Haredim & Hassidim

If you wish to mention him in your prayers, his name is Harav Chaim Ovadia Yosef ben Gorgia.

This appointment will determine just how big Kahana's revolution is going to be.

Mindy Pollak, a 24-year-old aesthetician, became the first Chassidic woman to hold public office in Montreal. Pollak, a member of the Vishnitzer sect, defeated four candidates...

The 6 am nightmare of police shutting down the buses and miles of traffic all gets wiped away the second the passenger reaches his destination and becomes one with the dancing crowd.

"Even the non-Jewish farmers admit it’s all in God’s hands. They may have a surprise, and a new crop may soon have beautiful, clean Esrogim."

Palestinian Arab terror suspects were arrested in Shechem in connection with the murder on Samaria of Rabbi Eitam and Na'ama Henkin.

Eventually, the IPS will purchase and issue suits and hats to prisoners who have received permission to wear them.

"This basic law seeks to anchor the right of those who wish to dedicate themselves to a meaningful period of Torah study to the removal of other obligations ... such as security service and voluntary national service.

"I know that representations have been made to HM Government on this matter, but I feel that the unique circumstances warrant a personal intervention on my part to you."

In April, de Blasio destroyed his relationship with the Chassidic community of Williamsburg—which voted for him as a block, with his infamous, anti-Semitic tweet.

Israeli MK Yuli Edelstein tells Chabad rabbis why he "lost it" over tefillin in a Soviet labor camp.

Netanyahu's nominee for media adviser wrote last year that Rav Ovadia "damaged the country and the people he tried to help."

“It’s important to know how to integrate the safety of the Jewish nation and her spirituality."

Jews once thrived in the Shiloach area of old Jerusalem, known also as Silwan. Arabs and British came and drove them out. Now, they have returned.

Blue&White even suggested coordinating these moves in advance with the Haredi parties.

Haredi MK Gafni has long embraced the tactic of resisting unfavorable registration by throwing a tantrum.

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.

Rabbi Abraham said he had been “under exceptional strain and stress for some time which has taken its inevitable toll."

Jersey City mayor Steven Fulop tweeted: "Based on our initial investigation (which is ongoing) we now believe the active shooters targeted the location they attacked."

Reports of a yeshiva student who received five doses of cholent by mistake.

A seemingly minor law on where couples can register for marriage permits passed the Knesset and opens a new era in which Israelis will not be at the mercy of Haredi rabbis’ demands.

Alert citizens called police to a suspicious situation in northern Israel that fortunately turned out well for everyone.

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

Eisdorfer is the third Orthodox Jew appointed to the Adams administration’s senior staff.

Last Sunday, representatives of Neturei Karta participated in the annual memorial service in Ramallah marking the day of the passing of PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat.

A Jewish father and his 5 year old son were attacked in another round of the ‘knockout game’ in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

The man with the cleaver wanted to "kill Jews." The teenage gang wanted to hurt them. Neither worried about getting caught.

There are Haredim and there are Haredim. Some fight for IDF. Others fight against the state and, as on Tuesday, attack Haredi soldiers. Police rescued him and patrolled the streets of Mea Shearim.

Lapid is beginning to smell like a rose thanks to Haredi tycoons. He is taking yeshivas off the government dole and balancing the budget. How will yeshivas survive? The tycoons have an answer - money.

The Skulener Rebbe, 88, is beloved by every chasidic congregation in the State of New York and worldwide.