The Forward on MSN2d
At a Hasidic Jewish sweat lodge, enlightenment in the all-encompassing darkness
The taxi dropped me off for the lodge on a seemingly deserted street in Southwest Ranches, a neighborhood northwest of Fort ...
New York Ends Funding for 2 Yeshivas That Fail to Teach Basic Skills
The decision is the first time that the State Department of Education has withheld money from private Hasidic schools for not ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency9y
‘Hasidic Rebel’ Shulem Deen on leaving Orthodoxy and losing his children
The author of “All Who Go Do Not Return” speaks with JTA about Hasidic culture, first transgressions and how a new generation of formerly haredi Orthodox Jews is defying stereotypes.
The Forward on MSN4d
A short Yiddish horror film set at the start of the Hasidic movement
Informed by Jewish folklore and the writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer, the film carries a mythic poetic quality ...
Two NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules
New York State is cutting public funding to two Brooklyn Hasidic yeshivas and requiring parents to find alternative schools ...
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INSIDE THE COMMUNITY: A HOLY LIFE
An outsider visiting a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn is likely to be struck immediately by just how Hasidic it looks. The Hasidic parts of Crown Heights, Williamsburg, and Boro Park are lively ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency5y
New York City is considering a ban on fur. Hasidic Jews and Jewish fur dealers aren’t happy.
Also opposing the ban are Hasidic Jews, who often wear the cake-shaped sable hats known as shtreimels on Shabbat and holidays. Made from the tails of sables and foxes, the hats can cost as much as ...
Two Hassidic men assaulted in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Two Hassidic men were assaulted in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday as they were exiting a synagogue. The attacker was unprovoked and attempted to stab one man in the neck and ...