It follows her unhappy arranged marriage to Yossi, the birth of their two children, and the increasing bleakness of her life as a wife in the Ger, or Gur, Hasidic community, which was founded in ...

The Hasidic community in question, commonly known as Gur (or Ger in Hebrew), is one of the largest and most influential ultra-Orthodox sects in Israel, originating from Poland in the 19th century.

My Hasidic education was attuned to meaning, not money. I learned how to patiently engage with and closely read ancient texts, dissect an argument from every angle, and pray meditatively for hours ...

Elie Weisel famously said: 'If anything can, it is memory that will save humanity.' While antisemitism sweeps the globe, it is time to remember, act, and place our faith in G-d. A book that expresses ...

Esther Farbstein, Dew Of Revival: First letters of people of faith after the Holocaust (Jerusalem: Michlalah Jerusalem College and Mossad Harav Kook, 2024). One cannot underestimate the importance ...

Hasidic students charged with tunneling under a Brooklyn synagogue tried to hide from cops and then scuffled with them. “You are a blemish on the Chabad movement as far as I am concerned.” ...

Great Big Story. The Man Making Hasidic Music Pop. Posted: September 27, 2024 | Last updated: February 20, 2025. Explore the remarkable journey of Lipa Schmeltzer, an unconventional figure in the ...

Tziporah Feiga Alter, a descendant of Hasidic nobility and the widow of the former grand rebbe of the Ger Hasidic movement, died Sunday in Bnei Brak, Israel.She was 97. Her wedding in 1946 to ...

Hasidic rapper Moshe Reuven of Florida has burst into the mainstream scene, saying fans "want more meaning'' from music. While most hip-hoppers' touring contracts include the artists' preferred ...