A New York Hasidic woman passed away last month leaving behind 15 children, over 200 grandchildren and enough great-grandchildren to bring her total number of living family members to around 2,000. Yitta Schwartz—who lived to the old age of 93 outlasting her husband by 34 years—was productive even among her community of Satmar Hasidic Jews […]
“WHEN Yitta Schwartz died last month at 93, she left behind 15 children, more than 200 grandchildren and so many great- and great-great-grandchildren that, by her family’s count, she could claim perhaps 2,000 living descendants. Mrs. Schwartz was a member of the Satmar Hasidic sect, whose couples have nine children on average and whose ranks […]
“A few hundred mourners gathered in the frigid cold Monday morning for a funeral for a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor said to have left behind more than 2,500 descendants.Yitta Schwartz, who died about 6 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, is thought to have had the largest extended family of anyone in the generation of […]
“Another battle was been lost in the Great Hipster-Hasidic Wars of Williamsburg following reports that hipsters have been detained. The two bike lane vigilantes shown in a video repainting a Bloomberg-blasted bike lane were arrested, handcuffs and all, after turning themselves in to detectives yesterday evening. Quinn Hechtropf, 26, and Katherine Piccochi, 24, were charged […]
“The Skverer Rebbe, Rav Dovid Twersky, is scheduled to arrive in Williamsburg today and will return to New Square next Thursday. From the time of his arrival, through Shabbos, the Rebbe will be hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shraga Feivel Hoffman on Bedford Avenue. From Sunday, November 15, thru Thursday, November 19, the […]
“When I was 18 years old I was not Shabbat-observant. I was ready for the US Nationals. I wrote to the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This was the year I was graduating from high school and I was deciding between getting a job and being a boxer. I wanted to know from him what I should do. […]
” The bitter fight between rival factions of Satmar Hasidim took a dramatic turn Thursday when mourners hastily dedicated a new cemetery just outside Kiryas Joel to bury a 41-year-old man who died that morning. One side in the Satmar rift claims Kiryas Joel’s ruling faction refused to let Eziel Perlstein be buried in the […]
Kiryas Yoel, New York – Lakewood, New Jersey: Kol Koreh Below. According to the Lakewood Mashgiach for KJ Poultry, Reb Ahran Kaneivsky, the chicken is Nevaila. According to Satmar they are doing Bedikos that are not required in America. Update: According to Lakewood:
A Rav from Lakewood visited the Bais Hashchita in Kiryas Yoel and found […]
Tammuz 28 is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (1759-1841) of Uhely, Hungary, author of Yismach Moshe and patriarch of the Hungarian Chassidic dynasties.
” After his daughter married the Aryeh D’Bei Ila’i Rav Aryeh Leib Lipshitz he noticed strange behavior by his new son-in-law. When he realized that Rav Aryeh Leib was a chosid he […]
“A Jewish immigrant from North America (L) receives an Israeli flag upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv July 7, 2009. Some 232 Jews from North America arrived in Israel on Tuesday. “DayLife.com
“The Hasidic section of Williamsburg, Brooklyn — roughly bounded by Division Avenue, Broadway, Heyward Street and the Brooklyn Navy Yard — is an anachronistic pleasure.” more@NYTimes.com
