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Hundreds turn out for Israel funeral of ex-Hasid who apparently killed herself

Esti Weinstein’s body and a suicide note were discovered in her car at a beach in Ashdod a week after she went missing. Weinstein, 50, had written a memoir about growing up in the Gur Hasidic sect.

June 28, 2016 4:12 pm

Haredi couple from Israel caught with drugs in Ukraine

The woman arrested with her fiance at a Kiev airport suggested they were framed over her divorce from her ex-husband, who she is suing for custody of their nine children.

December 31, 2015 7:39 am

Manhattan synagogue members in court to stop sale of building

Worshippers at Sages of Israel, which is also a nursing home, claim that the board selling their Lower East Side Orthodox synagogue building for $13 million is not legitimate and lacks the authority to conduct the transaction.

April 14, 2015 3:30 pm