Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Jan. 3, 2019 that New York’s L subway line will not be shut down for 18 months after all. This will come as welcome news to the Satmar Hasidim who live in the ...

Congressman Lee Zeldin vs. Governor Kathy Hochul. Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, one of the two Grand Rebbes of Satmar and the chief rabbi of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York, is urging his ...

Kiryas Joel has few precedents in Diaspora history but is at home on the political and religious landscape of the United States, write David N. Myers and Nomi M. Stolzenberg. (JTA) — This past ...

Joseph Berger has been a New York Times reporter, columnist, and editor for thirty years. He is the author of numerous books including Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust, which ...

KIRAYAS JOEL, NY: Hasidic Jews stand on a wall amongst trees as they try to see the burial of Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, at the Kiryas Joel Satmar cemetery, April 25, 2006 in Kirayas Joel, New York.

(JTA) — One of the world’s most influential haredi Orthodox rabbis has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to multiple news reports. It is unclear from the reports whether Rabbi Aaron ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn — A huge group of ...

“My phone hasn’t stopped ringing. It’s all your fault! The Voice started this.” That’s Isaac Abraham, the first Hasidic candidate for city council, juggling one of his three cell phones this afternoon ...

SOUTH BLOOMING GROVE – State Sen. James Skoufis, D-Cornwall, is forcefully objecting to developer Keen Equities LLC’s Clovewood housing proposal for the Satmar Hasidim at the former Lake Anne Country ...

Following the exposé about Hasidic yeshivas where children receive almost no secular education, we’ve seen a shifting of goalposts among spokespeople and leaders of the schools. They used to pretend ...