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 Fast-Growing Chabad Asks: Who Will Be Leader for Next Generation?
The top echelons of the Chabad movement are on the verge of a once-in-a-generation leadership transition. The Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement never replaced its spiritual leader, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, after he died in 1994 at the age of 92. Yet a coterie of gray-bearded rabbis picked by Schneerson continues to run the movement from its headquarters…
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Fast Forward 25,000 Attend Hasidic Wedding of the Year
Some 25,000 people took part Tuesday night in the wedding in Jerusalem of the eldest grandson of the admor, or leader, of the Belz Hasidic sect, one of the largest Hasidic sects in the world. The groom is the admor’s grandson, Shalom Roke’ach, who turned 18 a few weeks ago. The bride is Hannah Batya…
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Fast Forward Sean Penn Pushes Congress To Demand Release of Jacob Ostreicher
Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country. Penn appeared Monday at a hearing on the case of Jacob Ostreicher of Brooklyn, who has been held nearly two years in Bolivia on accusations that he was in business with…
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Fast Forward John Galliano Denied Teaching Job at Fashion School
John Galliano, the superstar fashion designer who has faced allegations of anti-Semitism, has been dumped from a planned teaching job at a New York fashion school after a protest spearheaded by Jewish students. Jen Kaplan, a representative of the Jewish Students Union at Parsons The New School For Design, said an anti-Galliano petition that drew…
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News Are You There, Hashem? It’s Me, Judy.
I was 11 years old when I was decided that I was never going to wear a bra. It was right in the middle of the sixth grade, and my life had turned into a bewildering mess. You see, up until then, my world had two kinds of people in it: children and adults. But…
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News Hasidic Fixer Key to Sprawling Corruption Probe — But Are They Dying Breed?
Mark Stern likely cut a familiar figure when he approached several New York politicians offering cash and lucrative real estate deals. A member of the Satmar community, Stern is one of scores of fixers on the New York political scene, bearded men who serve as go-betweens connecting ultra-Orthodox Hasidic groups with elected officials. Unlike other…
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Fast Forward No John Galliano for You! Israeli Songbird Told To Shun ‘Anti-Semitic’ Coutier
Israel’s contestant in the international Eurovision music contest was barred from wearing a dress by designer John Galliano. The Israel Broadcasting Authority, which sponsors the Israeli contestant and broadcasts the popular competition, would not allow Moran Mazor to wear the dress that Galliano agreed to design for her. Mazor said in a recent interview for…
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News Orthodox Developer Moses Stern Played Key Role in Blockbuster N.Y. Sting
The real estate developer who helped prosecutors crack a wide-ranging corruption case involving six prominent New York politicians is reportedly a key Orthodox power broker in an upstate Jewish community. Moses Stern, a member of the Satmar Hasidic community in upstate Monsey, was the central figure in the FBI sting that led to the April…
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