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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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 ...

Anthropologist Samuel Shuman and Yiddish linguist Chaya Nove recently conducted a unique sort of joint fieldwork: they attended the annual Hasidic pilgrimage to Hungary that brings thousands of people ...

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 ...

Samuel Heilman, a distinguished professor of sociology at the City University of New York and an expert on Hasidic life, said that Amazon allows Hasidic men and women to avoid face-to-face ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. NEW YORK • A New York City municipal pool that maintains female-only hours so that Hasidic Jewish women can swim with no men ...

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 ...