Today there are twelve principal Hasidic courts, though many of the smaller ones still exist. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was a community of Orthodox, but increasingly westernized, Jews from Germany ...
An outsider visiting a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn is likely to be struck immediately by just how Hasidic it looks. The Hasidic parts of Crown Heights, Williamsburg, and Boro Park are lively ...
Weddings have been happening in Brooklyn for months ... to be honest,” said Meyer Labin, a Hasidic writer who grew up in the Williamsburg Satmar community. Some critics say the lack of ...
(JTA) — Large crowds gathered Monday afternoon for the funeral of a beloved Hasidic rabbi in Williamsburg, home to the Satmar Hasidic community in Brooklyn. Thousands gathered at the funeral ...
We’re in the food court of the W Mall, its name short for “Williamsburg ... Bushwick to Downtown Brooklyn, it’s uniquely designed explicitly for one religious community, the Satmar ...
A total of 1,165 units have been proposed for the site, which sits at the intersection of three Brooklyn neighborhoods. Rabinowitz, who also goes by Yadler, and Dushinsky, are members of Hasidic ...