Hasidic
How a leaderless Chabad movement led to an illegal tunnel brawl
By Yonat Shimron — January 18, 2024
(RNS) — The tunnel’s discovery was just the latest in a 30-year clash among factions of the Hasidic group led by the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died 30 years ago.
Man charged with stabbing rabbi ordered held without bail
By Associated Press — August 27, 2021
BOSTON (AP) — Khaled Awad, 24, faces charges on nine indictments including armed assault with intent to murder, violating an individual’s constitutional rights and carrying a dangerous weapon on school grounds.
400 rabbis back Cuomo and de Blasio in shutdown of New York Hasidic neighborhoods
By Yonat Shimron — October 8, 2020
(RNS) — Some 400 rabbis and other Jewish religious leaders have signed a statement in support of New York officials’ efforts to curb COVID-19 in hard-hit Jewish neighborhoods of New York City.
NYC mayor takes heat after lashing out at Jewish funeral
By Karen Matthews — April 29, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his tweets criticizing a large Jewish funeral.
Questioning real-world learning at ultra-Orthodox schools
By Karen Matthews — July 22, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — Complaints that some schools run by the city's strictly observant Hasidic Jews barely teach English, math, science or social studies have fueled a movement to demand stricter oversight by state and local educational authorities.
‘Portrait of a Bride’ tells the story of a market in Jewish art
By Yonat Shimron — July 3, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) Isidor Kaufmann got rich selling paintings of Hasidic Jews to assimilated Jews. Today, Hasidic Jews are snapping up his works.
In the grips of Jewish fundamentalism: New memoir sheds light on Hasidic community
By Jay Michaelson — March 17, 2015
(RNS) Jewish fundamentalists are often depicted as cuddly, harmless and quaint. But as Shulem Deen describes, in passage after passage, this is myth, not reality.
FEATURE VIDEO: The substance of Hasidic style
By Sally Morrow — October 1, 2014
A visually intriguing and informative explanation of Hasidic Jewish traditions based in clothing, fashion and styles for men and women.
Video: L’Chaim on a Roll – Have a Little Faith
By Sally Morrow — October 21, 2013
On YouTube channel SoulPancake, host Zach Anner visits Mendy Pellin, a Hasidic Jew and president of Jewbellish, and asks several enlightening questions like: How has being a father changed your relationship to your faith? Do all yarmulkes have yellow zippers? Why are people paying over 100 bucks for a lemon?
REVIEW: ‘Fill the Void’ explores arranged marriages
By Joe Williams — July 12, 2013
(RNS) Rama Burshtein is the first Orthodox Israeli woman to direct a feature film about a woman's yearning for independent identity within the strict, tightly knit religious community of observant Jews.
Video: Hasid & Hipster – Unite The Beards
By Sally Morrow — May 23, 2013
The Lubavitcher movement released a “Unite the Beards” video, inviting hipsters and Hasidim alike to come together in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
By Sally Morrow — May 17, 2013
Ultra Orthodox Hasidic Jews observe the strict rules of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, and its 613 commandments. But, for some, the lack of choices is too rigid, so they choose to leave, even though doing so can be very painful.
Orthodox rabbis laud conviction of Hasidic man on sexual abuse charges
By Lauren Markoe — December 11, 2012
(RNS) A prominent group of Orthodox rabbis is applauding the conviction of a Hasidic rabbi on sex abuse charges, and denouncing efforts of some Orthodox Jews to hide sexual abuse within their communities. By Lauren Markoe.
Why would Jews vandalize a Holocaust memorial?
By Lauren Markoe — June 29, 2012
(RNS) When Israel's most prominent Holocaust memorial was vandalized earlier this month with anti-Israel and anti-Semitic graffiti, many were shocked that those charged with the crime were observant Jews. But many Israelis were not surprised. By Lauren Markoe.
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