's Hasidic Jewish communities pack up and vanish. Shops close, bungalows empty, summer ends. Many return to the bustle of Brooklyn.
“It's unbelievable,” bakery owner Levi Gombo said. “In three hours, everybody's gone.”
Hasidim Make Annual Exodus from Sullivan County
Record
“In three hours, everybody’s gone.”
Members of a Hasidic family pack their
minivan to leave Sullivan County.
Members of a Hasidic family pack their
minivan to leave Sullivan County.
WOODBOURNE, NY — Bakery workers scraped mounds of poppy seeds into trash bins.
Fathers strapped luggage and toys to the roofs of minivans. Mothers were too busy hosing off chairs and folding the last of the laundry to talk about the exodus.
This scene has repeated for decades now. The day before Labor Day, Sullivan County’s Hasidic Jewish communities pack up and vanish. Shops close, bungalows empty, summer ends. Many return to the bustle of Brooklyn.
“It’s unbelievable,” bakery owner Levi Gombo said. “In three hours, everybody’s gone.”
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