Brooklyn

November 8, 2024

Analyzing the Haredi Vote in the 2024 General Election

Getting into the details of how the Shtetl voted.

November 6, 2024

Election results in the Haredi Shtetl

Results show the growing influence of Shtetl communities in state and national politics.

November 3, 2024

Eight Haredi Races To Watch This Election Day

With the rapid growth of the Haredi community and its outsize political influence in local and statewide races with national implications, more eyes are on this community than ever.

October 6, 2024

Fake Chaplains, Faithless Scam

‘Park like an animal, but kosher’ reads a recent ad for chaplaincy training and placards for ‘graduates’

August 9, 2024

Crown Heights mother alleges “reverse racism and antisemitism” in daughters’ treatment by MTA officials

"The MTA takes allegations of harassment and discrimination very seriously and we are looking into this incident,” an MTA spokesperson said.

July 24, 2024

Pilot program teaches Brooklyn public school kids about Satmar, other Haredi communities and customs

New curriculum teaches students about Satmar gender segregation, yeshivas, and kosher standards in effort to combat hate.

July 23, 2024

Woman accuses Skverer rabbi of preventing her from seeking justice after years of alleged sexual abuse by her neighbor

The woman alleges that the rabbi compelled her family to cease cooperation with the DA.

July 15, 2024

Departing YAFFED director says work ‘triggered’ her and ‘made rest almost impossible’

Beatrice Weber is the mother of 10 children who attended Hasidic schools.

July 2, 2024

Double sinks, stroller rooms: New affordable housing lottery launched for previously controversial development

The Broadway Triangle is a section of Brooklyn where Hasidic Williamsburg meets with historically Black Bed-Stuy and historically Latino Bushwick.

June 29, 2024

Kalman Yeger withheld get, demanded ex-wife sign ‘draconian’ nondisclosure agreement

On Election Day, following social media pressure, Yeger’s ex-wife finally got her Jewish divorce.

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 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.