(JTA) — An unidentified man ran up to a group of Hasidic Jewish men and punched one in the head. The victim, who like the others with whom he was standing was wearing a shtreimel, a fur hat worn ...

Four members of the Hasidic Jewish community accused of damaging a historic Brooklyn synagogue during a melee over an illegal ...

“And so it was after the plague.” Those words, lifted from a verse in the Torah and printed alongside photos of large gatherings of unmasked Hasidic men, had a clear implication: After months ...

There are even some Hasidic communities in upstate New York where men and women are told to walk on separate sides of the streets - it's the closest thing that exists now to a 19th Century Eastern ...

particularly in Hasidic communities. It applies to both men and women but is expressed differently in each case. For women, modesty extends beyond clothing to include behaviors, speech ...

And, because women are less visible in the public Hasidic world than men are, the film's focus on family will help us achieve our goal of creating a film that is as much about Hasidic women as it ...

the men wear long beards and long black garb, while the women wear wigs or scarves and modest, if often quite fashionable, clothing; the fast food restaurants serve kosher food; special Hasidic ...

Brooklyn judge chastises 4 students who refused plea deal for digging illegal tunnel underneath the Chabad headquarters in ...

“Men have freedom built into their lives, while for women, [freedom] is dependent on having a husband who is not a tyrant.” Despite this, she rejects the portrayal of Hasidic practices and ...