Satmar Hasidic Matzoh Factory Damaged In Brooklyn Blaze
A Brooklyn matzoh factory owned by a Satmar Hasidic congregation burned on Tuesday after the owners failed to install a sprinkler system, workers and the New York Fire Department said.
Belgian Court Protects Kosher Slaughter
Belgium’s Wallonia District Constitutional Court ruled that slaughter of animals in accordance with Jewish law is permitted in Belgium and will continue to be permitted.
Kosher Savings Option Proves Mixed Blessing For Ultra Orthodox Parents
Pashkevilim the posters plastered on walls and fences in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, which typically publicize rabbinical decrees, or moral or halakhic exhortations have taken an unusual turn into the world of finance in recent weeks.
IKEA Apologizes For Catalog Aimed At Ultra-Orthodox Jews
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has apologized for a catalog aimed at Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that contains no images of women.
Daughter of Trans Woman ‘Shunned’ At Ultra-Orthodox School In Manchester
The daughter of a transgender woman in Manchester, England, is being shunned by her classmates at an ultra-Orthodox school after being ordered to by their teachers.
Orthodox Jewish Men Cause ‘Bedlam’ on EasyJet Flight After Refusing To Sit Next To Female Passengers
Crew on an easyJet flight have been forced to call police mid-flight after a group of Orthodox Jewish men refused to sit next to women on religious grounds.
Rabbinical Court: More Female Than Male Get-Refusers
Israel’s Rabbinical Court system statistics for the past five years paint an interesting picture regarding the number of estranged spouses who refuse a divorce (unless their conditions are met), the low number of dispensations given to men to marry a second wife, and more.
How A Satmar Hasidic Rabbi Came Out As Trans Woman
NEW YORK – Abby Stein is almost certainly the only ordained Hasidic rabbi who is also a woman.
Donors Angry At Masbia’s Alexander Rapaport For Protesting Trump’s Immigration Order
NEW YORK — Alexander Rapaport, a Brooklyn Hasid, says his experience being the victim of anti-Semitism forces him to call out hatred against others.
Top Chabad Court: D.C. Is Shemtov’s Exclusive Domain
The Central Committee of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis has declared that the movement’s activities in Washington, D.C., fall entirely under the authority of Rabbi Levi Shemtov, settling a longstanding feud between the District of Columbia rabbi and Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, who oversees Chabad programs in Maryland.