Community
Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
Williamsburg is a neighborhood in northern Brooklyn, New York, beside the Williamsburg Bridge that leads to Manhattan. After…
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Communities
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Community
Borough Park (Brooklyn)
Borough Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Brooklyn, New York, and is counted among the largest Jewish neighborhoods in the…
Place
Kiryas Joel (New York)
Kiryas Joel is a village in Orange County, New York, founded by Satmar Chassidim in the 1970s at the behest of the Satmar Rebbe,…
Community
Monsey (New York)
Monsey is a hamlet in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, with a large and growing Charedi community. It is considered…
Event
9/11 and the Hasidic & Orthodox Community
Hundreds of Jews were killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York. Volunteers of Chevra Hatzalah rushed to…
Customs & life
Dance in Hasidic Life
For Chassidim, dance is a way of serving Hashem with joy. This article explains its foundation in Chassidus, the dancing at the…
Institution
Hatzolah: How a Small Williamsburg Group Built America's Largest Volunteer Ambulance Network
The story of Hatzolah, founded in Williamsburg by R' Hershel Weber (1965 or late 1960s, sources differ), and how its volunteer…
Institution
Chaveirim: The Volunteers Who Come When the Car Is Stuck and the Keys Are Locked Inside
How Chaverim began in Monsey in July 1999 under Rabbi Shaya Zev Erps and grew into a worldwide network of free roadside and…
Community
Kiryas Joel: The Satmar Rebbe's Dream in the Hills of Monroe
From 14 Satmar families in summer 1974 to a village of 32,954 (2020 census): the founding by the Satmar Rebbe, incorporation in…
Customs & life
The Eruv
The halachic enclosure that permits carrying on Shabbos.
פֿאָרווערטס (ייִדיש) — בלאג „עולם החסידות“
How Brooklyn's Hasidim celebrate Sukkos ↗
A warm, detailed look at how a large Hasidic family in Brooklyn prepares for Sukkos weeks ahead and celebrates at home, in the…
פֿאָרווערטס (ייִדיש) — בלאג „עולם החסידות“
When Hasidim sit down to the Shabbos meal ↗
A step-by-step account of the Friday-night meal in Brooklyn Hasidic homes — besamim, kiddush and the fixed traditional dishes —…
װיקיפּעדיע (ייִדיש)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Yiddish Wikipedia) ↗
Yiddish Wikipedia's long article on Williamsburg, from its Dutch colonial beginnings in the 1600s to today's large Hasidic…
Community
Misaskim: The Chesed Organization That Stands by a Family in the Hardest Hour
When a family suffers a loss, Misaskim arrives with shiva chairs, siddurim and a Sefer Torah, and helps with the levaya. A look…
Community
Tomchei Shabbos: The Quiet Messengers Who Bring Shabbos Home
Tomche Shabbos of Boro Park and Flatbush delivers Shabbos food every week to families in need — quietly, with dignity, and…
Influencer
Heshy Rubinstein
Heshy Rubinstein runs a YouTube channel capturing Chasidish community events and local news, especially from Boro Park and Satmar…
Media
The Lakewood Scoop
The Lakewood Scoop, founded in 2008, is widely recognized as the leading news and information source for the Lakewood, New Jersey…
Media
BoroPark24
BoroPark24 is a news source covering happenings in and around the Boro Park, Brooklyn community.
Media
COLlive
COLlive is a Chabad-Lubavitch community news site covering stories from Crown Heights and the wider Chabad world.
Media
Matzav
Matzav is a Jewish news and video outlet sharing Torah content, community events, and chizuk from the Lakewood community and…
News
Mystery Booklet in Crown Heights
An anonymous booklet criticizing the spiritual environment in Crown Heights was distributed to homes across the neighborhood,…