Hasidic

Fire damages historic Sadigura synagogue in Chernivtsi, suspect mentally unstable

Local rabbi says suspect also tried to torch a church last month, stresses community does not feel rising antisemitism in the city.

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Fire damages historic Sadigura synagogue in Chernivtsi, suspect mentally unstable
Nechemya Weberman convicted for 103 years in prison.

Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced - NYT

The message Brooklyn's district attorney was sending was that “politics matters more than protecting children,” said Boorey Deutsch, the husband of the woman who Weberman abused when she was a girl.

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Candidate Zohran Mamdani meets with Satmar Hasidic leaders and families during his campaign for mayor, Williamsburgh, New York, October 2025.

NYC’s yeshivas can offer a well-rounded education. Will Mamdani help them get there? - opinion

Hasidic boys' schools dedicate less than two hours/week to secular learning. This educational neglect is tragically common and feeds poverty, demanding urgent action from the new NYC administration.

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An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

NY state budget weakens oversight over yeshiva learning in blow to secular education advocates

The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders.

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Skver Hasidic sect bans artificial intelligence: 'Abomination, heresy'

The Skver community is based in the village of New Square, New York, and is considered particularly traditionalist.

MAY 2, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
A Hasidic Jewish pilgrim attends a commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Grand Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner, the founder of a famous Hasidic dynasty, in the village of Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, early April 30, 2017.

Netflix’s ‘Rough Diamonds’ shows the drama of Antwerp’s Orthodox diamond district

Until the past decade, Antwerp was home to over 80% of the world’s annual uncut diamond trade, and much of it was dominated by haredi Orthodox Jews.

APRIL 24, 2023ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Religious Reinforcement Campaign in Belgium • The Admor Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto held a marathon of Torah lessons and meetings with the great admors and rebbes of Antwerp • The Admor was accompanied by his son, Rabbi Yoel Moshe Pinto, who continues to follow in his footsteps

Special ed care provider for NYC yeshivas charged with $2.8m. embezzlement

Martin Handler was accused of overbilling the government for services, stealing funds and other crimes amounting to $2.8m in damages.

JANUARY 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
CHILDREN GET OFF a yeshiva school bus in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Majority of victims of antisemitic crime in NYC are ultra-Orthodox, Hasidic - report

An estimated 97% of the 194 antisemitic hate crimes documented were carried out by people belonging to other minority groups.

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Hasidic schools in New York exploiting special education funding - NYT

Hasidic schools collected millions in government money in exchange for special education services that are, reportedly, not always needed.

DECEMBER 30, 2022ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Hasidic Jewish refugees from Ukraine celebrate Hanukkah at Hungarian shelter

More than half of Ukraine's Jewish communities have been evacuated, finding refuge around Europe and Israel.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByREUTERS
Hasidic Jewish refugees from Ukraine celebrate the first day of Hanukkah at a kosher shelter on the banks of Hungary's Lake Balaton in Balatonoszod, Hungary December 18, 2022

Rachel Freier: Civil court judge, parademic, Hasid and mother of 6

Freier discusses the changing public perception of Hasidim and relations between religious and secular Jews.

DECEMBER 12, 2022ByHOWARD LOVY/JTA
Hon. Ruchie Freier

Activists launch independent haredi news organization

Naftuli Moster is launching a news organization focused on tackling the news desert in the haredi world.

DECEMBER 1, 2022ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Man reading 'Yated Ne’eman’ in Mea She’arim

Chinese censors ban printing of ‘anti-communist’ Hasidic woman’s memoir

“Unfortunately this book is not approved to print in China as content involves anti-communist,” said a 1010 Printing representative.

OCTOBER 3, 2022ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
Chinese censors did not allow a local company to print copies of "The Queen of Cleveland" for American publisher Hasidic Archives.

Can the state tell yeshivas what they can teach?

New York State's Board of Regents to approve new regulations proposed by the New York State Education Department.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022ByMICHAEL A. HELFAND/JTA
An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.