While hair covering is a common practice across many Jewish communities, some Hasidic women take the observance of modesty a step further by shaving their heads entirely. This practice is specific ...

A direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder ... "I want to have long hair! Why can my sisters have long hair and I can't?" At 13, I had my bar mitzvah, which is when a boy becomes a man ...

there has long been a tradition of picking and choosing Jewish observance in America, whether it involved keeping kosher or observing Shabbat, or, in this case, covering your hair with a wig (a ...

W Mall offers consolidation, and because nobody wants unnecessary shlepping, the mall, despite its newness, has gained ...

Vizel spent her first 25 years as a Satmar Hasidic Jew, before making the scandalous ... Married women cover their hair with a wig or scarf, and rigorous modesty rules must be adhered to.

Ryan, a Democrat who is married to a Jewish woman, Rebecca Grusky, also leveraged a close relationship with the Hasidic sect of Satmar in the Orange County village of Kiryas Joel, which endorsed ...

A violent incident occurred on Sunday in Crown Heights, when a violent driver attacked a young Hasidic Jew after a car accident. The incident occurred near the intersection of Carroll Street and ...

Designer Raul Lopez is building one of today’s most important fashion labels with a subversive vision and a mother’s love ...

The Hasidic Jewish students who dug a secret tunnel under a Brooklyn synagogue said they’d rather go to prison than face a ban from the historic temple — as they rebuffed plea deals from ...

On August 19, 1991, screaming rioters set upon the local Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish community in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn following a car crash in which a Hasidic Jewish driver’s car ...

A new social media campaign is encouraging Jewish voters in the Crown Heights ... both Democrats from New York, visited the Hasidic village of New Square to meet with the Skverer Rebbe in hopes ...

D.C., while former President Trump visited a sacred site for Hasidic Jews in Queens, N.Y. “I will never forget October 7, and the world must never forget,” Harris said during a tree-planting ...