Despite calls to stay away, hundreds of devout Jews brought their young children to the annual Rosh Hashanah celebration

Four said detained at crossing near Moldovan border; separately, three taken in for questioning by local police after fatal car collision kills Ukrainian woman

As some 150,000 Orthodox Jews flock annually to Yeshaya Steiner's grave in Bodrogkeresztur, the village's future is at risk even as Budapest seeks to become a top Jewish center

NY Times: Vast sums claimed for services not always needed, or even provided; parents guided on applying; Yiddish-speaking kids listed as special ed due to language issues

New York Times says the schools received $1 billion in government funding over past 4 years, but students fail standardized math, reading tests, and some suffer corporal punishment

Lawmaker seems to downplay warning from Foreign Ministry office; was invited to visit by Ukraine's chief rabbi, who has said Ukraine unable to guarantee pilgrims' safety

Abdullah Almasmari's bid to get ultra-Orthodox in NYC to answer for allegations against Israel draws widespread criticism; Hasid who shrugged him off hailed as 'expert level troll'

In her debut work set in New York, pseudonymous author Felicia Berliner tells the story of a young Hasidic woman sucked into an obsession with 'Shmutz'

Spokesman Rabbi Yisrael Brecher of the Vizhnitz dynasty says 'some headscarves don't reflect any religious piety'

Frieda Vizel takes participants on an intimate journey into the insular Williamsburg enclave. But far from a critique, she offers a detailed and objective look at life there