Haredim & Hassidim

Anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in the heart of the holy city on the holiest day of the Jewish year.

The pre-Yom Kippur practice of using a live chicken for the "kapparot" ritual was banned in three Israeli cities this year.

The first three Israeli babies born in 5777 entered the world at Ma'aynei HaYeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak.

A mentally ill man tried to attack Rabbi Shteinman in Bnei Brak after the Rosh Hashana holiday was over. Police arrested him.

More than 100 Jewish institutions were briefed on security in a pre-holiday conference call by the US Dept. of Homeland Security and Jewish Federation.

Tens of thousands of travelers are heading this week to Uman to pray at the grave site of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.

Transport Ministry officials threatened that "if it turns out Gafni is operating out of political considerations we will view it seriously and act accordingly."

Yisrael Kristal celebrates his bar mitzvah this year, 100 years late but still in time to enjoy it! Mazel tov!

For the first time in U.S. history, a Chassidic woman wins a Brooklyn election, against a man, to become a New York Civil Court judge.

This is the story of how a handful of young Hassidim set out to build a global communications network in the era before Periscope, Skype, VoIP, or even satellite or Cable TV.

The famed Great Synagogue of Pilsen is returning to Jewish hands and hearts after 20 years as a Czech concert hall and art museum.

The debate will be held in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a.k.a. "the person at the helm."

They discussed kidnapping, torturing and forcing the get from the husband, either in the US or when he was on a trip to Ukraine.

A bastion of Judaism and Torah has been lost with the passing of longtime Haifa Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Sha'ar Yashuv Cohen, z'l, age 89.

Senior German lawmaker Johannes Kahrs says a Law of Integration would solve the Jewish community fears being fed by recent events escalated by incoming Muslim refugees.

The young man could have been a Hasid, in which case he may have considered his uttering of the Shema to be part of his morning prayer.

His DNA was found on the heel of the victim’s sneaker, which was found on the roof of a nearby building.

The worshipers were pelted with stones and firebombs and Israeli forces responded using means for dispersing demonstrations.

The minors, whose parents were not invited to the court deliberation, were detained at 3 AM and brought to court after 2 PM the next day, all in violation of Israel's Youth Law.

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas), Health Minister Yakov Litzman and MK Moshe Gafni (both from UTJ) sent Netanyahu an urgent letter Thursday night, demanding a halt to the works on Shabbat, warning of a possible coalition collapse.

Israel Police said in a statement: "Uncoordinated visits without security are dangerous to the visitors as well as to the security forces who are sent to rescue them."

Australian Professor Norman Rosenbaum visits the scene of his brother's murder in Brooklyn 25 years later, denouncing violence with bereaved father Carmel Cato.

About 9,000 Haredi couples get married each year in Israel, and their inability to come up with the down payment for their own home forces them to waste years worth of income on rent.

The fact that the first two of these organizations is completely Orthodox, while the third varies from one campus to another has irked many, in Israel and abroad.

Between February and March of 2012 the two "Facebook victims" wired millions of dollars to an account set up by Weinstein and a co-conspirator.

'Let each stand as a unique holiday and let Tisha B'Av stand as the national day of mourning.'

Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students will be able to finish their rabbinic studies before military service under a new agreement.

The judge finally delayed the sentencing by one week, to give the prosecution a chance to check out Chai Lifeline.

A young Orthodox Jewish athlete from New York has her sights set on qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

A major source of strength to women in the yeshivishe Jewish world has moved on to the World to Come.