is a fundamental value in Judaism, particularly in Hasidic communities. It applies to both men and women but is expressed differently in each case. For women, modesty extends beyond clothing to ...

Thousands of Hasidic pilgrims from around the world arrive in the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the ...

The stores have signs in Yiddish and Hebrew; the men wear long beards and long black garb, while the women wear wigs or scarves and modest, if often quite fashionable, clothing; the fast food ...

Orthodox Jews dance at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement, in the town of Uman, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Ukraine's capital Kyiv ...

Dressed in purple and ready to save lives are the Hasidic Jewish women who run Ezras Nashim, an all-female volunteer EMT crew based in Borough Park, Brooklyn. "Some people don't realize ...

It’s a particularly popular hangout for Jews of the Satmar sect, one of the most insulated of Hasidic groups. But Gottlieb’s, which seats about 50, welcomes outsiders, too. Yelp is full of ...

"We now feel that we will not be able to return to Israel at all," the 37-year-old said. Hasidic Jewish pilgrims pray close to the tomb of Rabbi Nachman in Uman, central Ukraine, on October 2 ...

Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, starts at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and continues through the evening of Friday, Oct.

Over eighty years ago, a Westerner, Aaron Marcus, who had arrived at Hasidism by unusual paths, attempted to translate this work into German, as he realized that it was worth a wider public than ...

The film, which debuted at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, follows Rabbi Chaim Bruk, a Hasidic Jew who moved from Brooklyn to Montana to share Judaism with the local community. Secher ...

An estimated 33,000 Hasidic pilgrims recently arrived in the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration which began Oct. 2 and will last until Oct. 4. Every ...

Thousands of pilgrims have joined an annual gathering to mark the Jewish new year in the central ... the great-grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement. Despite Ukrainian and Israeli diplomats ...