One barber uses a velcro gripper to secure the payos to the tops of Hasidic men’s heads while he cuts the rest of their hair.

The 32-year-old Hasidic performer first made headlines the week before ­Hanukkah when he shaved off his iconic beard and tweeted: “No more Chassidic reggae superstar.” ...

Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn are reportedly paying thousands of dollars for facial hair transplants that allow them to have fuller beards. New York City plastic surgeons say observant Jewish men are ...

Inside the Hasidic community Rock CenterDr. Nancy Snyderman gave viewers a rare glimpse into the growing community of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, New York.

An online course about the vibrant world of Hasidic creativity begins this Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Workers Circle. It will be taught by the Yiddish activist Eli Benedict, who hails from a ...

The American Hasidic shtiebel traces its beginnings to the first Eastern European synagogue established in New York in 1852, at a time when a small but steady stream of Jews from central Poland ...

The Hasidic schools face the prospect of significantly tougher oversight after New York State officials recently ruled that a private Hasidic Jewish boys’ school in Brooklyn was violating the ...

But this is a challenge when anyone, including immigrants, or even secular Jews becoming Hasidic have to integrate into a new society and culture.

On Saturday, the Jewish day of rest, when Hasidim are generally confined to Williamsburg or Borough Park, the two largest Hasidic neighborhoods in Brooklyn, you might see them, even on the most ...

As many as 50,000 Jews traveled to a Hungarian town for the anniversary of a noted rabbi’s death, marking significant growth for the annual pilgrimage and generating what the town’s may… ...

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-Orthodox Jewish sect, known for devout ...

Hasidic women wear long sleeves and dresses or skirts, and married women cover their hair, often with wigs, kerchiefs or both.