Yeshivas

August 15, 2023

Enrollment has boomed in New York Haredi schools – especially Hasidic ones, report finds

Hasidic schools added over 55,000 students from 2000 to 2021

August 10, 2023

Roundup: Schumer and Jeffries in Boro Park, Hasidic woman judge, and more

Shtetl News Roundup: What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

August 3, 2023

What you need to know about the new state guidelines affecting Haredi schools

The guidance "seeks to address several questions which are likely to arise," but some questions remain.

July 28, 2023

New York State Education Department releases guidelines on private school regulations

The guidelines will be used to help determine compliance of Haredi schools

July 28, 2023

Hasidic comedian interviews convicted child sex offender, receives polarized response

Follow up interviews with experts on sexual abuse apply a critical lens to the perpetrator’s story

July 28, 2023

Roundup: Yeshiva funding in New Jersey state budget, RFK Jr. Visits Ohel, kosher meat prices headed higher, and other Haredi news

Shtetl News Roundup: What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

July 27, 2023

Is "the freezer" broken? Some blame it for the "Shidduch crisis"

Popular Haredi radio show Headlines tackles the issue.

July 21, 2023

‘The cure before the plague’: Haredi leaders suggest enforcement against failing yeshivas won’t happen

Celebrations could be short-lived if state wins on appeal

July 14, 2023

NYC redacted the names of 14 failing Yeshivas. Shtetl has the list.

In its report, the city revealed that the 14 remaining schools are not substantially equivalent, but it insisted the state must confirm those findings first.

July 5, 2023

What’s in the investigations of 18 Haredi schools found to be providing inadequate secular education

See the documents that detail the investigation and its findings

June 30, 2023

“Canada is burning” over regulation of Haredi education, warn Yiddish posters

The country’s enforcement of education standards is seen as a warning sign for US Haredi Jews

May 23, 2023

Yeshivas may soon need to fingerprint employees

The bill mandating fingerprinting in non-public schools has languished for 16 years.