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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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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News Zohran Mamdani is courting Hasidic voters — in Yiddish
Mamdani is going head-to-head with Andrew Cuomo in working to win votes
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Music Is Britney Spears hot for Hasidic beards?
The popstar posted a cryptic Instagram admiring the whiskers of Chabadniks playing chess
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Culture A new documentary shows what it looks like when Hasidic education fails
New documentary 'Unorthodox Education' explores what happens after children leave the yeshiva world
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Film & TV ‘Caught Stealing’ gives us tough, Hasidic drug lords — is it good for the Jews?
Darren Aronofsky’s nostalgic crime caper packs heat and Yiddish
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Culture It’s Jew vs. Jew in the fight over a Brooklyn bike lane
Hasidic Jews have long wanted to get rid of the bike lane; a Jewish family sued to protect them
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Culture On the border between hipster and Hasidic, a Brooklyn barbershop specializes in Orthodox haircuts
For the Bukharian Jewish barbers on Williamsburg's Kent Avenue, payot are no problem
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