Hasidic man

The Admore Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Bolsters the Antwerp Community

 Religious Reinforcement Campaign in Belgium • The Admor Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto held a marathon of Torah lessons and meetings with the great admors and rebbes of Antwerp • The Admor was accompanied by his son, Rabbi Yoel Moshe Pinto, who continues to follow in his footsteps
A man arrives at a mass gathering of Satmar Hasidic Jews in the Brooklyn borough of New York December 2, 2015

Hasidic Jews are the real counterculture in gentrified Brooklyn

The Rebbe of Kaliv and his hassidic followers celebrating the Simchat Beit Hashoeva (water drawing ceremony) during Succot in Rishon LeZion, October 18, 1978

Holocaust survivor Kaliv Rebbe passes away at 96

A worker harvests cannabis plants at a plantation near the northern town of Nazareth

High hopes


Disturbing undercover video of Hasidic principal prompts sex abuse probe

Even for those who argue that this is not a case of sexual abuse, it’s impossible to say the school administrator’s behavior is in any way acceptable, Moster told JTA.

Undercover video of Hasidic principal handling boy prompts sex abuse probe

American Reform leaders see Kotel deal as foundation for further gains

Fox’s Israeli counterparts were looking at marriage equality and “rights for recognition for conversion” among other issues, he said.

A bar mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall

Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Amar questions lucidity of haredi rabbinic leadership

Denounces deal over Western Wall with ‘evil’ and ‘corrupting’ non-Orthodox movements.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands on the rooftop during a special priestly blessing for Passover at the Western Wall

Fugitive Israeli Rabbi Eliezer Berland may have surfaced once again in South Africa

Berland’s travels took him to the Netherlands, Miami, Zurich, Morocco, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, all the while accompanied by the same small coterie.

Eliezer Berland.

Pig’s foot found in hassidic synagogue in Arad

The growing Gur hassidic community in Arad has fought a legal battle with the municipality for over a year regarding premises for a synagogue.

A pig's foot hung outside a synagogue in Arad

Hassidic man who burned neighbor over synagogue dispute set free

Neighbor attacked due to his decision to pray outside of the town’s central synagogue.

Hassidic Jew

For Orthodox Jew who consults for Google - Black hat and beard mean business

The 35-year-old Jerusalem resident attends synagogue daily and spends hours every morning learning Torah, but by afternoon, evening and night, he's a marketing consultant to more than 100 clients.

Issamar Ginzberg

Satmar hasidic school bans mothers from owning smartphones

Women are strictly forbidden from using a smartphone and may only own a “basic phone.”

Apple's iPhone 6 (R) and iPhone 6 Plus.

Hasidic rebel

The saga of Shulem Deen, who was expelled from the Skverer Hasidim after he stopped believing in God

Hassidic Jew

Hillel Zeitlin: The Unorthodox Path to Orthodoxy

The Jerusalem Post