He was largely unknown in Rockland's secular circles, but Rebbe Mordechai Hager was a giant in the Hasidic community, as evidenced by the tens of thousands who gathered for his funeral in Kaser on ...

Thousands of followers and supporters escorted the Rabbi Mordechai Hager to his final resting place on Friday. As per Viznitz custom, the funeral did not include eulogies and he was buried in the ...

Rebbe Mordechai Hager, spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Monsey, died today at the age of 95. Hager led a group of about 5,000 Orthodox Jews, but his impact was felt beyond the confines of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Rabbi Mordechai Hager, the grand rabbi and spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Kaser-Monsey, died Friday at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 95 years old. Hager ...

In 1994 I joined a group of high school students on a trip to Poland to commemorate the 60th memorial of the Warsaw uprising. The trip required each of us to fundraise a nominal sum. Having grown up ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today with the Rebbe of Viznitz, Rabbi Yisrael Hagar, after an event he held for his followers was shut down by police last night due to it breaching ...

The Viznitz Hasidic community's plans to incorporate an almost 1.5-square-mile village in the Catskills has cleared its first hurdle and may be headed to a referendum. The supervisors of two Sullivan ...

KIAMESHA LAKE - A synagogue meeting room in the Catskills was packed with congregants and visitors alike on Thursday evening, as a contentious public matter got its first airing in that religious ...

Plans by the Viznitz Hasidic community to form a new village in Sullivan County have been halted by a lawsuit by opponents who hope to disqualify the village petition. Two homeowners whose properties ...