Hasidim

The hasidim arrive - and their rebbe is hospitalized

Two weeks after Pinsk-Karlin Rebbe undergoes operation, he is re-admitted - during Passover.

Young Hasidim indicted for digging tunnel under 770

13 men between ages of 18-21 charged with obstruction of a government administration and criminal mischief for building illegal tunnel under Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn.

Shock in Satmar:

Hasidic couple who converted revealed as imposters

Yechiel Yisroel Bloyd joined the Satmar community several years ago. Now they are claiming he's an imposter. Bloyd denies this.

Hasidic groups order: Young boys should wear flat caps only

Fifteen hasidic yeshivas in Israel change policy to require young teens to wear flat caps instead of black hats.

Belz hasidim hold protest outside Jerusalem municipality

Belz hasidim protest outside municipality, calling, 'Shamgar Center, do not destroy our neighborhood.'

Belz hasidim push to close major haredi newspaper

Belz hasidim respond to attack on their leader by urging 'day of prayer,' closure of newspaper.

Terror wave:

Hasidim instructed to carry weapons on Shabbat

Following terror attack in Elad, Karlin hasidim receive instruction to bring weapons to synagogue.

A day after vandalism:

Two Hasidim shot on way to Joseph's Tomb

Two Hasidim shot and moderately wounded while trying to reach Joseph’s Tomb. The shooters flee.

Karlin-Stolin disaster:

Engineer: I authorized the bleachers, but they added to them

Unfinished building was safe, but rows of bleachers added by the hasidim themselves were not inspected for safety.

Watch: Modzhitz hasidim hold Passover 'kumzitz'

Modzhitz hasidim hold biannual musical gathering in Boro Park, singing variety of hasidic melodies.

NBC pulls episode of show which smeared religious Jews

NBC pulls from digital platforms episode of Nurses which portrays Hasidic Jews in negative manner.

New York synagogue fined over pandemic wedding

Orthodox Jewish synagogue fined after thousands gathered at secret indoor wedding that violated coronavirus restrictions.

Hasidic rebbe calls on followers to immigrate to Israel

Rabbi Chaim Elazar Wassertheil, leader of the hasidic Rimenov sect, calls on followers to move to Israel, report says.

NY's AG: 'Campaign to deny Jews housing blatantly anti-Semitic'

New York state accuses town of ‘systematic effort’ to bar hasidic residents.

Previously unknown manuscript to be auctioned off in Jerusalem

Manuscript of disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk expected to sell for half a million dollars.

Satmar hasidim buy pizza for IDF soldiers

Satmar hasidim visiting from US buy pizza for soldiers serving in Hevron.

Watch: The melody that swept the Hasidim

Rebbe dances at grandson's wedding for more than hour to melody he composed day earlier and captivated thousands of Hasidim.

Montreal residents wear yellow badges to protest Hasidic buses

Montreal residents wear badges reminiscent of yellow stars Nazis forced Jews to wear in protest against school buses for Hasidic children.

Son of hasidic rebbe gets divorced and engaged - on the same day

Hasidim shocked as son of sect leader announces engagement hours after divorcing first wife.

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Watch: Pope dances to hasidic music

Group of Hasidic Jews led by Rabbi Edgar Gluck serenades Pope with hasidic song titled 'Long years shall satiate him'.

Montreal hasidim threaten suit over ban on new places of worship

Hasidic Jews in Montreal’s Outremont borough are vowing to go to court after a referendum upheld a bylaw banning new places of worship.

Hasidic men save Arab woman on plane

When an Arab woman collapses on a trans-Atlantic flight, two hasidic Jews jump to administer medical aid.

Hasidic camp bus crash in Poconos injures at least 9

Accident involving a minibus bringing Jewish campers home from a trip in Pennsylvania injured at least nine teenagers.

Sense of siege in Kiryas Joel amid raids and scrutiny

Even before the FBI descended on the Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, there was a growing sense that the community was under attack.

Widespread support for Trump among US Hasidim

Experts say most of the community supports Donald Trump but that may not mean it will vote for him, or anyone.

Catskills Hasidim charge voter discrimination, get compensation

County pays Hasidic Jewish residents in New York village $25,000. A monitor will make sure they are not being prevented from voting.