Silk becomes the first Hasid to hold a senior slot in a U.S. administration, the Yeshiva World News reported.

Paula Eiselt's documentary follows a group of Orthodox women defying the patriarchal status quo in order to establish an all-female EMT corp.

Whether we agree with Hasidism or not, it behooves us to know more about these fast-growing communities that are transforming the demography of American Jewry.