NETANYA, Israel — The marriage ceremony is perhaps the greatest highlight in the life of an ultra-Orthodox Jew. And when it comes to the community's most prominent members, it turns into a public ...

Long before cantors were household names in America, they were hidden treasures in the Hasidic heartlands of Europe. From its beginnings in the 18th century, the Hasidic movement placed song and ...

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Kugielsky is part of the “Dear New York” exhibit curated by Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton. When Abe Kugielsky first began photographing the Hasidic Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, ...