Before the Holocaust, prayers were led here by none other than Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, the late founder of the Satmar movement of Hasidic Judaism. The Satmars, who derive their name from this ...

While the student in critical condition was initially thought to be dead, Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali said the boy “now has ...

The Hasidic ideal is to live a hallowed life, in which even the most mundane action is sanctified. Hasidim live in tightly-knit communities (known as "courts") that are spiritually centered around ...

(JTA) — A simmering rivalry within one of the largest Hasidic movements in Israel escalated ... Clashes between competing currents within the Ger dynasty happened last weekend in Jerusalem ...