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Zohran Mamdani is poised to become New York’s first Muslim mayor in no small part thanks to a tight-knit team of young Jewish ...
In a Stephen King story, adapted for film by Mike Flanagan, one man chooses his own destiny despite being haunted by death.
Avi Piamenta, renowned for his flute playing and pivotal role in Jewish music, passes away suddenly in New York.
NEW YORK — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ...
Although there are only about 200,000 Hasidic Jews in New York, making up roughly 10 percent of the state’s Jewish population, and about 1 percent of the state’s population, few elected ...
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 ...
So it has been maddening to see people claim that Mamdani’s win was a victory for antisemitism. A Republican running for ...
A very strange form of Judaism has been developing in the West Bank for many years. It is the Judaism of Joshua, of conquest, ...
The American Hasidic shtiebel traces its beginnings to the first Eastern European synagogue established in New York in 1852, at a time when a small but steady stream of Jews from central Poland ...
Shenley Vital surges to victory in the Democratic Party primary for mayor, as Joseph Gross and Sherry McGill won the seats on ...
The legal action, filed by SMART Legislation, also questioned some of the vote totals, specifically in Ramapo districts, where Hasidic Jews traditionally vote in large numbers as a bloc for specific ...
followed by Jews that claim no particular branch — 32% —and then Conservatives at 17% . open image in gallery Hasidic Jewish men chat inside Gottlieb's Restaurant on Monday, June 16, 2025, in the ...