Hasidic rabbis have taken this a step further, requiring women to shave their heads to ensure that not a single hair is seen. For Satmar women like me, it is a grave sin not to shave.

Hasidic attire — fur hats and long black frock coats for men, and hair coverings and long dresses and skirts for women — are also distinctive from other Orthodox Jews.

When James saw the boy’s hair, he thought it was odd, ... “Since it wasn’t my child, I don’t feel that it is my job to forgive him. However, as a Hasidic Jew, I do forgive him,” he said.

Once upon a time—say, in the 1990s—a Hasidic Jew looking for escape from her blinkered world might have gone to the library. But by the time F. Vizel, a Satmar Hasid, learned that the public ...

Abuse Scandal Plagues Hasidic Jews In Brooklyn Two men have come forward with allegations that they were abused by leaders of their Hasidic community in Brooklyn when they were children. The ultra ...

Rivky presents as a Hasidic Jewish man within her religious community, but she hopes one day to exit the proverbial closet. Paige Stampatori / for NBC News Sept. 6, 2020, 4:30 AM EDT ...