Politics

December 28, 2023

State senator Bill Weber attends Hasidic wedding in Monsey

December 21, 2023

In new campaign, Agudah links NY Times yeshiva coverage with rising antisemitism and pro-Palestine protests

The initiative, “KnowUs Take 2,” links a broad range of different themes: news coverage of yeshivas, criticism of Israel, violent assaults on Haredim, and pro-Palestine demonstrations

December 20, 2023

NY prisons must now provide kosher food in commissaries and vending machines — at the standard requested by any inmate

Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein sponsored the new legislation, after finding, during his own visits to inmates, that visiting area vending machines lacked kosher food items

December 8, 2023

Roundup: House speaker supports yeshiva status quo, requests for gun permits up in Lakewood, and other Haredi news

This week's notable stories from the Haredi world

December 5, 2023

‘Satmar Hasidic Jews are certainly not antisemitic’: Nadler invokes Haredi anti-Zionism on floor of Congress

Several congressmen with Haredi constituents opposed a GOP-sponsored resolution that declares all expressions of anti-Zionism to be antisemitic, noting that many Haredim are themselves anti-Zionist

October 6, 2023

Roundup: Congressional candidate deletes tweet, alleged Sukkot violence in Crown Heights, and more

The most interesting Haredi news in other outlets this week

October 3, 2023

Survey: Ninety percent of Haredim plan to vote Republican in 2024

The survey polled 1,224 Haredim for their opinions on politics

September 18, 2023

Director of NJ Agudah offices to run for state assembly seat

Rabbi Avi Schnall will run as a Democrat in the heavily-Republican 30th district that includes Lakewood

September 15, 2023

Roundups: New York City Council considers antisemitism legislation, Orthodox leaders meet with Ron DeSantis, and other Haredi news this week

What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

September 14, 2023

New York City Council members push for private school vouchers

Members of the council’s “Common-Sense Caucus” support the bill

September 8, 2023

Roundup: Chabad woman becomes a yoetzet, New Jersey court sides with agunah, and other Haredi news this week

What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

August 15, 2023

Ruchie Freier becomes first Hasidic woman nominated to New York State Supreme Court

The judge aims to show that Hasidic women can achieve their dreams and follow Jewish law