A Rabbi’s Mission: Saving Damascus’ Jewish Culture
Hundreds of books, maps and manuscripts which have turned yellow are piled up in a small and modest-looking apartment.
Faigy Mayer Death Bares Anguish of Leaving Ultra-Orthodox World
On July 12, Faigy Mayer, a 30-year-old New Yorker who left Hasidic Judaism five years ago, sent one of her last messages to a close friend. She tried to explain how foreign the world was to her — even though she grew up in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
הבוררת של עולם הפשע הרבנית ברוריה זבולוני: הייתי רואה מי יחיה או ימות
עשרות אנשים מגיעים מדי יום לביתה בחצר שהקימה ברחוב יהודית בירושלים, לא רחוק משוק מחנה יהודה. משרדה ממוקם בבניין מגוריה ואליו מגיעים פוליטיקאים, קציני משטרה ולהבדיל, גם בכירי העולם התחתון. היא מייעצת גם לאנשי עסקים ולאנשי צבא, לרופאים ולאנשים מהיישוב. כולם רוצים עצות וברכות. גם שועי עולם, בהם נשיאים לשעבר כמו ניקולא סרקוזי, ויקטור יושנקו…
Is The Orthodox Community Really To Blame For Mental Illness Among Ex-Hasids Faigy Mayer?
In bright pink paint, the words “Life is Beautiful” are splashed in graffiti on a wall in New York’s High Line, next to a young 30-year-old woman named Faigy Mayer brandishing a paint roller with a mischievous grin.
James Franco To Celebrate A Bar Mitzvah
Hollywood actor Seth Rogen, and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, announced Wednesday plans to throw friend and fellow star James Franco a bar mitzvah.
Safety Training Offered To Orthodox Jews In Brooklyn As Self-Defense Against Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A new version of martial arts is being taught to and practiced by Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn.
Parents Shunned Faigy Mayer For Leaving Hasidic Judaism
She broke free from the iron-tight grip of her ultra-conservative Hasidic community — only to kill herself after years of struggling with that decision.
Jewish Man Killed in Hit-and-Run In Queens
A 40-year-old Jewish man has died after he was struck by a vehicle Sunday night following a verbal dispute with an unknown male in the Forest Hills section of Queens, police said.
Faigy Mayer Dies In Fall From Rooftop In NYC
A woman jumped 20 stories to her death from a swanky rooftop bar in the Flatiron District Monday night.
Israel Chief Rabbis Sued Over Women’s Rights At Mikvah
JERUSALEM — An Israeli advocacy NGO has asked Israel’s Supreme Court to protect women’s rights at the mikvah, or ritual bath.