There’s no doubt about it, bigger means better when it comes to the shtreimel — the unmissable, circular fur hat worn by married Hasidic men on Shabbat and holidays. Shmiel Arya Miller is owner of ...

Many spokespeople, among them the Haredi commentator Sari Roth, have raised the point that if Benny Gantz were to form a government, he would give the Haredim arrangements and budgets similar to those ...

AT DUSK on the Sabbath, few things are more spectacular in Jerusalem than the fascinating passing parade of fur hats moving inexorably towards the Western Wall. Great furry crowns of all shades of ...

A haredi businessman has purchased the shtreimel of the late sage Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky for a whopping $1.8 million. The businessman made the purchase at an auction house that was selling items that ...

JERUSALEM, June 16 (UPI) -- A member of parliament decried a proposed ban on the import of fur, which would eliminate the traditional fur hats worn by ultra-orthodox Jews. If approved, the traditional ...

Though the Swiss born actor-singer-dancer often performs in Yiddish, her latest song is about chasing her dreams in the Big Apple. (New York Jewish Week) — One-of-a-kind Jewish musician Lea Kalisch, a ...

Knesset Member Menachem Eliezer Moses, chairman of the Haredi-religious United Torah Judaism party, has found that an animal welfare bill supported by the government could make his shtreimel an ...

A 66-year-old Hasidic Jew was assaulted Saturday afternoon in Vienna by suspected neo-Nazis while walking to synagogue. The attack occurred around 3:45 p.m. on Schrottgasse in Vienna-Leopoldstadt, a ...