the mayer family
Hasid who hanged herself was forced to marry her first cousin
The Hasidic woman who committed suicide four months after her sister also killed herself suffered years of depression following her forced marriage to a first cousin, a family insider told...
Hasidic father's eulogy: 'Both my eyes are crying, one for each daughter'
Grief-stricken dad Israel Mayer described the difficulty of losing two daughters to depression on Monday as he eulogized his oldest at a Hasidic chapel in Brooklyn. "Both my eyes are...
Parents find daughter hanged months after sister kills self
The sister of a former Hasidic woman who jumped to her death from a Manhattan rooftop bar in July was discovered dead Sunday after an apparent suicide in Brooklyn. Sara...
Sister of Hasidic jumper found hanging from parent's staircase
The sister of a Hasidic woman who jumped to her death of a rooftop bar in July was discovered dead Sunday, after committing suicide in Brooklyn. Sara Mayer’s body was...
Ex-Hasid's death bares anguish of leaving ultra-Orthodox sect
On July 12, Faigy Mayer, a 30-year-old New Yorker who left Hasidic Judaism five years ago, sent one of her last messages to a close friend. She tried to explain...
Jumper denounced Hasidic 'cult' in despondent email
The former Hasidic woman who jumped to her death from a swanky rooftop bar Monday wrote a despondent e-mail to pals days before her suicide blasting the Jewish sect as...
Parents shunned jumper for leaving Hasidic Judaism
She broke free from the iron-tight grip of her ultra-conservative Hasidic community — only to kill herself after years of struggling with that decision. Tortured soul Faigy Mayer, who leaped...
Woman leaps to death off rooftop bar, patrons keep drinking
A woman jumped 20 stories to her death from a swanky rooftop bar in the Flatiron District Monday night. As onlookers sipped pricey drinks at the 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar...