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June 26, 2024

Yeger, Wieder clear major hurdle in paths to Albany

The candidates are running to represent assembly districts in Brooklyn and Rockland.

June 26, 2024

Lakewood mother charged with murder of two children

The local prosecutor’s office said 27-year-old Naomi Elkins drowned her two toddlers.

June 24, 2024

Aron Wieder’s unconventional campaign: No campaign website, no lawn signs, but major “absentee operation”

The Hasidic candidate is relying on intracommunal campaigning, including a big push at a Skver wedding taking place on election day.

June 21, 2024

He went to a festival on a Friday afternoon and woke up in a hospital Emergency Room on Tuesday

A life-threatening overdose sheds light on the potential risks to Haredi and formerly-Haredi festival-goers.

June 18, 2024

New Jersey legislators scrap bill that would’ve helped fund private school tuition

The bill faced opposition from groups that advocate for public schools and civil liberties.

June 14, 2024

‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: new memoir traces a lesbian’s path out of the shtetl via two marriages to men

“I almost wanted to write it as a PSA: you cannot marry away the gay,” author Sara Glass told Shtetl.

June 11, 2024

Prank calls to new emergency service organization follow publication of rabbinic ban

Hatzulas Nefashos is challenging Hatzolah of Central Jersey's monopoly in serving Lakewood, and it's caused a lot of backlash.

June 10, 2024

Dispute over historic Borough Park synagogue continues in new lawsuit

World Chabad Lubavitch is asking the Brooklyn supreme court to invalidate a beth din decision allowing the property to be sold.

June 7, 2024

New Square ‘Shabbos goy’ discovered to be Jewish

The sexagenarian insisted he was Catholic, but a Jewish court found otherwise.

June 5, 2024

Five girls taken to hospitals after Monsey Trails bus crash

Two girls suffered serious injuries.

June 4, 2024

New Jersey mayor walks back anti-Hasidic comments

Linden mayor Derek Armstead apologized for saying he wanted to prevent Linden from “being taken over by guys with big hats and curls."

June 3, 2024

Haredi and political leaders at odds over possible East Ramapo school district takeover

New bill would give the state authority to raise taxes and increase the district’s school budget.