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October 2, 2024

“Hasidopedia”: an insider’s guide to the secrets of Hasidic life in Brooklyn

October 1, 2024

Candidates for state senate vie for Haredi votes in Rockland

Both Republican Bill Weber and Democrat Elijah Reichlin-Melnick are spending more to court Haredim.

September 25, 2024

Researchers: Haredim visit Amish Country to prove they are ‘more moderate and rational than the Amish’

Haredi tourism to Lancaster, Pennsylvania has increased in recent years.

September 20, 2024

Rally against Israeli military draft postponed after permit denial

Organizers expected tens of thousands of Haredim to join the rally in Newark.

September 18, 2024

Donald Trump expected to visit Hasidic restaurant in Williamsburg

Here’s what you should know about the Trump-Hasidic relationship.

September 16, 2024

Isaac Schonfeld, ‘hidden tzaddik’ behind Chulent, honored at ‘After Orthodoxy’ conference

“Thank you very much for this honor given to me by a bunch of bona-fide apikorsim” Schonfeld said in his acceptance speech.

September 13, 2024

Hasidic yeshiva latest organization to get caught up in dispute over Williamsburg’s oldest Orthodox synagogue

A judge ruled that for now, Yeshiva Ohel Elozer cannot move into the Rodney Street building, which they leased from one of the synagogue's factions.

September 12, 2024

Hasidic woman whose ordeal inspired Orthodox ‘sex strike’ finally gets her Jewish divorce

After years of waiting, Malky Berkowitz, 29, is free to remarry.

September 12, 2024

Monsey Fire Department’s concessions to religious hardliners spark concerns of sexism

Under threat from rival organization, fire commissioners make sweeping changes.

September 9, 2024

Survey: Haredim proud of their hospitality, less proud of their gossip

Respondents also rated the community high on chesed and tzedakah.

September 5, 2024

Candace Owens faces backlash for calling the Lubavitcher Rebbe a “Jewish Supremacist”

Experts and Jewish leaders called the far-right pundit’s words ignorant.

September 5, 2024

Bill aims to make family court judges consider secular education requirements

It's the newest front in the battle to compel Haredi Yeshivas to comply with New York State's "substantial equivalency" laws.