Hasidic Judaism, a vibrant branch of the Jewish ... Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787-1859), also known as the Kotzker Rebbe, challenged his followers to confront the illusions and pretensions ...

The landmarks of the Hasidic neighborhood, the prayer house (the shtibl), ritual bath (mikveh), studyhouse (besmedresh), rebbe's residence, and school, are usually all within walking distance of ...

That includes cyberspace, where the Hasidic movement maintains one of the ... where she disrespected Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, by falsely accusing him of ...

The author of “All Who Go Do Not Return” speaks with JTA about Hasidic culture, first transgressions and how a new generation of formerly haredi Orthodox Jews is defying stereotypes.

It is difficult to obtain accurate estimates of the Hasidic population. The Hasidim are reluctant to count themselves: when asked how many followers he had, the Lubavitcher Rebbe replied ...

Agudath Yisrael is a Hasidic faction within the United Torah Judaism party, which also includes the non-Hasidic Degel HaTorah. The announcement of the letter came soon after Ynet reported that sen ...

When I visited the Jewish community of Antwerp 15 years ago, three things stood out for me. First, Haredi Jews traveled everywhere on bicycles — something I had never seen in my hometown of New ...

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