May 8, 2024

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

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May 8, 2024

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.

Shtetl Briefs

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

Judge contradicts accusation of anti-Trump bias: criminal trial won’t conflict with Passover

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.

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.

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

NY Medicaid program set to change despite criticism by Haredi business owners, others

Changes to CDPAP are meant to reduce fraud

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

How a campaign of unfounded rumors overturned Ramapo’s Hispanic-run taxi industry

By spreading allegations about non-Jewish taxi drivers assaulting female passengers, a group of Haredi activists in Rockland created a lucrative vacuum for Haredi-owned companies to fill

Second 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

AUDIO 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

U.S. Haredi leadership find consensus in lamenting Israel’s yeshiva draft changes

Ezra Friedlander, consultant working for Azerbaijan, didn’t officially disclose City Hall meeting

Report: Hasidic boy commits suicide after father prevented from attending bar mitzvah

IDF soldier and scion of anti-Zionist Satmar dynasty joins ‘Mislaibeled’ podcast for wide-ranging conversation

Judges hear oral arguments in state’s appeal against yeshiva advocates

Haredi leaders call for ‘major day of prayer’ against state intervention in Haredi schools

Chabad special ed teacher sued for child sexual abuse, banned from school premises

Monsey rabbi sues Town of Ramapo over Israeli flag, claims “shock and distress” to Haredi anti-Zionists

New Jersey bill to help with private school tuition via tax credits and a scholarship fund

For a holiday marked by generosity, banks across Borough Park stock up on cash

Participants in Chabad tunnel mayhem appear in court, cheered by peers

Sex strike for agunah stirs controversy, elicits disapproval from prominent rabbi Hershel Schachter

Future of legendary Hasidic cantor at storied synagogue uncertain after injury

Second teen suicide in under three weeks rocks Brooklyn Hasidic community

AUDIO FEATURE: Hasidic artists in Brooklyn bring the golden age of cantorial music into the digital age

U.S. Haredi leadership find consensus in lamenting Israel’s yeshiva draft changes

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

Report: Hasidic boy commits suicide after father prevented from attending bar mitzvah

IDF soldier and scion of anti-Zionist Satmar dynasty joins ‘Mislaibeled’ podcast for wide-ranging conversation

Satmar rebbe honors notorious sex abuser with a visit to daughter’s wedding

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

Chabad special ed teacher sued for child sexual abuse, banned from school premises

Participants in Chabad tunnel mayhem appear in court, cheered by peers

Chabad group draws thousands of teens to sing, dance, and celebrate Jewish pride in Times Square

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How a campaign of unfounded rumors overturned Ramapo’s Hispanic-run taxi industry

Clarkstown paid Haredi girls’ school $200,000 to settle discrimination lawsuit

Music to signal the onset of Shabbos in Monsey thanks to new Satmar synagogue

Ramapo police recover $14,000 shtreimel stolen from a car in New Square

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Sex strike for agunah stirs controversy, elicits disapproval from prominent rabbi Hershel Schachter

Kiryas Joel school to pay $300,000 fine for admitting unvaccinated students

Fact-check: ‘Der Blatt’ publishes fake letter from state police about lights and sirens

Kiryas Joel school could be fined up to $61 million due to unvaccinated students

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

Police arrest suspect in Lakewood kidnapping attempt after another criminal incident in Toms River

New Jersey bill to help with private school tuition via tax credits and a scholarship fund

Fraudster Eli Weinstein indicted again, three years after rabbis lobbied Trump on his behalf

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Shtetl Briefs

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

Judge contradicts accusation of anti-Trump bias: criminal trial won’t conflict with Passover

Clarkstown paid Haredi girls’ school $200,000 to settle discrimination lawsuit

Music to signal the onset of Shabbos in Monsey thanks to new Satmar synagogue

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At the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Brooklyn, newcomers and old-timers battle for its future

RICO suit against rabbinical courts brought by founder of ‘Kindlein’ children’s magazine

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Future of legendary Hasidic cantor at storied synagogue uncertain after injury

How a campaign of unfounded rumors overturned Ramapo’s Hispanic-run taxi industry

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‘For Women and Girls Only’: new book explores Haredi women artists and performers

At the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Brooklyn, newcomers and old-timers battle for its future

RICO suit against rabbinical courts brought by founder of ‘Kindlein’ children’s magazine

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The Haredi media ecosystem is missing something crucial

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