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More than 30 years after Crown Heights riots, Orthodox Jews face a new threat from their ‘anti-Zionist’ neighbours

Since October 7, ‘anti-Zionist’ activist groups targeting Jewish landlords have sprung up across Brooklyn

By Eliana Silver

5 min read
A young Chasidic boy hides his face as he sits with police officers during the 1991 Crown Heights riots
Jewish men walk along the street in the Stamford Hill, January 19, 2011 (Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Stamford Hill

Stamford Hill Chasidic leaders apologise to Downing Street over alleged harassment by Jewish Community Centre founder

By JC Reporter

2 min read
Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Gur hassidic sect dance at the wedding (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Chasidic Jews

Chasidic sect offers cash boost to solve ‘matchmaking crisis’

By Ellie Grant

1 min read
HM Revenue and Customs in Westminster (Photo: Getty Images)
tax

Rabbi faces seven-figure tax bill after losing appeal for non-dom status

By Simon Rocker

2 min read
The Clapham Grand, London, England (Credit: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
Jewish music

London venue cancels performance by Chasidic singer over ‘security concerns’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read
Sara Glass and her daughter, Jordan
books

Confessions of a gay Chasidic wife

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read
Despite warnings, thousands of Orthodox Jews are going to Ukraine this week
Russia Ukraine War

Despite warnings, thousands of Orthodox Jews are going to Ukraine this week

By Felix Pope

3 min read

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Tens of thousands of Chasidic Jews flood tiny Hungarian town for ‘miracle rabbi’ pilgrimage

By Gabe Friedman

4 min read

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April 26, 2023 10:04
Hasidic Jewish pilgrims pray to late miracle rabbi Yeshaya Steiner, also known as Rebbe Shaya'le, close to Steiner's tomb at the Jewish cemetery in the village of Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, on April 24, 2023, during a pilgrimage on the occasion of Rabbi Steiner's 98th death anniversary. - Arriving by shuttle bus, private plane, and even helicopter, tens of thousands of orthodox Jews on a fast-growing annual pilgrimage to the grave of the miracle-working rabbi bring tumult to the sleepy Hungarian village. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish driver killed and two yeshiva students critically injured in Belgium bus crash

By Felix Pope

1 min read

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March 20, 2023 13:35
Jewish driver killed and two yeshiva students critically injured in Belgium bus crash

Talmud study leaves Charedi men three times more likely to be nearsighted

By Tash Mosheim

1 min read

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February 9, 2023 13:17
Grand Rabbi of Pinsk-Karlin (Hasidic dynasty) and his followers seen during a visit at the Rashbi gravesite in Meron, near Tzfat, September 22, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ?? ???? ????? ????? ????? ?????
Katie Price

By Katie Price

Attacks on Chasidim are attacks against us all

2 min read

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December 22, 2022 15:46
Attacks on Chasidim are attacks against us all