April 21, 2024
Efforts to delay Yeshiva oversight failed to make NY budget, despite push from Haredi political operatives
Per regulations passed in 2022, private schools have to demonstrate during the 2024-2025 school year that they offer adequate secular education
Borough ParkSecond teen suicide in under three weeks rocks Brooklyn Hasidic community
In a tearful eulogy, Satmar rebbe of Williamsburg, Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, called on the community to reflect on these tragedies, and for each community member to also “make an individual accounting” on what must be done to prevent such incidents
MusicAUDIO FEATURE: Hasidic artists in Brooklyn bring the golden age of cantorial music into the digital age
A new book by Jeremiah Lockwood, a musician and Jewish Studies scholar, explores the world of young Hasidic cantorial artists, who have mastered the vocal techniques of the great cantors of a century ago
WilliamsburgReport: Hasidic boy commits suicide after father prevented from attending bar mitzvah
The parents’ divorce had led to a four-year separation between the boy and his father. A heart-rending video circulating on social media purported to show the father sobbing heavily while delivering a eulogy at his son’s funeral
Israel
IDF soldier and scion of anti-Zionist Satmar dynasty joins ‘Mislaibeled’ podcast for wide-ranging conversation
Israel
Monsey rabbi sues Town of Ramapo over Israeli flag, claims “shock and distress” to Haredi anti-Zionists
Legislation
New Jersey bill to help with private school tuition via tax credits and a scholarship fund
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