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The Stunning Downfall of the Hasidic Fraudster Who Faked a Heart Attack to Outrun the Law

After faking a heart attack to escape a flight and being caught hiding under luggage at the US-Canada border, Elazar Vigdorovitz is back in Israel. The alleged mastermind of a multi-million shekel fraud faces 12 days in detention as police unravel his international web of deception

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The Ultimate Betrayal

Gur Hasidim in Israel are Panicking - Here's Why

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Baruch Dayan HaEmet

Rabbi Naftali Katz, Prominent Gur Hasidic Rabbi, Dies at 78

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But why?

Gur Hasidic leaders ban students from family Hannukah celebrations

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend the wedding of Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter's granddaughter in Jerusalem on June 6, 2023

Davening, Gur

Gerrer Rebbe Shlit"a: These are the new Takanos for Baalei Tefillah in Shuls and Yeshivos

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