Jewish writer Shulem Deen said he was born into a world of complete passivity, with major life decisions made for him, including whom to marry and what names to give his children. That was true until ...
Chavie Weisberger grew up in an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in Monsey, New York, where she raised her three children after her 2008 divorce. But as she began questioning her faith and her ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hasidic Jewish men chat on Monday, June 16, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York (AP) Frieda Vizel's path diverged from her ...
Zellnor Myrie’s direct appeal to Orthodox voters is not unusual – the myriad other candidates running for mayor of New York City are also canvassing the key constituency. What makes the state ...
(JTA) — When Abe Kugielsky first began photographing the Hasidic Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, in 2010, he was an outsider with a camera, met with resistance from a community ...
Rachel “Ruchie” Freier, an attorney, grassroots community organizer, and member of the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, started her work as a civil court judge in Brooklyn on Tuesday. She is ...
As New York City moves to assume control of a financially distressed hospital that serves Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community, some local players are pushing back, filing lawsuits in hopes of ...
BROOKLYN/ ISRAEL — APPROXIMATELY 150 MEMBERS OF THE CHABAD-LUBAVITCH Orthodox Jewish sect will comprise a new brigade in the Israeli Defense Forces, the Jewish state’s military, Crownheights.info ...
“When I left my husband so my kids and I could survive, the community left me.” Thus spoke a heartbroken Hasidic woman, who was rejected by her community when she fled her 16-year marriage to an ...
While aspiring businesspeople of all stripes have flourished with Amazon, the prevalence of Amazon-linked firms among Hasidic Jews is notable because it runs counter to the notion that ultra-Orthodox ...
NETANYA, Israel (AP) — Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Sanz Hasidic dynasty celebrated the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat, the “New Year of the Trees,” in Netanya, Israel. This is a photo gallery curated ...