Hasidim

NBC pulls episode of show which smeared religious Jews

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

Hasidic boys’ choir sings tribute to Donald Trump

Children from Munkatch Hasidic movement sing tribute to Donald Trump set to The Star-Spangled Banner.

Journalist shares his '11 things I learned from Hasidic Jews'

Non-Jewish video journalist sums up his experiences with Hasidic Jewish community in New York, and what it has taught him.

Peter Santenello:

Inside private hasidic Sabbath dinner as a non-Jew

This time, Peter visits a hasidic family Shabbos meal - what will he do next?

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Why Israeli sharpshooters are training Jews in US countryside

Anti-Semitic crime is on the rise in America and Hasidic and Orthodox Jews are preparing for the worst.

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Hasidic rabbi teaches me about relationships

Peter Santenello talks to famous hasidic Rabbi Manis Friedman about relationships and how one can keep theirs from failing.

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.

Hasidic Jew leads effort to fight coronavirus

Chaim Lebovits of Monsey encourages Jews who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their blood plasma and help others battling the virus.

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

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

NY officials who tried to keep out Hasidic Jews sued

Federal lawsuit filed against town and county officials who have worked to block Hasidic development, hoping to prevent haredi influx.

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.

Hasidic community becomes first official haredi US town

Kiryas Joel in New York splits from Town of Monroe, renamed town of Palm Tree.

Arrest made in attack on Hasidic man in Brooklyn

New York police have arrested a man alleged to have punched a Hasidic Jewish man in the head, and charged him with a hate crime.

New York town reportedly buying up property to keep Hasidim out

Town supervisor says municipality buying up properties to keep out Hasidim. 'People scared half to death by Hasidic expansion.'

Attacks on Hasidic women continue over Rosh Hashanah

Members of Hasidic sect in central Israel say they are pelted with eggs every Shabbat and holiday. 'It's a terrifying experience.'

Wife of prominent Belz hasid dies from cardiac arrest

Zippora Feiga Kahana, a member of the Belz community in Jerusalem known for doing acts of kindness, dies at 55.

Quebec: Hasidic Jews evicted from summer homes

Quebec court evicts 'slovenly' Hasidic Jews from summer homes over excessive noise, lack of maintenance.

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.

Hasidic volunteers kicked out of a major NY hospital

'Bikur Cholim' Hasidic visitation group says NYU trying to hide changes to 'end of life' care by booting visitors to hospital.

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.

Watch: Kaliver Rebbe's special video message to President Trump

'Don't worry, Trump,' says Grand Rabbi of Kaliver and Holocaust survivor Menachem Mendel Taub, praising president for Jerusalem declaration.

Filmmaker: Jews killed in Holocaust because they didn't blend in

'Vast majority of Hasidic Jews killed in Holocaust because they refused to blend in,' says documentary film director.

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'A Toldot Aharon hasid saved my son'

Father of IDF soldier attacked by haredim credits Toldot Aharon hasid for helping his son escape.

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'.

Trump's Jews and Obama's Jews

Meet the hasidic comedian who's cracking up the web

Arutz Sheva meets talented comedian and videomaker Mendy Pellin in New York.

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.

Brooklyn judge is first Hasidic woman in public office

Rachel Freier of Borough Park becomes the first Hasidic women elected to public office in the United States.

NY village, town to pay hassidim for discrimination

Upstate New York village and its host town will pay $2.9 million to settle lawsuit alleging they tried to stop new housing for hassidim.

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.

NYPD arrests suspect wanted for stabbing Israeli tourist

Homeless man taken into custody in connection with stabbing of an Israeli man last Friday.

Jewish man stabbed during robbery in Manhattan

Hasidic Israeli slashed in the face and the arms at the Bleecker St. station in possible hate crime.

Official probe of NY yeshivas stalled by politics, group charges

Group says New York has not followed through on promises to investigate Hasidic yeshivas accused of not teaching basic subjects.

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.