Chaya Chana Twersky, wife and aide to head of Skverer Hasidic movement, dies at 81
A daughter of American royalty who helped create a uniquely American 'shtetl'
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Breaking News Skverer Rebbe’s Aide Accused of Secretly Filming Nude Couples at New Jersey Motel
An employee of a Rockland County Hasidic grand rebbe has been arrested and charged with secretly taking photos of couples having sex in a New Jersey motel. Nachman Breier, a driver and former chef for Skverer rebbe David Twersky, was arrested Monday night in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on a charge of third-degree invasion of…
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News Did Hasidic Neighbor Start Sex Abuse Reign of Terror on September 11?
A man testified that he suffered years of child sexual abuse after visiting a respected member of his upstate New York Hasidic community for comfort on the day of the September 11 terror attacks. Laiby Stern told a court that he was sexually molested for five years from 2001 until his bar mitzvah by Moshe…
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Life Keeping (Saudi and Skverer) Women Out of the Driver’s Seat
Today is the day that women in Saudi Arabia are taking to the streets — behind the wheel of their husbands’ cars, that is. June 17 is the day selected by women’s rights activist Manal Al-Sharif for women to get out there and protest the kingdom’s ban on women driving. Last month, after Al-Sharif posted…
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