Editing Ger (Hasidic dynasty) (section)

==Kehilas Pnei Menachem==
In October 2019, a group of Gerrer Hasidim under the leadership of [[Shaul Alter]] split from the main hassidic court, forming a new [[Kehilla (modern)|kehilla]]: "''Kehilas Pnei Menachem''". The split, the first in Ger's history, followed two decades of repeated tensions between Alter, son of the [[Pinchas Menachem Alter|former Gerrer Rebbe]], and his cousin, the [[Yaakov Aryeh Alter|current one]]—tensions which only increased when the latter closed the prestigious [[Sfas Emes Yeshiva|yeshiva]] where Alter was [[Rosh yeshiva|Rosh Yeshiva]] in 2016, then failed to invite him to his grandson's wedding in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |title=U.S. 'Leftists' vs. the Israeli establishment: Tensions rise in the Ger Hasidic sect |language=en |newspaper=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-leftists-vs-the-establishment-tensions-rising-in-the-ger-hasidic-sect-1.7741861 |access-date=2020-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The split in Israel's biggest Hasidic court shows that no rabbi is immune |language=en |newspaper=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-the-split-in-israel-s-biggest-hasidic-court-shows-that-no-rabbi-is-immune-1.8018434 |access-date=2020-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Aaron |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Opposition Within ultra-Orthodox Ger Sect Declares Historic Split |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-opposition-within-ger-hasidim-declares-historic-split-1.8016767 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |website=Haaretz}}</ref> On 22 October 2019, [[Shaul Alter|Alter]] held a public Sukkot event, where donations and school enrollment forms for the new group were passed out, marking the split.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sugarman |first=Daniel |date=October 24, 2019 |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 |access-date=2020-12-01 |website=www.thejc.com}}</ref> 

On November 8, 2021, the ''[[Jerusalem Post]]'' reported that Kehilas Pnei Menachem numbers some 500 families in Israel, with another 300 in the USA, while the mainstream Gur community in Israel is thought to number as many as 100,000 people<ref name="JPost">{{cite news |last1=Sharon |first1=Jeremy |title=Breakaway hassidic leader greeted joyfully in US |url=https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/breakaway-hassidic-leader-greeted-joyfully-in-us-684389/amp |access-date=10 November 2021 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=8 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> (the equivalent of 11,494 families, according to a November 2021 report by Israel's National Economic Council which averages 6.7 children per [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] family).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanau |first1=Shira |title=Nearly 1 in 3 Israeli Jews will be haredi Orthodox by 2050, per Israeli economic projections |url=https://www.jta.org/2021/11/23/israel/nearly-1-in-3-israeli-jews-will-be-haredi-orthodox-by-2050-per-israeli-economic-projections |access-date=5 December 2021 |agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=23 November 2021}}</ref>

In May 2022 violent clashes erupted between Hasidim of both communities in [[Ashdod]], [[Bnei Brak]] and [[Jerusalem]]. Hundreds of men stormed Alter's yeshiva, and he had to be escorted home by police.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sokol |first=Sam |date=2023-05-23 |title=A Violent Schism Just Exploded in Israel's Most Powerful Hasidic Sect |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-05-23/ty-article/.highlight/a-violet-schism-just-exploded-in-israels-most-powerful-hasidic-sect/00000180-f6cc-d18b-a787-f7edc0320000 |access-date=2023-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Liphshiz |first=Cnaan |date=2022-05-27 |title=In Israel, a Hasidic dynasty's rivalry erupts into violence |url=https://www.jta.org/2022/05/27/israel/in-israel-a-hasidic-dynastys-rivalry-erupts-into-violence |access-date=2023-08-26 |agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>