The Forward

The Last Holocaust-Era Rebbe Dies, And A Neighborhood Shuts Down To Mourn

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the death of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, the last Holocaust-era rebbe to lead a significant Hasidic sect.
The Forward

Rebbe’s Funeral Sees Brief Respite From Family Feud

The funeral of the Satmar grand rebbe went off on Tuesday night like a vast unchoreographed dance on the dark streets of Williamsburg, illuminated only by the yellow glow of streetlights and the red ...
Arutz Sheva

Thousands attend funeral of Grand Rebbe's wife: 'She accepted her suffering in silence'

Thousands of Gerrer Chassidim on Sunday attended the funeral of Rebbetzin Tzipora Alter, wife of the previous Gerrer Rebbe. Her funeral procession left Bnei Brak from the home of her son Rabbi Yitzhak ...
Arutz Sheva

PM Binyamin Netanyahu: Rebbe's funeral violated the rules

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attacked the conduct of the Pittsburgh Rebbe's hassidim at his funeral that was attended by thousands, violating coronavirus regulations. "I send my condolences to ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Ultra-Orthodox violently clash with police at funeral of hassidic rebbe

Police urge court to bar Netanyahu adviser Urich from PMO ...
The Times of Israel

Police thought fewer would show up to Pittsburgh Rebbe funeral; no arrests

Police and ultra-Orthodox Jews during the funeral of Pittsburgh Rebbe Mordechai Leifer in the city of Ashdod on October 5, 2020. (Flash90) A police statement says the force shut down the eulogy part ...