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Illustration of a hostage being taken.

We must fight for hostages but know we cannot imagine what they're going through

Yitzhak Goldknopf

Public transport strengthened for private wedding at Goldknopf's request

By MAARIV ONLINE

The importance of releasing captives and saving hostages in Judaism (Illustrative).

Hassidic rabbis can help release Gaza hostages - this is how

NEWLY ELEVATED Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (R) arrives to attend opening day mass of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, at St. Peter’s Square in The Vatican, Oct. 4.

When a hassidic rabbi traded himself to save Jewish hostages

By LEVI COOPER

Hands in handcuffs (illustrative).

Sex offender who gave high profile interview to Hasidic comedian pleads guilty

By Luke Tress/JTA

MENACHEM MENDEL HAGER, Grand Rabbi of Vizhnitz, prays at the Rav Shimon Bar Yochai gravesite in Meron, May 24.

Israel-Hamas war: A Hassidic rebbe's prayer for soldiers

By LEVI COOPER

‘YOU ARE etched on the slate of our heart’: Staging area near Lebanon, Oct. 30.

A hassidic grand rabbi's voice of support of the IDF amid war with Hamas

By LEVI COOPER

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), left, and U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY), right, introduce the Judiciary Act of 2021 aimed at expanding the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to thirteen justices outside the court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2021.

McCarthy’s sitdown with Jewish leaders was ‘waste of time', says Congressional candidate

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish pilgrims pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov on the eve of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year, in the town of Uman, Ukraine September 20, 2017

Israeli citizen arrested in Uman, facing deportation from Ukraine - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ROSH HASHANAH night arrived, and a storm began to rage.

A ship in danger was saved by the power of holiness and a shofar

By LEVI COOPER

‘IT COULD well have been that the UK rabbis were looking at Bnei Brak’: Main street, 1928.

When UK rabbis realized hassidim drained the swamps of pre-state Israel

By LEVI COOPER

BELZER REBBE Yissachar Dov Rokeach meets with then-Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in 2001.

Belz hassidic leader has been unafraid to go against the grain - opinion

By DANIEL GOLDMAN

Antwerp.

The Jewels of Antwerp: How two series' are changing perceptions of Orthodox Jewish life

MOSES KNEW the critical value of diversity.

Does religion inherently require conformity? - opinion

By MOSHE TARAGIN

A stained glass window in the Room of the Last Supper (The Cenacle)

Window in Room of the Last Supper in Jerusalem smashed by Jewish man

By SHLOMI HELLER/WALLA! , YOAV ETIEL/WALLA

MEIR BRONSTEIN, the hassid with hundreds of thousands of YouTube followers.

Peruvian hassidic Jew moves to Israel, gains large YouTube following

By HOWARD BLAS

HE PULLED up his sleeve to show his tattoo (Illustrative).

The rebbe’s beard: An original short story

By STEWART WEISS

BNEI BRAK main street, 1938.

Was Bnei Brak Jewish community's founding blessed by a hassidic rebbe?

By LEVI COOPER