The Baal Shem Tov rarely wrote his teachings down. He did not avoid writing because he was anti-intellectual or lacked the ability to do so. Rather, he believed that the deepest t ...

Long before cantors were household names in America, they were hidden treasures in the Hasidic heartlands of Europe. From its beginnings in the 18th century, the Hasidic movement placed song and ...

Reports suggest that the body of 51-year-old Rabbi Nachum Israel Auer was found in a desecrated state, but investigators are still piecing together the details.

A Hasidic couple who married Tuesday night invited townspeople in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., to their celebration as a goodwill gesture to ease tensions in the community. Hana Sellem and Moshe ...

A member of the Satmar hasidic community in New York, who converted to Judaism together with his wife, recently became irreligious - and the community is now saying that he was an imposter from the ...

Thousands attended third annual Satmar Business Expo in New Jersey — likely the largest Jewish business event of its kind in the U.S. Thousands of Hasidic Jews packed into a New Jersey convention ...

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Walk down the right street, take the right staircase, and behind an unmarked door you might come across a shtiebel — an informal Jewish prayer room that serves as a gathering place for a small, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An Orthodox Jew who was weeks away from becoming a New York City police officer said he has been kicked out of the police academy for refusing to trim his beard. DOJ demands court ...