Editing Ger (Hasidic dynasty) (section)

== Distribution of Gerrer Hasidim ==
[[File:Gur Yeshiva in Har Shalom, Bnei Brak.JPG|thumb|Gur Yeshiva in Har Shalom, Bnei Brak]][[File:Imrei Emes and Pnei Menachem graves.jpg|thumb|Graves of the [[Avraham Mordechai Alter|Imrei Emes]] and his son [[Pinchas Menachem Alter|Pinchas Menachem]] in [[Mea She'arim]], Jerusalem]]Almost all Ger Hasidim living in pre-war [[Europe]] (approximately 100,000 Hasidim) were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=1977-02-22|title=Gur Rabbi Dies in Israel; Leader of Hasidim Was 82|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/gur-rabbi-dies-in-israel-leader-of-hasidim-was-82.html|access-date=2020-05-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Avraham Mordechai Alter, who managed to escape, set about the task of rebuilding the movement in the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]].<ref name=":4" /> Under its post-war leaders, the movement began to flourish again. With approximately 12,000 families, Ger is the third-largest Hasidic dynasty in the world today, comprising 9.2% of the world population of [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidim]].<ref name=":3" /> Large communities of Gerrer Hasidim exist in Israel, in [[Bnei Brak]] (2294 families / 19% of the Hasidic population), [[Ashdod]] (2218 families / 45%), and [[Jerusalem]] (1921 families / 12%), and a slightly smaller community of 1,027 families (6% of the Hasidic population) exists in the [[Borough Park, Brooklyn|Borough Park]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]].<ref name=":3" /> Smaller communities with hundreds of families have also been established in Israel, such as [[Arad, Israel|Arad]], [[Beit Shemesh]], [[Kiryat Gat]], [[Hatzor HaGlilit]], [[Haifa]], [[Dimona]], [[Tel Aviv]], and [[Petah Tikva]].<ref name=":3" /> Internationally, hundreds of families reside in [[London]], [[Antwerp]], [[Zürich]] (where they are the largest Hasidic group), [[Manchester]], [[Monsey, New York|Monsey]], and [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood]], with tens more living in [[Los Angeles]], [[Queens]], [[Montreal]], [[Melbourne]], and [[Chicago]].<ref name=":3" /> Ger maintains a well-developed educational network of [[Talmud Torah]]s, [[yeshiva]]s, and [[kollel]]s, as well as [[Beis Yaakov]] schools for girls. The dynasty is the wealthiest in Israel, and its leaders dominate the [[Agudat Israel]] political party.<ref name="jpost.com"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=The ultra-Orthodox rabbi at the center of the crisis that almost toppled Israel's government|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-haredi-rabbi-behind-litzman-s-resignation-1.5626941|newspaper=Haaretz|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ger, one of the largest chasidic dynasties in the world, splits after 160 years of unity|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/ger-one-of-the-largest-chasidic-dynasties-in-the-world-splits-after-160-years-of-unity-1.490630|last=Sugarman|first=Daniel|date=October 24, 2019|website=The Jewish Chronicle|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>