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Hipsters, 2 a.m.,? by Elke Reva Sudin.

By Ezra Glinter January 12, 2012

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Hipsters, 2 a.m.,? by Elke Reva Sudin.

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Elke Reva Sudin brings her “Hipsters and Hassids” paintings to Hartford, Conn.

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Ezra Glinter is the critic-at-large of the Forward.

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