Hasidic

This quant billionaire uses AI but turns to Hasidic thought for meaning

In The Jerusalem Post studio, billionaire WorldQuant founder Igor Tulchinsky spoke with unusual candor about October 7, Chabad, AI, and why he thinks Israel can become a “quant nation.”

Igor Tulchinsky in The Jerusalem Post Studios.
Tyler Oliveira interviews residents of Lakewood, New Jersey, in his YouTube video titled "I Exposed New Jersey's Jewish Invasion..."

As a YouTuber targets Orthodox communities, the right wrestles with its antisemitism problem

Fire damages historic Sadigura synagogue in Chernivtsi, suspect mentally unstable

Fire damages historic Sadigura synagogue in Chernivtsi, suspect mentally unstable

Nechemya Weberman convicted for 103 years in prison.

Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced - NYT


Chinese censors ban printing of ‘anti-communist’ Hasidic woman’s memoir

“Unfortunately this book is not approved to print in China as content involves anti-communist,” said a 1010 Printing representative.

 Chinese censors did not allow a local company to print copies of "The Queen of Cleveland" for American publisher Hasidic Archives.

Can the state tell yeshivas what they can teach?

New York State's Board of Regents to approve new regulations proposed by the New York State Education Department.

 An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Brooklyn woman knocks hat off Orthodox Jewish man

The suspect was arrested on Saturday night by NYPD with assistance from volunteer safety patrol group Boro Park Shomrim.

Illustrative photo: Residents of Borough Park in Brooklyn, last month.

How New York City’s Hasidic yeshivas gained, and lost, legitimacy - opinion

The supporters say the schools’ focus on Jewish studies is a matter of educational and religious freedom and parental choice.

Pedestrians walk past a yeshiva in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 9, 2019.

Rules aimed at regulating ultra-Orthodox schools unanimously passed in New York

The regulations have been in the works for years and got the approval of the Regents’ Preschool to twelfth-grade committee Monday.

 An Orthodox Jewish man walks by the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov school.

Israeli Yeshiva student wins silver medal at International Olympiad of Informatics

Eitan Elbaum, 17, competed against 346 students from 90 countries across the globe in the contest, which featured complex programming questions.

 Eitan Elbaum (second in from right) poses with other members of the Israeli delegation who participated in the International Olympiad in Informatics earlier this year.

Boys in hasidic schools regularly beaten, denied basic secular education - NYT

A year-long investigation into the New York hasidic school system by The New York Times found that the children in these schools were suffering from severe educational deprivation.

 An Orthodox Jewish boy walks by a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City, April 9, 2019.

Lufthansa to create a position to fight antisemitism after kicking Jews off flight

The incident had outraged Jews in the United States and Europe, some of whom alleged that the crew had been discriminating against all visible Jewish passengers.

Israeli passengers wait to board the Lufthansa flight intended to bring them back to Israel, February 24, 2021.

Who are Judaism's great women hassidic leaders?

Women are undeniably part of the story of hassidism, on occasion playing key roles in the evolution of the movement

 WEDDING CEREMONY of the granddaughter of the Belz Rebbe. Mea She’arim, 2014.

NY Governor Hochul endorsed by Satmar Jewish community

Hochul has regularly toured Orthodox day schools and synagogues, fought to add more funding for Holocaust survivors.

 New York Governor Hochul and former Mayor Bloomberg visit 9/11 Memorial & Museum ahead of 20th anniversary of attacks in New York