Ultra-Orthodox women in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, want to experience the joys of summer like everyone else. But that may not be possible this year, due to a lack of female lifeguards at the local ...
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A woman attempted to steal a baby inside a Hasidic Jewish group's headquarters in Brooklyn Wednesday. Officials said a 26-year-old mother let her 18-month-old out of ...
(JTA) — Rachel Freier of Brooklyn officially became the first Hasidic woman to be sworn in as a judge in the State of New York. Freier, a mother of six and former lawyer who practiced commercial and ...
Roughly 3,000 Hasidic women leaders from around the world gathered at a gala on Sunday as part of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries that takes place annually in ...
American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira has gone viral after a video that focuses on Kiryas Joel’s insular Hasidic community, its ...
NEW YORK (AP) — In some ways, Rachel Freier has a background that might be expected in a new civil court judge. She is a real estate lawyer who volunteers in family court and in her community, where ...