Schneur Zalman Newfield knows as well as anyone what it takes to leave Orthodoxy. In his new memoir, Brooklyn Odyssey, he likens his transformation from Hasidic to secular to a butterfly’s ...

Renowned Israeli journalist and author Sivan Rahav-Meir shares her 7 unforgettable moments from the International Kinus Hashluchos in New York.

For the first time in the history of the Hasidic movement, a group of dozens yeshiva students from the Satmar Hasidic community is leaving Bnei Brak and establishing a community on Har Yona in Nof ...

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Nechemya Weberman’s sentence for child sexual abuse was reduced to 18 years, making him eligible for release within five years. He admitted his guilt for the first time on Tuesday. By Santul Nerkar An ...

Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, shares Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of Gaza, but supports its right to exist as a Jewish state. By Sally ...

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Responding to a Times of Israel report that the extremist Jerusalem Faction and the Satmar Hasidic faction are paying tens of thousands of shekels to draft dodgers after they are released from prison, ...

For the first time in the history of the Satmar movement, a group from the Hasidic sect is leaving the boundaries of Bnei Brak and establishing a community on Har Yona in Nof HaGalil.

At last year’s mayoral interfaith breakfast, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum came equipped with a literal message. It was a sign that read, “Mr. Mayor: show mercy to our immigrant friends!” Kleinbaum, a ...