When Emily Austin was 16, a Holocaust education trip to Poland changed her life. The child of secular Israeli immigrants to ...

represent what most consider to be more historically "typical" Hasidism. The Hungarian Satmar, who are zehemently anti-Zionist, have a reputation as the strictest sect: Satmar women, for example ...

The project puts Hasidic music in the hands of women and bridges the divide between Orthodox and liberal Jews, who can meet in a shared domain of song, representing both rebellion and connection.

The Hasidim differ from other Orthodox Jews in several ways. The core of Hasidism is enthusiasm and ... in Russia; the Satmar from Satu Mare in present-day Hungary; the Bobover from the Polish ...

Netflix’s Unorthodox is one of the biggest shows of 2020 so far, following the story of Esty, a young woman who flees life in an orthodox Jewish ... 25 years as a Satmar Hasidic Jew, before ...

A discreet lingerie store, La Plume, offers phalanxes of the floor-length “Shabbos robes” beloved by Hasidic women who ... she has also created a line of Jewish-law-approved “Shabbos ...

Changing a law that chiefly affects all-boys Hasidic Jewish schools ... One faction of the Satmar Hasidic community celebrated the bill on social media on Wednesday, writing that the state ...

Hasidic Judaism encompasses a diverse array of sects, each with its own customs, practices, and spiritual leaders. Major Hasidic dynasties include Satmar, Chabad-Lubavitch, Breslov, Ger ...

A trio of troublemakers sped through Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in a white car shooting pellet guns and gel guns at people dressed in traditional Hasidic Jewish garb, hitting at least seven persons ...