Hasidic dynasty
Skver
Skver is a branch of the House of Chernobyl, founded in the mid-19th century by Rabbi Yitzchok Twersky (Reb Itzikl) in the town…
Topic
New York
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Hasidic dynasty
Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad was founded in 1775 by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya, in the town of Liozna in White Russia. The name…
Community
Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
Williamsburg is a neighborhood in northern Brooklyn, New York, beside the Williamsburg Bridge that leads to Manhattan. After…
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…
Music
Jewish (Hasidic) Music in the 2000s
The first decade of the 2000s was a vibrant era for Hasidic and Orthodox music: veteran stars such as Mordechai Ben David and…
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…
Event
The shmira vigil for the victims of 9/11
After the attack on the World Trade Center, Orthodox Jews kept a shmira beside the victims' remains at the city's medical…
History
Hasidic Life in New York, 2000–2007
The years 2000 to 2007 were a time of strong growth for New York's Hasidic communities: Borough Park had the most births in the…
Personality
Zev Brenner
Orthodox radio host and founder of Talkline Communications (1981).
Store
Streit's Matzos
The family-owned New York matzo company, the only one of its kind in the US.
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Childhood memories (2000–2007) — part 1
A trip back to the early 2000s: the toys, games and snacks we grew up with and almost forgot.
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September 11 — documentary (English)
Shuki Pedia's documentary about September 11, 2001, in English.
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September 11 — documentary (Yiddish)
Shuki Pedia's documentary about September 11, 2001, in Yiddish.
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…