Tag: Hasidic Judaism

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, a key figure in Chabad-Lubavitch's global outreach efforts, passed away at 74 after battling cancer.
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled on the ownership of the Chabad World Headquarters, known as 770, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, which could determine the future of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
Rabbi Art Green, a prominent scholar of Jewish mysticism, has been barred from Hebrew College following allegations of sexual misconduct made by a faculty member.
In a new costume drama set in 18th-century Ukraine titled "Dovbush," the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidic Judaism, makes his screen debut.
Despite warnings from the U.S., Israeli, and Ukrainian governments about the dangers of traveling to Uman, Ukraine for the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage, tens of thousands of Jewish men and boys are expected to make the trip to pay tribute to Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
Rabbi Joshua Franklin of the Skverer sect of Hasidic Judaism caused a stir by using the AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to help write a recent sermon, revealing to his congregation that the speech was largely composed by the machine.
In the Outremont neighborhood of Montreal, Hasidic residents have been praying on their balconies during COVID-19, creating a sense of harmony and cultural exchange.
In the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn, diverse Hasidic groups settled in the mid-20th century, leading to the neighborhood transforming into a hub of Hasidic life.
Georg Mordechai Langer, an overlooked figure in Franz Kafka's life, was a gay Hasidic Hebrew teacher with a deep interest in mysticism and Hebrew literature.
Tens of thousands of visitors gathered at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens to mark the 20th yahrzeit of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe.