For this reason, married Hasidic women cover their hair in public, usually with wigs (called “sheitels”), scarves, hats, or other coverings. This practice is a daily, visible reminder of a ...

Yet this world is virtually unknown to most Americans, who are apt to confuse Hasidic men, who wear beards, sidelocks, black hats, and long coats, with the similarly-dressed Amish. This shared ...

The underwool from the beaver pelts was used to make the beaver hat. The fur trade was based on the barter system and in the late 1700s a blanket was worth seven prime beaver pelts, a gun cost 14 ...

In fact, Schreiber was wearing the Shomrim uniforms, a licensed neighbourhood watch for Hasidic Jewish communities in Brooklyn, as Paradis was […] Interesting sites seen at the Brooklyn set of ...

A LIFE APART aims to present many aspects of American Hasidic life on film, exploring underlying struggles such as tensions between modernity and traditionalism. We aim to convey the Hasidim's ...

When Abby Stein came out as trans, she sent shock waves through the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community. A direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder, The Baal Shem Tov, Abby's parents considered ...

An Orthodox Jewish author detailed her journey of being a closeted lesbian woman who married an emotionally unavailable ...

The former president had planned to stop by a kosher restaurant in the Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhood, but the owner, Shulem Yoseph Gottlieb, died suddenly — throwing Trump’s campaign stop into ...

Matisyahu led the special needs children at the camp in traditional hasidic melodies, and was awarded the 'Defender of Israel' prize at the end of his visit.

The former president had planned to stop by a kosher restaurant in the Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhood, but the owner, Shulem Yoseph Gottlieb, died — throwing Trump’s campaign stop into question.

The Orthodox Jewish community is no different in this regard. A loose definition of Orthodox Judaism is Jews who observe a kosher diet and the Sabbath. This community has its own unique list of ...

Netflix’s Unorthodox is one of the biggest shows of 2020 so far, following the story of Esty, a young woman who flees life in an orthodox Jewish community. Here, Frieda Vizel explains how she ...