It is important to understand what is at stake for the Hasidic community. The rejection of secular education lies at the core of Hasidism. In the wake of the Holocaust, when many Jews — mistakenly, ...

Known in Israel as “the Harvard of yeshivas,” Ponevezh sits perched on a hill above the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. We ...

New documentary on Holocaust survivor "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire" to be shown at Central Mass. Jewish Film Fest.

Clothes  In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Polonius tells his son Laertes to dress well because “apparel oft proclaims the man.” Now ...

When he took over the Chabad movement, the Rebbe began sending out couples as emissaries, leading women to take on more responsibilities.