The Baal Shem Tov (Rabbi Yisrael ben Eliezer, c. 1700–1760) was the founder of Hasidic Judaism, a spiritual movement that ...

Long before cantors were household names in America, they were hidden treasures in the Hasidic heartlands of Europe. From its beginnings in the 18th century, the Hasidic movement placed song and ...

Walk down the right street, take the right staircase, and behind an unmarked door you might come across a shtiebel — an informal Jewish prayer room that serves as a gathering place for a small, ...

Thousands of Hasidic pilgrims from around the world arrive in the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Followers of the Breslov Hasidic movement come to Uman every ...

A Hasidic couple who married Tuesday night invited townspeople in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., to their celebration as a goodwill gesture to ease tensions in the community. Hana Sellem and Moshe ...

Thousands attended third annual Satmar Business Expo in New Jersey — likely the largest Jewish business event of its kind in the U.S. Thousands of Hasidic Jews packed into a New Jersey convention ...

A member of the Satmar hasidic community in New York, who converted to Judaism together with his wife, recently became irreligious - and the community is now saying that he was an imposter from the ...

BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- An all-women group of EMT's in Brooklyn are breaking a glass ceiling - but not the one you think. Dressed in purple and ready to save lives are the Hasidic Jewish ...

Reports suggest that the body of 51-year-old Rabbi Nachum Israel Auer was found in a desecrated state, but investigators are still piecing together the details.