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The Admore Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Bolsters the Antwerp Community

|ByHAIM LAVIE
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

There’s a variety of reasons why they end up becoming distanced, and they see it as a way of protecting themselves and their community from negative influences.

|BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
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

The Rebbe of Kaliv advocated for fellow Holocaust survivors after helping rebuild his hassidic dynasty destroyed by the Nazis.

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

High hopes

The Hasidic Jew at the cutting edge of medicinal cannabis development.

|ByPAUL ALSTER

Hassidic rabbis see Gaza rocket as sign to observe Shabbat

The Sadigora Rebbe called on Israelis to observe Shabbat and stop desecration of the sabbath.

MAY 27, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Women light candles for Shabbat

12,000 celebrate completion of first cycle of new Dirshu Torah study project

Participants studied one page of Mishna Brurah, a compendium of Jewish law, per day for seven years.

MARCH 26, 2015ByJEREMY SHARON
Haredi celebrate completion of first cycle of new Dirshu Torah study project.

Hassidic Jews' ‘ritual Talmudic dance’ in Jordanian airport stirs massive controversy

A group of dancing Hassidic Jews singing wedding songs in Queen Alia International Airport arouse anger on Jordanian social media and in the government.

MARCH 25, 2015ByDOV LIEBER
Hasidic Jews ‘ritual Talmudic dance’ in Jordanian airport

Israeli man stabbed outside Chabad headquarters in New York

Suspect stabs 22-year-old yeshiva student Levi Yitzchok in the neck, before being shot and apprehended by police.

DECEMBER 9, 2014BySAM SOKOL, MAYA SHWAYDER
Stabbing outside Chabad headquarters in New York. December 9, 2014.

Arad isn’t throwing in the towel

Once a model of urban vision, the closest city to Masada is battling to overcome economic crisis and social transition.

NOVEMBER 11, 2014ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
The Arad Towels factory stands empty

Rosh Hashanah and Alex Clare’s Song 'Too Close'

As Rosh Hashana approaches, it's a good idea to get in touch with one's inner self

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014ByYONATAN GORDON
A Rosh Hashana themed stainedglass window by the artist David Hillman, at the St. John’s Wood Synagogue in London.

Despite war, Breslov Hassidim plan on making Ukraine pilgrimage

For the thousands that descend on the tomb of Rebbe Nahman of Breslov, the week sojourn is a time of repentance and freedom.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014BySAM SOKOL
Men gesticulate on the banks of a lake in Uman in September 2010.

Panhandlers pose as Jews in hassidic communities in New York

Impersonators don traditional garb, incorporate Hebrew phrases converging upon popular food markets ahead of Shabbat, other Jewish holidays

JULY 5, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Giving charity [Illustrative]

After 20 years, we are just scratching the surface

Having studied the Rebbe’s life in detail for many years, I think I have arrived at at least one possible answer to why the Lubavitcher Rebbe was so influential.

JULY 1, 2014ByCHAIM MILLER
Menachem Mendel Schneerson - the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Civil engineer, Jewish leader

Two biographies of the Lubavitcher Rebbe written by authors outside the fold attempt to give a fuller picture of his life.

JUNE 12, 2014ByALAN JOTKOWITZ
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was known to prefer solitude, but he spent many years in the spotlight.