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Thousands of Gerrer Chassidim on Sunday attended the funeral of Rebbetzin Tzipora Alter, wife of the previous Gerrer Rebbe. Her funeral procession left Bnei Brak from the home of her son Rabbi Yitzhak ...

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the death of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, the last Holocaust-era rebbe to lead a significant Hasidic sect.

Lamar Odom shared a personal moment of prayer at the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson in Queens, N.Y. Odom donned a skullcap in the photo as he stood at the final resting place for ...

As the world’s largest Chasidic sect mourns the death this week of the Satmar Grand Rebbe Moses Teitelbaum, the bitter, litigious — and sometimes violent — feud between two of his sons shows no sign ...

Supermodel Naomi Campbell shared a personal photo of herself praying at the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson to mark the 25th anniversary of his death. Campbell appeared to be ...

New Yorkers of a certain age remember well the many weeks in which the city seemed gripped almost exclusively by the fervor—and drama—surrounding the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, as he lie in ...

One of the final remnants of Torah sanctity in eastern Europe to survive World War II and put down roots in the fresh potential of America, the 95-year-old Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom ...

Large crowds gathered in Monsey Tuesday to mourn Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, the rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic dynasty in Brooklyn, who died on Monday. He died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands of followers attended the funeral of the Vizhnitzer rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, in Bnei Brak. The funeral for Hager, the leader of the second-largest Chasidic sect ...