“David Assaf here uncovers some fascinating and little-known events in the tumultuous history of Hasidism. A fascinating peek into the ‘closet’ of what may still turn out to be modern Judaism's most ...

The Hasidim are first of all Orthodox Jews ... clarinetist or other traditional Jewish instrumentalists. Women dance to these songs at a wedding on their side of the mechitzah (partition between ...

Young Hasidim buttonhole passers-by, asking "Are you a Jew?" They try to persuade Jewish men to put on tefillin (the ritual prayer straps of Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) and give women ...

Hasidic Judaism, a vibrant branch of the Jewish faith ... or entrepreneurship in collaboration with fellow Hasidim (Hasidic people). Central to Hasidic belief is the concept of the Shekhinah ...

The work by Giovanni Gasparro shows several Jewish men and women, some grinning ... that headdress derives directly from the tradition of the Hasidim in 18th century Ukraine and Belarus, who ...

(JTA) — This past Saturday’s terrifying hostage-taking at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, was a rare moment of unity in the Jewish community ... Satmar Hasidim who came to this country ...