Orange County, NY – As Kiryas Joel continues to struggle with both growing pains and legal issues, nearby communities have found themselves becoming an attractive option for Chasidim who are looking to put down roots in locations that are close to an existing Jewish community and have adequate housing supplies.
A three-alarm fire broke out on Sunday night at a 19th Century synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Jerusalem – It is permissible to play with fidget spinners on Shabbat, rabbis at an institute that looks at technological science and Jewish law have determined.
Following the uproar over a meeting between a group of Jewish activists including a Chabad Rabbi and the pope, Rabbi Dovber Pinson has issued a ‘Letter of Explanation and Apology’ to the community.
The official desire to prevent Sabbath desecration on Lag BaOmer Eve takes some getting used to – and until that happens, the traditional Lag BaOmer bonfires and celebrations in Meron, Galilee are likely to turn into one big mess.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the number of haredi men joining the workforce has come to a standstill for the second quarter in a row.
Worshippers arriving for evening prayers near the tomb of Rabbi Yitzhak Luria, better known as the Arizal or Ari Hakadosh, were shocked Sunday night to discover that the tomb had been desecrated, apparently by members of an anti-Zionist haredi group.
justin Bieber’s first song of his Tel Aviv concert was enough to send one 23-year old concert goer into labor. But to be fair, the ultra-Orthodox woman was three weeks overdue.
Former head of the Beit Orot yeshiva Rabbi Benny Elon has passed away after a long struggle with cancer.
THE Feldman family will remain at Yeshiva’s Flood Street property for at least another week.