There were no shadchanim. No shidduch resumes. No checklists. No sophisticated online algorithms. Parents were largely ...

A summer salad, salmon amore and crème brûlée are among the most popular dishes at Silk Spoon, the first kosher, sit-down fine dining restaurant on Staten Island. For Isaac Berg, who moved to the ...

Hollywood reactions to the death of Rob Reiner have been pouring in, and the cast of The Princess Bride is paying tribute to the late filmmaker. Reiner directed and co-produced the fantasy adventure ...

Anthropologist Samuel Shuman and Yiddish linguist Chaya Nove recently conducted a unique sort of joint fieldwork: they attended the annual Hasidic pilgrimage to Hungary that brings thousands of people ...

Seventeen minors, including U.S., Canadian, and Guatemalan nationals, were "rescued" from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor in Colombia, according to local authorities. The operation marks the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hasidic rabbis attended the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries and gathered in prayer Friday in the Queens borough of New York City at the resting place of ...

Hasidic Jewish communities play a unique role in the electoral politics of New York City, including the race for mayor most recently. In both the primary and the general election, candidates made ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani heads into Tuesday’s mayoral election without the backing of an influential Satmar Hasidic community after a political firestorm broke out over a rogue ...

In a first for New Jersey politics, Orthodox Jewish leaders across Ocean County have united behind Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, forming one of the state’s most influential ...

Zohran Mamdani is making a direct appeal to Brooklyn’s Hasidic community, targeting an influential constituency that often votes based on rabbinical guidance. In an open letter written in Hasidic ...

Kugielsky is part of the “Dear New York” exhibit curated by Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton. When Abe Kugielsky first began photographing the Hasidic Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, ...