Judah Zundel Biedermann waited seven years for the moment he would fill his father’s shoes — his father being the late Lelov Rebbe of Beitar Illit. This week, at the tender age of 19 and a half, he ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi Shimon Natan Neta Biderman, rebbe of the Lelov Chasidim, died on Yom Kippur. Biderman, who lived in the city of Bnei Brak in central Israel, was 78. He had retired early from ...

Several hasidic sects in Israel have instructed parents to buy young teenagers flat caps instead of other hats. In a letter sent to parents of students in 15 haredi schools, the institutions' ...

Hundreds of Orthodox Jews from Israel, the United States, Canada and various European countries have gathered in Lelów, near Częstochowa in southern Poland, to pray at the grave of Rabbi David ...