At the time, de Blasio sent the New York Jewish Week a statement vowing “zero tolerance” for subpar secular education at Hasidic yeshivas. Levin defended the schools, saying he’s “seen ...

(JTA) — A New York state appeals court overturned the conviction of a Hasidic Jewish man who was found guilty in the beating of a gay black man. The Second Judicial Department Appellate Division ...

A video has gone viral on social media after a huge, illegal and secret tunnel was discovered under a historic Brooklyn synagogue in New York City. A group of men belonging to a Hasidic Jewish ...

In addition, many non-Hasidic Jews have become adherents, especially among the Lubavitch. Harris writes that the one hundred thousand New York City Hasidim are composed of: 45,000 Satmar ...

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Women in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community near New York are taking an unusual approach to getting their voices heard: they’re going on a sex strike. More than 800 Hasidic women have refused to ...

A Brooklyn judge on Monday berated a rebellious crew of Hasidic Jewish students charged with digging a secret tunnel under a prominent Crown Heights synagogue — even as four defiantly demanded a ...

The tunnels in question are located in Brooklyn, New York, and were allegedly built for members of Chabad (a Hasidic Jewish sect). One shocking discovery by a user on X (formerly Twitter ...

Four men accused of damaging a Brooklyn synagogue during a melee that followed the discovery of a secret tunnel at the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Hasidic Judaism are set t ...

Soon after its founding in the mid-eighteenth century by Jewish mystics ... In these most modern of places, especially in New York and other American cities, it is now thriving as an evolving ...