In a unique course this spring, Yiddish scholar Leyzer Burko will explore the rich dialect of Ukrainian-Yiddish, once widely spoken not just in Ukraine, but in Romania, Moldova and Poland.

an 18th-century luminary and founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement, were supposed to have been curtailed this year due to coronavirus restrictions. About 30,000 pilgrims, mostly from Israel ...

For the second time this week, a group of Hasidic pilgrims tried to reach the tomb of Rabbi Ashi, believed to be buried in ...

Adding to the mix, leaders of the Breslov movement emphasize euphoria and joy rather than the intellectualism of other Orthodox Jewish streams. The result is, in the eyes of some observers ...

Major Hasidic dynasties include Satmar, Chabad-Lubavitch, Breslov, Ger, Belz, and Bobov, among others. These sects often differ in their approach to religious observance, their interpretation of ...

Also in attendance was the leader of the Breslov Hasidic community, Rabbi Shalom Arush, who sat next to Rabbi Pinto. The event took place on the night following Shabbat Parashat Vayechi ...