This is the Forward’s coverage of Hasidic Judaism, a sub-group of Haredi Judaism that adheres to the historical traditions of Eastern European Jews, including communicating in Yiddish.
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Fast Forward Government takeover of Brooklyn hospital faces legal setback amid Orthodox backlash
State attorney general sends the planned merger of Maimonides Medical Center with New York City’s public Health + Hospitals system to court, for a review that could blow past an April 1 deadline
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News A government takeover could save a struggling Brooklyn hospital — while unsettling the Orthodox Jewish community it serves
NYC Health + Hospitals is poised to assume control of Maimonides Medical Center, over the objections of some in the Borough Park community that founded it
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Yiddish World Rediscovering the ‘Dybbuk’ composer Henokh Kon
Kon, who also composed the score for the restored film ‘Al Khet,’ infused Hasidic melodies with modernist expressionism
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Culture Is there life after Lubavitch?
In his memoir 'Brooklyn Odyssey,' ex-Hasidic sociologist Schneur Zalman Newfield turns his gaze inward
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Yiddish World A podcast about disappearance – and Yiddish life
Born in a Yiddish cultural space, “I Think I Saw You” asks intimate questions about visibility, loss and freedom
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Culture How the chicken man of Crown Heights became a Hasidic St. Francis of Assisi
Near Lubavitcher Headquarters, 21-year-old Daniel Yeroshalmi keeps watch over the 20 hens in the Crown Heights Homestead
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Yiddish World What’s a gender-segregated Hasidic pilgrimage like?
An anthropologist and a Hasidic linguist will describe it at the Yiddish New York festival
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Social media activist asks Jerusalem passers-by why Yiddish is important
Content creator Yirmiyahu Danzig says Yiddish could bridge the psychological divide between Haredi and non-Haredi Jews
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