Thousands of pilgrims have joined an annual gathering to mark the Jewish new year in the central Ukrainian town of Uman, ...

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 ...

A short walk from the Lower East Side over the Williamsburg Bridge, it’s also home to one of the most concentrated Hasidic Jewish communities in New York. In their new book, “A Fortress in ...

Courtesy Frieda Vizel, An insider speaks up about Hasidic female head-shaving & more, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NWewukpsg. In many Hasidic Jewish ...

And Jews enjoyed considerable governmental autonomy. Hundert characterizes early Hasidism as a "diffuse movement of religious revival with charismatic leaders." Lederhandler elaborates that ...

9 A young Hasidic pilgrim adjusts his hat. This year, the Jewish New Year according to the Gregorian calendar will come on October 3 and last for two days. However, Jews celebrate all holidays ...

More than 30,000 Orthodox Jewish pilgrims are thought to have congregated in the Ukrainian city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah, a key holiday in the Jewish calendar, some leaving war in the Middle East ...

Hasidic Judaism, a vibrant branch of the Jewish faith, holds a distinctive place in the mosaic of religious traditions. Its rich tapestry of beliefs and practices is woven from centuries of ...

Jewish singer Matisyahu visited the Camp HASC special needs summer program on Monday and led the staff and campers in a series of songs which included his own hits as well as traditional hasidic ...

The streets are plastered with signs in Hebrew for the pilgrims who come to pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great-grandson of the founder of Hasidic ... in Ukraine’s Jewish community ...

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 ...

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 ...