Hasidic Judaism
Illegal tunnel under New York City synagogue destabilized nearby buildings, officials say
By Jake Offenhartz — January 12, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — City inspectors said the excavation had undermined the stability of two single-story structures behind the synagogue.
Elie Wiesel-inspired fellowship models peace building amid Israel-Hamas War
By Kathryn Post — November 17, 2023
(RNS) — 'We are all facing a choice right now, with peers and colleagues and friends: will we lean in or will we lean out?' Ariel Burger, founder of The Witness Institute, told RNS.
Hasidic nonprofit brings shoes to greet asylum-seekers arriving in NYC from Texas
By Kathryn Post — September 19, 2022
(RNS) — 'It’s like a little pop-up Ellis Island,' said Alexander Rapaport, whose Jewish nonprofit volunteers at a triage center at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
The scandal of Hasidic education — a cry from the heart
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 13, 2022
(RNS) — We are reeling from the report on Hasidic education. We needed to hear about this and we need to help repair it.
Bride’s side or groom’s? How photographers navigate gender-segregated weddings
By Tasmiha Khan — April 15, 2022
(RNS) — Capturing a family’s special moments can be a challenge in faith communities where being in the presence of the opposite sex can be seen as a religious violation.
‘No Jew,left behind’: Rabbi Sholom Lipskar of Surfside, Florida, on his synagogue’s response
By Yonat Shimron — June 30, 2021
(RNS) — Since the collapse of the Champlain Towers South, The Shul, which Lipskar leads, has taken on a massive relief operation to help mostly Jewish families whose homes — and in many cases, lives — were turned to rubble.
A devastated Jewish community in Surfside, Florida, begins burying its dead
By Yonat Shimron — June 28, 2021
(RNS) — At least 50 of the total trapped in the collapse of the Champlain condo are likely Jewish, many of them Orthodox Jews who attended The Shul, a large Chabad congregation in Surfside.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo shuts down New York City yeshivas in virus hot spots
By Yonat Shimron — October 6, 2020
(RNS) — Both the mayor and governor are frustrated at ongoing displays of Hasidic Jews flouting mandates to socially distance and wear masks.
Steadfast in his calling, a Chabad rabbi remains committed to serving fellow Jews
By Yonat Shimron — January 27, 2020
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Rabbi Zalman Bluming puts forward a hopeful narrative about America.
Reform US rabbi in Dresden explains ultra-Orthodox traditions to German Jews
By Tom Heneghan — December 20, 2019
PARIS (RNS) — The story of Akiva Weingarten, an ultra-Orthodox New Yorker who was ordained in Israel and started over as a Reform rabbi in Germany, sounds like a made-for-TV movie saga.
She reclaimed her faith as a woman. Now she’s teaching others to reclaim theirs.
By Yonat Shimron — November 7, 2019
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — A harrowing journey toward gender transition led Yiscah Smith to find God's dwelling within. Now she teaches others to do the same.
Viral pontiff: Francis dances with Hasidic Jews at the Vatican
By Josephine McKenna — May 9, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Well, it was more swaying than dancing. Still, it's not something popes normally do, and the video became yet another internet hit for Francis.
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