American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira has gone viral after a video that focuses on Kiryas Joel’s insular Hasidic community, its ...

Documentary filmmaker Peter Santenello has gained recognition for his immersive series exploring Hasidic Jewish life. Unlike many who approach marginalized communities with preconceived notions, ...

The chicken coop is located about 300 feet from Lubavitcher World Headquarters in Brooklyn. It’s part of The Crown Heights ...

While most hip-hoppers’ touring contracts include the artists’ preferred brand of high-end liquor, rapper Moshe Reuven’s list calls for rabbi-sanctioned dairy products. “And kosher nutritious meals,” ...

Meeting between Lithuanian-haredi leaders and hasidic rebbes concludes without agreement on Draft Law position.

The Viznitz Hasidic community's plans to incorporate an almost 1.5-square-mile village in the Catskills has cleared its first hurdle and may be headed to a referendum. The supervisors of two Sullivan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1990, the Kiryas Joel school district opened its doors — and controversy has followed it ever since. Not only did its creation ...

The Hasidic Agudat Yisrael faction’s rabbinic leadership ends a meeting on the bill to regulate ultra-Orthodox military conscription and exemptions without using a statement against the legislation, ...

Surprise move not to issue statement against the legislation expected to allow it to advance while Agudat Yisrael maintains ...

BROWNSVILLE & CROWN HEIGHTS —AS CROWN HEIGHTS home prices surge past $1.2 million, Hasidic families from the Chabad-Lubavitch community are relocating to Brownsville, where homes average $610,000.

An online course about the vibrant world of Hasidic creativity begins this Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Workers Circle. It will be taught by the Yiddish activist Eli Benedict, who hails from a Hasidic ...

BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- An all-women group of EMT's in Brooklyn are breaking a glass ceiling - but not the one you think. Dressed in purple and ready to save lives are the Hasidic Jewish ...