Religion

A new Hasidic community grows in Brownsville, Brooklyn

Fleeing high housing prices in Crown Heights, some adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement are moving further east to the formerly Jewish, now predominantly African-American neighborhood.

A Purim-themed circus is coming to town

Brooklyn-based contemporary circus company ABCirque presents an acrobatic, family-friendly event where “everything’s accepted.”

Michelle Trachtenberg’s Jewish family reportedly declines autopsy for religious reasons

Traditional Jewish law prohibits the desecration of the dead in almost all circumstances.

Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023. (Courtesy)

Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds

Hamas has made me hate. How can I pray for peace?

DeSantis appointee to Florida university board under fire for comments about Jews, women

Burned trees, traumatized animals: Nature is revealing the unseen effects of Israel’s wars

Swanky, secular Shabbat parties keep popping up in NYC

This rabbi-in-training wants every Jew to know how to use Narcan, the life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdose

LA Jews are all mourners now — experiencing both the grief and hope our tradition understands

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