January 20, 2025

“Looking for a change”: New York’s Haredi community looks ahead to the incoming Trump administration

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January 20, 2025

“Looking for a change”: New York’s Haredi community looks ahead to the incoming Trump administration

Haredi New Yorkers hope Trump will bring safety, economic stability and stronger US-Israel relations.

Shtetl Briefs

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Shtetl, in collaboration with Nishma Research, conducted a comprehensive study on the Haredi and Formerly Haredi community. This report presents our findings pertaining to the October 7 attacks and its aftermath.

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New Hunter College program seeks to serve as bridge between yeshiva and college

Initiative seeks to demystify the process of reaching higher education for students hampered by poor secondary secular education.

Analyzing the Haredi Vote in the 2024 General Election

Getting into the details of how the Shtetl voted.

Election results in the Haredi Shtetl

Results show the growing influence of Shtetl communities in state and national politics.

Eight Haredi Races To Watch This Election Day

With the rapid growth of the Haredi community and its outsize political influence in local and statewide races with national implications, more eyes are on this community than ever.

The Dems dilemma: Get Haredi votes or ensure secular education in yeshivas

Haredi leaders have all but assured themselves a win-win situation for the 2024 election.

Has Satmar Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum endorsed Donald Trump?

Media reports suggest he has, but the truth is more complicated.

Twelve Yeshiva students behind Chabad tunnel mayhem turn down plea deals

Special ed executive who defrauded Haredi children’s programs sentenced to over 4 years in prison

Judge pauses NY crackdown on private school special ed funding to hear Agudah lawsuit

Fake Chaplains, Faithless Scam

“Hasidopedia”: an insider’s guide to the secrets of Hasidic life in Brooklyn

Candidates for state senate vie for Haredi votes in Rockland

Researchers: Haredim visit Amish Country to prove they are ‘more moderate and rational than the Amish’

Rally against Israeli military draft postponed after permit denial

Donald Trump expected to visit Hasidic restaurant in Williamsburg

Isaac Schonfeld, ‘hidden tzaddik’ behind Chulent, honored at ‘After Orthodoxy’ conference

Hasidic yeshiva latest organization to get caught up in dispute over Williamsburg’s oldest Orthodox synagogue

Monsey Fire Department’s concessions to religious hardliners spark concerns of sexism

“Looking for a change”: New York’s Haredi community looks ahead to the incoming Trump administration

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Hasidic yeshiva latest organization to get caught up in dispute over Williamsburg’s oldest Orthodox synagogue

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Double sinks, stroller rooms: New affordable housing lottery launched for previously controversial development

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Crown Heights mother alleges “reverse racism and antisemitism” in daughters’ treatment by MTA officials

Chabad women push leaders for a vote in Sunday’s Crown Heights JCC election

Former student sues Oholei Torah, alleging child sexual abuse on school premises

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East Ramapo school bus system audit reveals systemic safety problems

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Hasidic woman whose ordeal inspired Orthodox ‘sex strike’ finally gets her Jewish divorce

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Shtetl Briefs

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