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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 ...

Rachel “Ruchie” Freier, an attorney, grassroots community organizer, and member of the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, started her work as a civil court judge in Brooklyn on Tuesday. She is ...

Rebbetzin Sarah Rokach, wife of the Belzer Rebbe, urges women in her community to switch from covering their hair with wigs ...

When I first decided to conduct my dissertation research on Hasidic women, I was hoping to learn something about how their spiritual lives fared in the face of everyday demands of running a home and ...

A concert at JCC Manhattan will celebrate “Kapelya,” the first recording of Hasidic nigunim performed exclusively by women. (JTA) — As a child growing up in the Chabad Hasidic community of Crown ...

Some books about Hasidic women focus on their desire to be educated, or to not marry the husband that has been chosen for them. But for Raizl, the protagonist of Felicia Berliner’s debut novel, ...

“Do you remember him?” Nechie Fischman’s friend asked her in November. It had been nearly a decade since the 30-year-old former Orthodox Jewish woman last saw the Brooklyn doctor. Still, she ...

NEW YORK-- It's an inspirational story about a mother, grandmother, and founder of a nonprofit. Now, the Brooklyn woman just added New York State Supreme Court judge to her resume. Acting Judge Rachel ...

“The Queen of Cleveland,” by a Jewish woman who lived in the Soviet Union, triggered extra caution among censors amid Russia’s war on Ukraine. (JTA) — Hasidic book publisher Dovid Zaklikowski was ...

Rivky strolled through the Zara store in Manhattan's fashionable SoHo neighborhood, one eye examining the racks of skirts and blouses and the other looking out for anyone she might know. She was ...