Sentences with phrase «hasidic rabbis»

Lettre had to make a deal with Orthodox and Hasidic rabbis in 2012 to maintain control of the Conservative Party when faced with a challenge by former party chair Nick Longo, and it is likely the rabbis will be asking for a return on their investment this year.

His parents and his beloved first wife Bella were from Hasidic families, and he refers lovingly to the Hasidic rabbi from Mohileff as having «the greatest influence» on him.

The Hasidic rabbi would spare Jews the psychological burden of knowing their DNA so that they would focus on making a good marriage and a healthy family.

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Mr. Hershman answers: «Well, I guess if the rabbi had been molesting boys in the Hasidic community.

«There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts.

Rosenberg runs a website and telephone call - in line that publicizes claims of sexual abuse in the Hasidic community, and he believes this attack was an attempt to «silence» him, according to Abe George, the rabbi's attorney.

Religion News Service: Orthodox rabbis laud conviction of Hasidic man on sexual abuse charges The world's largest group of Orthodox rabbis is lauding the process that led to the conviction of a Hasidic Jewish man on Monday (Dec. 10) on sexual abuse charges, and called on all segments of the Jewish community to cooperate with police in such cases.

They fall under the spell of one or another charismatic rabbi (or «Rebbe»), a phenomenon for which a precedent already existed in the century - old Hasidic communities of Lubavitch, Satmar, Belz and other less well known East - European centers.

Martin Buber tells the story of an old Hasidic master who asked a rabbi what puzzled him most about his neighbor.

An influential rabbi received red - carpet treatment from City Hall after hosting a fund - raiser for NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2013 — and later boasted about steering thousands of votes to him from the Brooklyn Hasidic community, emails show.

Recently, investigators have been zeroing in on de Blasio's relationship with rabbi and political fundraiser Moishe Indig, a leader in Williamsburg's Hasidic community who hosted a fundraising event for the mayor in Oct. 2013, The New York Times reported.

In 2010, you told one of the two chief rabbis of the Satmar Hasidic sect that you «did a lot of work» at Kiryas Joel as U.S. housing secretary under President Clinton because of the connection between the village and your father.

And if you can set aside the blithe treatment of sex work or the borderline - offensive caricaturing of the Hasidic community — a scene of Allen being called before a council of rabbis veers into questionable territory — there's a delicacy to the dynamic between Turturro and Paradis that's endearing despite the pairing's ludicrousness.

As a respected rabbi in a Hasidic Judaic community, the backwards stares and cloistered whispers of everyone around as she enters rooms and walks down the street serve as a recurring cultural lifestyle contrast that won't allow anyone happiness.

After the death of her rabbi father, New York photographer (Rachel Weisz) returns home to the Hasidic neighbourhood in North London that she abandoned years before, instigating anxiety among old friends and relatives, and rekindling an old forbidden passion.

When I discovered the Mayanot group I was so excited that I didn't realize it was affiliated with Chabad (a Hasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism) until midway through the trip when my rabbi tour guide changed out of his everyday garb and broke out his traditional black suit and fedora.