Hasidic
Poll: Democrats support secular education requirements at yeshivas
The vast majority of registered Democrats support requirements for secular education at religious yeshivas, according to a new poll commissioned by the advocacy group YAFFED that was released Wednesday.
Ultra-Orthodox anti-vaxxers blame coronavirus shot for Rabbi Twerski’s death
In some corners of Ultra-Orthodox or Haredi social media, the beloved rabbi and psychiatrist Abraham Twerski died not of coronavirus, but of a man-made menace even worse than the virus itself: The COVID-19 vaccine.
On Ultra-Orthodox social media, the messiah is almost here.
On WhatsApp and YouTube, some Hasidic Jews see Biden’s inauguration in apocalyptic terms.
Dr. Zelenko attended Capitol Trump rally and hoped to avoid “too much collateral damage”
“I support anyone who is willing to help people and maintain liberty and spread truth.”
The spa resort where European rebbes spent their summer vacations
Dovid Leitner‘s book includes a telling anecdote about a misunderstanding between the Belzer Rebbe and the German-Jewish hotel owner.
WATCH: A powerful song by a young woman who left the Hasidic world behind
In this music video, Hannah Gee expresses the loneliness of a young woman who’s chosen a very different lifestyle from that of her parents.
In a delightful short film, a Hasidic bookbinder leads a secret online existence
Eli Rosen plays Itzik, a middle-aged man who gets unexpectedly drawn into a passionate affair online.
A Hasidic village’s coronavirus tests went from 34% positive to 4% in a month. The county health commissioner is asking how.
“This is not a typical declination in percent positive rate, which would be more gradual and over a longer period of time.”
Satmar wedding made ‘family-only’ after NY officials order halt to plans for ‘tens of thousands’ of attendees
State health officials issued a formal public health order putting a stop to a wedding scheduled for Monday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Report: organizers of five Brooklyn High Holiday gatherings hit with $15,000 fines
The gatherings were in areas where the state is not allowing religious gatherings of more than 10 people.