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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The funeral of Vizhnitz Rabbi Mordechai Hager in the village of Kaser in New York on March 16, 2018. The Admor of Vizhnitz-Monsey, Ha-Rav Ha-Gaon Mordechai Hager ztz”l, known as Reb Motle, ascended on ...

A famed Rockland County rabbi has died, and throngs of faithful attended his funeral Friday. Rabbi Mordechai Hager, the grand rabbi and spiritual leader of the Viznitz Hasidim in Kaser-Monsey, died at ...

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 ...

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 ...