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Hasidic Jews

Abby Chava Stein, author of "Becoming Eve." (JTA/Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
Posted inOff the Shelf

Leaving Orthodoxy: personal stories of gender and Hasidism

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 20, 2020February 20, 2020
Rapper Nissim Black's new single says that he's "Hitler's worst nightmare." (Screenshot from "Mothaland Bounce" video)
Posted inCulture

Orthodox rapper Nissim Black reintroduces himself to the world

by Emily Burack and JTA February 19, 2020
a young man with peyot and a fur shtreimel hat singing into a microphone
Posted inCulture

Sensational Hasidic tenor Shulem coming to Palo Alto

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 16, 2019September 18, 2019
From the cover of "On Division" by Goldie Goldbloom
Posted inBooks

This year’s One Bay One Book pick is novel by Australian Hasidic author

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 6, 2019September 6, 2019
A scene from the Netflix documentary "One of Us"
Posted inCulture

Hasidic ties bind, confine and inform ‘One of Us’

by Michael Fox November 13, 2017March 23, 2018
Nechama Langer (seen here in the wearable art she made from her ketubah) is the daughter of a San Francisco Chabad dynasty — but she's charting her own Jewish course. (Photo/Miriam Kanani)
Posted inReligion, Jewish Life

This student priestess is pushing the boundaries of Hasidic tradition

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 16, 2017July 16, 2017

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