Porush was later evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment. The violent attack occurred following an ongoing fierce political confrontation within the Agudat Yisrael party, between the “Shlomei ...

Immerse yourself in ancient languages by studying this degree that incorporates a valuable year abroad. The Ancient Languages with Year Abroad BA enables you to learn Hebrew and either Greek or Latin, ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — When Chani Friedman stepped into the Ohel, the small open-ceiling structure that houses Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s grave in Queens, she immediately felt comforted.

and legally incorporated shtetl on American soil,” according to a recent history of American Hasidism. Like the movement, it took its name from the town of Skvira in Ukraine. Often taking ...

They show that hundreds, if not thousands, of guests packed into the main synagogue of one faction of Bobov Hasidism on Monday night to celebrate the wedding of the youngest son of Rabbi Ben Zion ...