Hasidic
Gur Hasidic community in Arad instructs students to ride busses according to gender
The notice instructed passengers to board through the rear door and sit at the back of the bus “in order to allow the students to travel separately.”
This quant billionaire uses AI but turns to Hasidic thought for meaning
As a YouTuber targets Orthodox communities, the right wrestles with its antisemitism problem
Fire damages historic Sadigura synagogue in Chernivtsi, suspect mentally unstable
Gerrer obsession with hassidic manna
How should we understand this apparent obsession with a matter of questionable import? How should we perceive the preponderance of interest in declaring that manna required no blessing?
Breakaway Gerrer community claims expulsion and harassment of pupils
Members of the breakaway Gerrer group have claimed that elements in the mainstream Gur community have threatened, and carried out, various forms of retribution against those who have left.
What we can still learn from the Lubavitcher Rebbe about climate change
Since the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969, the central debate has been whether humanity should unheedingly reap the bounty of the earth or more carefully consider the impact of our actions.
NY county’s Republican ad warns of a Hasidic ‘takeover’
A Facebook campaign ad from an upstate New York county’s Republican Party has been slammed as anti-Semitic and “deeply disturbing.”
Housing developers sue New York officials for trying to keep out Hasidic Jews
The developers have asked the court to reverse the town’s building-permit denials for homes that comply with approved plans.