May 3, 2024
Haredi police officer rehired in Monticello despite admitting to sexual assault
“The message that’s being sent to people is that because people have political connections, they’re above the law,” the village’s former mayor told Shtetl.
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
Politics
Ezra Friedlander, consultant working for Azerbaijan, didn’t officially disclose City Hall meeting
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
