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.

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

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

 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


Brooklyn woman knocks hat off Orthodox Jewish man

The suspect was arrested on Saturday night by NYPD with assistance from volunteer safety patrol group Boro Park Shomrim.

Illustrative photo: Residents of Borough Park in Brooklyn, last month.

How New York City’s Hasidic yeshivas gained, and lost, legitimacy - opinion

The supporters say the schools’ focus on Jewish studies is a matter of educational and religious freedom and parental choice.

Pedestrians walk past a yeshiva in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 9, 2019.

Rules aimed at regulating ultra-Orthodox schools unanimously passed in New York

The regulations have been in the works for years and got the approval of the Regents’ Preschool to twelfth-grade committee Monday.

 An Orthodox Jewish man walks by the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov school.

Israeli Yeshiva student wins silver medal at International Olympiad of Informatics

Eitan Elbaum, 17, competed against 346 students from 90 countries across the globe in the contest, which featured complex programming questions.

 Eitan Elbaum (second in from right) poses with other members of the Israeli delegation who participated in the International Olympiad in Informatics earlier this year.

Boys in hasidic schools regularly beaten, denied basic secular education - NYT

A year-long investigation into the New York hasidic school system by The New York Times found that the children in these schools were suffering from severe educational deprivation.

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

Lufthansa to create a position to fight antisemitism after kicking Jews off flight

The incident had outraged Jews in the United States and Europe, some of whom alleged that the crew had been discriminating against all visible Jewish passengers.

Israeli passengers wait to board the Lufthansa flight intended to bring them back to Israel, February 24, 2021.

Who are Judaism's great women hassidic leaders?

Women are undeniably part of the story of hassidism, on occasion playing key roles in the evolution of the movement

 WEDDING CEREMONY of the granddaughter of the Belz Rebbe. Mea She’arim, 2014.

NY Governor Hochul endorsed by Satmar Jewish community

Hochul has regularly toured Orthodox day schools and synagogues, fought to add more funding for Holocaust survivors.

 New York Governor Hochul and former Mayor Bloomberg visit 9/11 Memorial & Museum ahead of 20th anniversary of attacks in New York

Progressive rabbis demonstrate for workers’ rights, Hasidic-owned company listens

The rabbis ended up spending about 90 minutes with a representative of the Hasidic-owned Best Super Cleaning.

STORES IN the hassidic section of New York’s Williamsburg, seen here, reached a settlement with the city over their dress code for customers.

Hasidic family returns lost wallet containing $1,400 to Bronx man

In a weekend marred by an act of hate-filled violence, a Jewish family from Brooklyn did their part to heal the world. 

 Chris Collins lost his wallet, but Assemblymember Simcha Eichensatein helped link him up with a Hasidic family who found it last Thursday.