“I no longer believed in the principles of Orthodox Judaism,” Deen said, determining that the Hasidic lifestyle was not for him. Deen refused to sacrifice himself to his Hasidic community.

My devotional reading currently includes the late Elie Wiesel’s book “Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of the Hasidic Masters.” (Vintage Books, 1972) This paperback has been sitting on ...

Object Details maker Kohen, Seren Description Digital pigment print of an untitled photograph by Seren Kohen of a group of a Hasidic Jewish man walking in New York. The man is dressed all in black, ...

By 1924, when Jewish immigration slowed dramatically under the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, immigrant neighborhoods like the Lower East Side were teeming with Hasidic shtieblach, each one a ...

I am heading to the home of Rabbi Mayer Friedman, a 26-year-old Lubavitcher who has been leading tours of Hasidic Crown Heights for the past four years, ever since his brother-in-law Rabbi Yoni ...

A 16-year-old has been charged for being part of a group that attacked a Hasidic man on the streets of Brooklyn. Derick Waller has the latest details.

A legal battle over a three-block-long bike lane in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood has become a central issue in Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign. The mayor in June ...