New Square

Chaya Chana Twersky, who helped her husband build a suburban haven for Skverer Hasidim, dies at 81

A daughter of Hasidic royalty who became a central figure in the all-Jewish hamlet of New Square, New York.

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8-year-old boy who is reportedly descendant of prominent Hasidic rabbi dies in NY boating accident

Yosef Goldman, the great-grandson of Rabbi David Twersky, known as the Skverer Rebbe, died after a boat capsized.

Skverer rebbe’s employee accused of secretly filming nude couples at NJ motel

The driver and former chef for a Rockland County Hasidic grand rebbe is suspected in several other voyeurism cases, police officials said.

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The Hasidic bloc vote, Bernie and Hillary’s Empire State of mind and other NY campaign notes

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Hasidic Jews help rescue woman who jumped off George Washington Bridge

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In Rockland County, non-Orthodox try to create alternative to Hasidic dominance

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Pomegranate juice a vehicle for Hasidic help and healing

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Torah too R-rated for some Hasidim, so they edited it

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New Square rebbe seeks dismissal of arson suit

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In New York shtetl where arson attack occurred, the rebbe’s word is law

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