Hassidim

Góra Kalwaria: The legacy of Poland’s ‘New Jerusalem’ and Gur hassidim

In the footsteps of the Gerrer hassidim and their illustrious rebbes: A look at Góra Kalwaria in Poland.

|ByGIL ZOHAR
Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter (1865-1948) with his entourage.
‘MIRIAM’S MIRACULOUS WELL,’ from a synagogue at Dura-Europos, located in modern-day eastern Syria.

A biblical legend: Yom Kippur and the mystery of Miriam's Well

So powerful was the tradition of Miriam’s Well in Jewish folklore that even after the spring disappeared into Lake Kinneret some 3.5 millennia ago, it occasionally miraculously briefly appeared.

|ByGIL ZOHAR
AT THE ruins of the Jobar Synagogue in Aleppo.

From Satmar to Syria: The hassidic mission to discover relics of ancient Jewish civilizations

Despite the current lack of Jewish presence, Satmar Hassid Moshe Klein says it is obvious that a great many Jews once lived in Syria.

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
JPost sits down with Mitchell Silk.

A seat at the table: Mitchell Silk’s journey from Beijing to the White House

Mitchell Silk's book serves as an excellent reminder that the small decisions we take as teenagers, such as to help out at a friend’s restaurant, can affect the rest of our lives.

|ByYUVAL BARNEA

Grapevine: Good Shabbat

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on December 2, 2021

Alesker hassidic dynasty grand rabbi dies age 79 in Brooklyn

Rabbi Yizchok Ashkenazi had suffered deteriorating health for years and reportedly lived in "pain and suffering."

JANUARY 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gazing out at the altered skyline from a perch in Brooklyn, August 14

The Lubavitcher Rebbe: A reluctant leader answering the call - opinion

Great leaders don’t set out to change history, but respond to history’s call for change when it comes knocking on their door.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByMENDEL KALMENSON
A MAN PRAYS at the graveside of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in New York.

In the wake of an earthquake: Meet Rabbi Avraham Dov

Avraham Dov survived the 1834 looting of Safed and the 1837 Galilee earthquake, but he died in late 1840 when a plague struck Safed. 

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByLEVI COOPER
Ibrahim Pasha, target of the Syrian Peasant Revolt

Israel and the world’s best photojournalism on display

“The photographers work with respect for their subjects, and the subject matter,” said curator Galia Gur Zeev. “They reflect the events that are taking place."

DECEMBER 22, 2021ByBARRY DAVIS
PHOTO OF The Year was awarded to Natan Dvir’s compelling chromatic shot of octogenarian residents of Ashkelon whose home took a direct hit from a Hamas rocket during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Understanding haredi society: The hassidim

This is the second in a series on the different groups that compose the haredi sector.

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByPEGGY CIDOR
Gur Hassidim attend the wedding of their Grand Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter's grandson, Jerusalem 2019

Breakaway hassidic leader greeted joyfully in US

Rabbi Shaul Alter broke away from the mainstream Gur community in 2019 and is now establishing institutions for his new hassidic community.

NOVEMBER 8, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Rabbi Shaul Alter, head of a breakaway faction in the Gerrer hassidic community, at a celebration last week

Disgraced hassidic leader Berland, already in jail, held for murder

Rabbi Eliezer Berland is currently serving his second custodial sentence for fraud, attempted tax evasion and other financial crimes. 

NOVEMBER 1, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Rabbi Berland Arrest

Remembering Joe Manasseh: A wandering Jew who came home

My grandfather, Joseph Manasseh, was a special man.

OCTOBER 28, 2021ByEMANUEL MILLER
Joseph Manasseh

The Besht and Torah: Reconstructing the legacy of the Baal Shem Tov

Providing a baseline for considering how hassidism has evolved over the ages.

OCTOBER 21, 2021ByLEVI COOPER
THE BESHT’S tomb at the old Jewish cemetery in Medzhybizh, Ukraine.