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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News Pressure For Yeshiva Reform Grows After New York City Report
New York’s Hasidic community is facing unprecedented pressure over the quality of secular education in their religious schools this week, following the release of a letter on the issue by New York City’s schools chancellor. In recent days, three of the city’s four leading newspapers have published editorials calling for improved secular education standards in…
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Life Hasidic Comedian Shows LGBTQ Support At Jerusalem Pride March
On Thursday, August 2, Hasidic comedian Yisrael Campbell left his home in Jerusalem and headed to the Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance. He’s been going since 2016, the year after ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel stabbed and murdered 16-year-old Shira Banki, and wounded six others at the parade. Campbell made his way to the memorial…
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Letters Depriving Orthodox Children Of Education Hurts Our Communities
Last April, passage of the New York State budget was delayed by a state senator’s contending there ought to be a separate, and weaker, standard for educating some children attending New York State’s non-public schools. For decades, New York State required all school age children to be provided with a comparable program of instruction whether…
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Fast Forward Hasids Ousted From Quebec Summer Homes Over Noise And Sloppiness
MONTREAL (JTA) — A Quebec court ordered a group of Hasidic Jews to leave their summer homes by the end of the month because they are too noisy and slovenly. The Quebec Superior Court ruled that the approximately 50 Hasidim living in the town of Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, 60 miles north of Montreal, must leave by July 26…
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Life Hasidic Judge Ruchie Freier Is Starring In A New Film
(JTA) — Like many heavily Orthodox sections of Brooklyn, Borough Park has been served for decades by an all-male volunteer ambulance corps called Hatzalah. The corps caters to a religious Jewish community with particular needs and customs — including one custom that can increase the tension for patients in already stressful emergency situations. The strict…
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Fast Forward El Al Insists Ultra-Orthodox Men Delayed Flight By Just Minutes With Seat-Switching Drama
JERUSALEM (JTA) — El Al said its flight on which haredi Orthodox men refused to take their assigned seats next to women was delayed only minutes by the required switches, not over an hour as was reported. A passenger on the June 21 flight said in a Facebook post recounting the incident that the flight…
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Community Our Selective Outrage Over Airplane Seat Change Requests
Last week, the Twitter world exploded as an in-flight romance was live tweeted at 35,000 feet on an Alaska Air flight from LaGuardia to Dallas. Over the course of the four-hour flight, we were treated to a play-by-play from two people who had switched seats in order to sit next to each other as they…
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The Schmooze Is Scooter Braun The Matchmaker Behind Ariana Grande’s And Justin Bieber’s Fast Engagements?
We owe some major mazels to two celebrity couples: Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson dated for a maximum of five weeks before confirming their engagement in June. Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin (who, to be fair, are exes) dated for an estimated four weeks before becoming engaged over the weekend. We have a lot of…
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