Activist’s son kicked out of Hasidic school.
‍The son of Beatrice Weber, an advocate for secular education in Haredi yeshivas, is supposed to attend Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem in Williamsburg, per the terms of his parents’ custody agreement, according to The Forward. Now, the school won’t let 10-year-old Aaron return, and he has been left to languish at home. At a family court hearing on Monday, Weber was denied permission to enroll Aaron in a non-Haredi Jewish day school that she feels would provide a better education.

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NY Attorney general expresses concern about Hasidic rights in Monroe.
‍State Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to the Orange County town of Monroe warning leaders not to enact a proposed law that she says would violate the religious rights of the town’s large Hasidic community, according to the Albany Times-Union. The law, if passed, would place greater restrictions on areas of worship and schools in order to protect the town’s “quiet enclaves.”

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Sam Berger elected to state legislature from Queens.
‍25-year-old Democrat Sam Berger won a special election to replace State Assemblymember Dan Rosenthal. Berger, who is an Orthodox Jew, will represent the Queens neighborhoods of Flushing, Kew Gardens Hills, Whitestone, Pomonok and College Point.

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Rabbis who started fatal fire avoid jail.
‍A Rockland County judge sentenced Rabbi Nathaniel Sommer, 71, and his son Aaron, 29, to probation on Wednesday, sticking with an initial sentence that generated controversy in the area, reports Lohud. The judge said that although the rabbis started a fatal fire by using an industrial blow torch to clean up a kitchen for Passover, probation was appropriate, since the rabbi and his son had no prior criminal history and had a reputation for charitable work and helping others.

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Haredi influencers connect with non-Jewish audiences.
‍Orthodox Jews are connecting with larger audiences through TikTok and other streaming platforms, reports the Wall Street Journal. “I want to show that, yes I do live a ‘restricted’ life, but I am a happy person,” said TikTok influencer Miriam Ezagui, a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch community who lives in Brooklyn.

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Bicyclist killed by school bus in Boro Park.
‍A 44-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed on Thursday in Boro Park by a bus transporting kids from a Haredi girls’ school, according to the New York Daily News. The man was pedaling along 41st St. in Boro Park when the bus driver made a right turn onto Fort Hamilton Parkway around 3:15 p.m. and struck the bicyclist, according to the police.