The project puts Hasidic music in the hands of women and bridges the divide between Orthodox and liberal Jews, who can meet in a shared domain of song, representing both rebellion and connection.

Closeted Hasidic trans woman inches closer to her 'feminine dream' Monica Haider. Sun, September 6, 2020 at 8:30 AM UTC. 9 min read.

NEW YORK (AP) — In some ways, Rachel Freier has a background that might be expected in a new civil court judge. She is a real estate lawyer who volunteers in family court and in her community ...

Freier, who attended Touro College and Brooklyn Law School, is the first Hasidic Jewish woman to hold elected office in the United States. Prior to her election, ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A mother of six has become the first Hasidic woman to become a civil court judge in Brooklyn. CBS2's Magdalena Doris reports Rachel Freier broke barriers after grabbing ...

College wasn’t customary for Hasidic women, though it has since become more common. But when her husband, David, got a college degree, she aspired to one of her own.

The idea for Ezras Nashim was conceived in 2011 when five Hasidic women — all Brooklyn EMTs — began talking about launching their own volunteer emergency service. They phoned several attorneys ...

Closeted Hasidic trans woman inches closer to her 'feminine dream' Rivky presents as a Hasidic Jewish man within her religious community, but she hopes one day to exit the proverbial closet.

She's believed to be the first woman from Judaism's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community to be elected as a judge in the United States. The 51-year-old Freier is a proud product of a world with strict ...