Long before cantors were household names in America, they were hidden treasures in the Hasidic heartlands of Europe. From its beginnings in the 18th century, the Hasidic movement placed song and ...

A 63-year-old former North Buffalo synagogue that is now home to a church is poised to get a new life, as a Clarence developer seeks to put nine new luxury apartments and retail space into the ...

Belz was the first hasidic movement to establish a large-scale compound in Israel, a move later followed by many other ...

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