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 Here’s what I learned counseling Hasidic special needs children
Last month the New York Times reported on Hasidic schools' misuse of special education funding. Read what it's like working with these kids.
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Culture The top Jewish podcast changes the narrative on Jews who leave the Hasidic world
Heretic in the House subverts every assumption about off-the-derech, or OTD, Jews after they leave Orthodoxy
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Fast Forward Most of the community rejected her. But a small circle of Orthodox Jews had Kathy Hochul’s back
As Orthodox leaders overwhelmingly favored Republican Lee Zeldin in the competitive race for New York governor, Kathy Hochul relied on a number of Orthodox political operatives to smooth her path to victory
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Fast Forward Hasidic rabbi assails Trumpism rampant among the Orthodox
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum of the Satmar sect spoke a day after the victory of Kathy Hochul in competitive New York governor’s race
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Fast Forward In a first, New York state declares a Hasidic school’s education inadequate
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by a mother who sent three sons to the school.
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Yiddish World Who translated The New York Times’ yeshiva report into Yiddish? It’s a closely guarded secret
The widely read work may undermine Hasidic leaders — and put the translator at risk
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News How the Jewish establishment helps fund Hasidic yeshivas
UJA-Federation of New York steers 400 schools in the region toward millions in public money
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Opinion I understand why some Orthodox Jews hate The New York Times’ yeshiva report. But ignoring our failures doesn’t help Hasidic boys like mine
Virtually every Hasidic child is taught that outsiders and even non-Orthodox Jews are to be feared, writes one parent of ultra-Orthodox children.
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Yiddish די קונסט פֿונעם ייִדישן מאָנאָלאָג און אַנדערע מיני־קורסן אויף ייִדיש‘The Art of the Yiddish Monologue’ and other mini-courses in Yiddish
מע וועט בײַם ייִוואָ אויך לערנען קורסן פֿון שעפֿעריש שרײַבן און וועגן די לידער פֿון דוד האָפֿשטיין.
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