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Williamsburg

Police investigating assault on Hasidic boys in Williamsburg

A man appeared to punch and kick two boys who were playing on the sidewalk.

Borough Park

In Borough Park, Jewish children outnumber adults, and other takeaways from latest UJA study

UJA excluded “offensive” questions to boost Haredi participation.

Lakewood

Lakewood business files RICO lawsuit in case involving other businesses, Beth Din, Lakewood leaders, and Baltimore lawyer

Blueberry Funding alleges tactics to “intimidate” it into dropping a lawsuit worth millions from secular court.

Lakewood

Lakewood yeshiva principals propose changes to address “shidduch crisis”

The principals plan to adjust the ages at which young men and women begin dating.

Lakewood

Anti-Zionists and Pro-Israel Jews face off at town meeting near Lakewood

‘Stand With Palestine’ billboard on Route 9 prompts heated discussion of antisemitism resolution.

Catskills

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.

Williamsburg

Politicians ask NYPD for more crossing guards in Hasidic Williamsburg after 10-year-old girl’s death

“Every child in our city needs a safe route home from school,” wrote Councilmember Lincoln Restler and other Brooklyn politicians.

Legal

Attorney General’s office warns Sullivan County town of potentially illegal discrimination against Hasidic development

The letter comes amid a yearslong legal battle over Lost Lake Resort, a proposed development that seeks to house 2,600 homes.

Yeshivas

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

Music

Future of legendary Hasidic cantor at storied synagogue uncertain after injury

Over a six-decade career, Cantor Benzion Miller has been one of the last vestiges of cantorial music’s golden age, his synagogue services one of the best-kept secrets in the city’s Jewish musical life