Sara Glass, 39, grew up as “Malka” and was raised to be an ultra-religious Jewish woman from the insular Borough Park ...

The Hasidic parts of Crown Heights, Williamsburg, and Boro Park are lively islands of traditional ... the men wear long beards and long black garb, while the women wear wigs or scarves and modest ...

Sara Glass left her Orthodox community, became a therapist and finally came out as a lesbian. Now she tells her story to inspire others.

The neighborhoods of Crown Heights and Boro Park developed into Hasidic centers at a slower pace then Williamsburg. The largest and most influential court in Crown Heights is the Lubavitch ...

One is Rêve Rosé Salon, run by Yelena Kalendareva, who tells me she has been working with Hasidic women primarily in Borough Park since 2006. It’s a lush pink dream with Barbie-hued salon ...