NEW YORK (AP) — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the ...

Avi Piamenta, renowned for his flute playing and pivotal role in Jewish music, passes away suddenly in New York.

Yiddish World VIDEO: Hasidic Jew’s trip to Iran to find Queen Esther’s tomb Abraham Schwartz had no idea that very soon Iran would be at war with Israel and a trip like this would be impossible ...

A very strange form of Judaism has been developing in the West Bank for many years. It is the Judaism of Joshua, of conquest, ...

Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and other candidates in NYC mayoral election sought Hasidic endorsements with Yiddish ads, ...

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 ...

A halakhic ruling was published Monday by leading decisors of Jewish law from major and influential Hasidic courts, reinforcing a firm prohibition against enlistment in the IDF. The rabbis state ...

Candidates in New York City’s mayoral race are attempting to win over Jewish voters — but some local community leaders ...

In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, not far from where I live. The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the ...

Out July 18, the thriller stars Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney and Christopher Lloyd as desperate men ...