hasidic judaism
Masked maniac caught on video trying to adbuct Hasidic Jewish boy, 6, from dad's arms has dozens of arrests: cops
Stephan Stowe, 28, was picked up early Sunday and charged with attempted kidnapping – several hours after he senselessly tried to yank the young boy away from his dad on...
Hasidic woman 'ready to go nuclear' to get religious divorce after 7 years of waiting, takes message to the skies
The 26-year-old mother of one has been trying for seven years to split from her husband, who refuses to grant her a religious divorce.
Trump appearance at NYC kosher deli canceled at last minute after owner dies
Former President Donald Trump’s scheduled campaign trail appearance at a popular Brooklyn kosher deli was canceled Thursday after the owner died of a heart attack. He was 76.
Bed-Stuy blocks approved to be landmarked despite protests from Orthodox Jewish residents
Two blocks in Bedford-Stuyvesant have been landmarked despite protestations from many Orthodox Jews who say it forces them out of their homes.
Orthodox Jews in Bed Stuy say anti-Israel lefty pols trying to force them out of neighborhood with landmarking designation
Fifty Satmar Jewish homeowners in Bed-Stuy are fighting a proposed landmarking they say is an act of anti-Semitism as it prevents them from modifying their homes to accommodate their large...
Hasidic rapper who rhymes about God bursts into mainstream, saying fans 'want more meaning' from music
While most hip-hoppers' touring contracts include the artists' preferred brand of high-end liquor, rapper Moshe Reuven's list calls for rabbi-sanctioned dairy products.
Brooklyn synagogue tunneler says excavation was done to send message to 'geezers' to expand crowded place of worship
A Hasid involved in digging a tunnel adjacent to the synagogue at the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement’s world headquarters said he was motivated to fix a crowding problem at the holy...
Brooklyn synagogue forced to shut down after secret tunnel sparks safety concerns
City engineers found the students' illegal excavation — which was done without permits or city approval — undermined the integrity of the extension above it and the single-story extension behind...
Extremist Jewish teens secretly 'hired migrants' to dig covert synagogue tunnel 'Shawshank'-style
"The Mexicans lived in the building for three weeks during the work," a source told The Post of the secret tunnel beneath Chabad-Lubovitch HQ in Brooklyn. "They slept and ate...
Javier Milei, Argentina's president-elect, visits revered rabbi's grave during NYC trip
Javier Milei -- a firebrand libertarian and outspoken admirer of Israel who has been fostering a close relationship with New York's Hasidic community since well before his Oct. 22 election...
Kevin McCarthy courts upstate New York Orthodox Jews in bid to save House majority
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made at least three pilgrimages to upstate New York recently to confer with Orthodox Jewish leaders who head voting blocs critical to swing-district Republicans.
Appeals court ruling tightens Brooklyn rabbi's grip over Catskills resort town
“The rug has been pulled out from under us again,” said Todd Pascarella, a candidate for village trustee who lost his bid on Wednesday when the ballots were canvassed.
Brooklyn rabbi slammed with voter fraud accusations in Catskills, locals fear new religious rules
Locals worry that the rabbi's idea is to impose strict religious rules on the entire town. At a village meeting last year, an Orthodox trustee suggested that the public swimming...
Catskills resort town's election thrown into limbo amid voter fraud accusations
“One guy came directly from his farm given the amount of dust and debris he still had on him and we also saw a lot of people we don’t normally...
US probing voter fraud accusations at 'Borscht Belt' resort town in Catskills: sources
A tiny Catskills resort town is playing host to a federal probe over voter fraud accusations -- even as locals head to the polls next week, The Post has learned....
Family of phony Hasidic dad accused of raping adopted sons defend him: 'He's a great dad'
Hayum Nissim Cohen, 38, regularly shared videos of his family in Houston on social media, gaining 200,000 followers on TikTok before one of his adopted sons, 17, raised the allegations...
TikTok-famous dad who pretended to be Hasidic charged with molesting adopted sons
TikTok dad Hayim Nissim Cohen, 38, used social media to help hide "excessive abuse," prosecutors allege.
Boy, 5, fatally hit by school bus in upstate NY
Little Efrayim Yaakov Lebowitz was struck near Forest Road and Seven Springs Mont Road in the predominantly Hasidic Jewish village in Orange County, The Yeshiva World reported.
School bus packed with children slams into NY house causing serious injuries
A school bus packed with school boys between the ages of six and 11 rolled down a hill and crashed into a house in a suburb north of New York...
TikToker Kat Clark apologizes for ‘offensive’ comment about Jewish people
Kat Clark, who has a following of 3.1 million on the video-sharing platform, shared a vlog of her family’s time in New York City, including footage of a group of Hasidic Jewish...