Hassidim

Will Chabad lead American Jewry? - opinion

Zohran Mamdani’s election as the mayor of New York City is the final nail in the coffin containing the deceased body of Jewish power in American politics.

 Thousands of Shluchim pose for a “class picture” outside Chabad World Headquarters
The IDF arrests eight Palestinians in Mukhmas suspected of attacking Israelis, July 3, 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet arrest eight Palestinians suspected of assaulting Israelis in West Bank village

Ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Jewish men rally against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with IDF draft orders, on June 18, 2026; Illustrative.

Arad residents protest alleged Gur Hassidic ‘takeover’ of city amid rising violence

MENTEE & MENTOR: Israeli logotherapists Batya Yaniger (L) and Teria Shantall.

Silence before speaking: Logotherapy helps process trauma, evil after October 7


Israel and the world’s best photojournalism on display

“The photographers work with respect for their subjects, and the subject matter,” said curator Galia Gur Zeev. “They reflect the events that are taking place."

 PHOTO OF The Year was awarded to Natan Dvir’s compelling chromatic shot of octogenarian residents of Ashkelon whose home took a direct hit from a Hamas rocket during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Understanding haredi society: The hassidim

This is the second in a series on the different groups that compose the haredi sector.

 Gur Hassidim attend the wedding of their Grand Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter's grandson, Jerusalem 2019

Breakaway hassidic leader greeted joyfully in US

Rabbi Shaul Alter broke away from the mainstream Gur community in 2019 and is now establishing institutions for his new hassidic community.

Rabbi Shaul Alter, head of a breakaway faction in the Gerrer hassidic community, at a celebration last week

Disgraced hassidic leader Berland, already in jail, held for murder

Rabbi Eliezer Berland is currently serving his second custodial sentence for fraud, attempted tax evasion and other financial crimes. 

Rabbi Berland Arrest

Remembering Joe Manasseh: A wandering Jew who came home

My grandfather, Joseph Manasseh, was a special man.

 Joseph Manasseh

The Besht and Torah: Reconstructing the legacy of the Baal Shem Tov

Providing a baseline for considering how hassidism has evolved over the ages.

 THE BESHT’S tomb at the old Jewish cemetery in Medzhybizh, Ukraine.

Why do good things happen to bad people? New book tracks answers

Thinking about Good and Evil - Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity by Rabbi Wayne Allen summarizes all the Jewish views on theodicy.

 THE DESTRUCTION of Sodom and Gomorrah by François de Nomé (called Monsù Desiderio), c. 1593-1650

Israeli health minister: Room for COVID optimism as ‘R’ drops to 0.85

Health Ministry: 696 people in serious condition Saturday night, positivity rate at 6.57%

 Health care workers take test samples of Israelis in a drive through complex to check if they have been infected with the Coronavirus in Jerusalem, on September 09, 2021.

Bennett: Severe measures against Uman travelers who faked COVID clearance

According to the government's new decree, any such person may face criminal charges of fraud, deception and intentional dissemination of a disease.

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Israeli killed, 10 hassidim injured in car crash in Ukraine

A car crash on a road leading to an airport left one Israeli dead and 10 injured.

 The rented minibus involved in an accident that killed 1 Hassid and injured 10