Hasidic Singer Slurs Obama At Jerusalem Concert
Popular Hasidic singer Mordechai Ben David called US President Barack Obama a “kushi,” a pejorative term for a black person, at a concert in Jerusalem.
Hasidic Shomrim Member Gets Four Years For Beating of Gay Black Man In Williamsburg
A member of a Hasidic neighborhood watch group who viciously beat a gay black man in Brooklyn in 2013 will spend four years behind bars for the attack.
Hasidic School In London Reprimanded For Not Teaching About Sexual Orientation
A Hasidic school in London was reprimanded by Britain’s Office for Standards in Education for not teaching its students about sexual orientation.
Hasidic Rabbis Raise Miilions To Combat Secularism
Several hasidic leaders have been casing London this week, hoping to raise funds to combat a court case where divorced parents, who became secular, are seeking to transfer their children to secular public schools.
Hasidic Rabbi Fired As Chaplain From Brooklyn Lockup Sues Federal Prison System
A former Jewish chaplain working in a Brooklyn federal prison said his bosses discriminated against him and ultimately fired him for his religion.
Hasidic Pilgrims and Ukrainian Sex Workers: Prayer and Pleasure In Uman
Yitzhak, 35, a father of three, first visited Uman three years ago. He prostrated himself at the graveside of Rabbi Nachman, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement, for the sake of spiritual enrichment and for the mitzvah, hoping to secure a good living, answers to his problems, and a happy life.
Hasidic Murder Plot Pulls Back Curtain on Violence In ‘Chained Wife’ Divorce Cases
Cattle prods, kidnapping and an alleged murder plot.
Hasidic Men Save Arab Woman on Plane
Jew in the City, a small site that works to fight stereotypes, has reported an unusual incident: After an Arab woman collapsed on a trans-Atlantic flight, two hasidic Jews came to the rescue and administered first aid.
Hasidic Man Who Beat A GAY Black Man Should Give Up Money Raised For Defense: Suit
A Brooklyn man convicted of brutally beating and partially blinding a gay, black student should give up the $131,000 his community raised for his legal defense, a lawsuit asserts.
Hasidic Man Arrested At JFK and Charged In Satmar Kidnapping Plot
Federal prosecutors have charged a third Hasidic man in an alleged conspiracy to kidnap a man who had refused to release his wife from marriage.