Hassidim

Góra Kalwaria: The legacy of Poland’s ‘New Jerusalem’ and Gur hassidim

In the footsteps of the Gerrer hassidim and their illustrious rebbes: A look at Góra Kalwaria in Poland.

Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter (1865-1948) with his entourage.
‘MIRIAM’S MIRACULOUS WELL,’ from a synagogue at Dura-Europos, located in modern-day eastern Syria.

A biblical legend: Yom Kippur and the mystery of Miriam's Well

AT THE ruins of the Jobar Synagogue in Aleppo.

From Satmar to Syria: The hassidic mission to discover relics of ancient Jewish civilizations

JPost sits down with Mitchell Silk.

A seat at the table: Mitchell Silk’s journey from Beijing to the White House


Hassidic sect members arrested for attempting to sabotage Meron celebrations

A group of extremist hassidic sect members was arrested for attempting to sabotage infrastructure on Mount Meron.

 Israel Police forces arrest a member of an extremist hassidic sect on Mount Meron on May 17, 2022

Hassidic Jews made us all Ukrainian - opinion

The war in Ukraine reminds all Jews of the history of the Jewish people in Ukraine.

ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS pray next to the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, last month.

Lev Tahor head gets 12 year prison term for kidnapping, sex trafficking

Nachman Helbrans and Meyer Rosner were convicted of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl, bringing her to Mexico to be back with her "husband."

Members of Lev Tahor in Guatemala

My family's blessing from Reb Shayele

This blessing perhaps lasted through the Holocaust, because my mother survived the war through a miracle.

 Portrait of Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner of Kerestir (1851–1925), produced during his lifetime. His followers believe that Reb Shayele’s image protects against misfortune. (kestenbaum.net)

Lapid attempts secret deal with hassidic sect over anti-haredi bills - report

Secret talks were held between the foreign minister and the Gur Hassidim sect for the scrapping of anti-haredi bills in exchange for a Knesset "security net."

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather during the funeral ceremony of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in the streets near the cemetery  in the city of Bnei Brak, on March 20, 2022

How did Chabad go from hassidic subgroup to global Jewish phenomenon?

Ramash was truly following in the footsteps of his predecessors.

 LYUBAVICHI, CONTEMPORARY view – a rural village in the Rudnyansky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

The mystical importance of location in Judaism

Just as righteous people leave behind permanent marks of holiness, so, too, sinners leave behind tainted marks.

 THE MYSTICAL valence of a location is determined by what had been there beforehand.

Satmar’s micro-society: Kiryas Joel is a mirror of the American people

Do New York State’s public school curricular standards for English, history, mathematics, and science violate Satmars’ religious freedom?

 SATMAR HASSIDIM crowd bleachers on Lag Ba’Omer in Kiryas Joel, New York, 2016.

Letters to the Editor January 24, 2022: Time is running out

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Hiking with the hassidim - opinion

My new hassidic friends and I became members of the Jewish people again, a people continuously redeeming itself from the petty bigotries of our righteous ignorance.

MEN SEARCH the cloak room for their jackets at a mass gathering of Satmar Hassidim in New York