(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 ...
(JTA) — An unidentified man ran up to a group of Hasidic Jewish men and punched one in the head. The victim, who like the others with whom he was standing was wearing a shtreimel, a fur hat worn ...
Authorities apprehended a 37-year-old man after he allegedly hit a teenager with his car and drove away in a Hasidic ...
Courtesy Frieda Vizel, An insider speaks up about Hasidic female head-shaving & more, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NWewukpsg In many Hasidic Jewish ...
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 rebbe acts as a ladder between man and God, and is thus the center of a Hasidic community. Hasidim expect their rebbes to provide a wide range of services, from blessing a proposed marriage or ...
A LIFE APART aims to present many aspects of American Hasidic life on film, exploring underlying struggles such as tensions between modernity and traditionalism. We aim to convey the Hasidim's ...