April 26, 2024
Politicians ask NYPD for more crossing guards in Hasidic Williamsburg after 10-year-old girl’s death
“Every child in our city needs a safe route home from school,” wrote Councilmember Lincoln Restler and other Brooklyn politicians.
Borough ParkSecond teen suicide in under three weeks rocks Brooklyn Hasidic community
In a tearful eulogy, Satmar rebbe of Williamsburg, Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, called on the community to reflect on these tragedies, and for each community member to also “make an individual accounting” on what must be done to prevent such incidents
MusicAUDIO FEATURE: Hasidic artists in Brooklyn bring the golden age of cantorial music into the digital age
A new book by Jeremiah Lockwood, a musician and Jewish Studies scholar, explores the world of young Hasidic cantorial artists, who have mastered the vocal techniques of the great cantors of a century ago
Israel
IDF soldier and scion of anti-Zionist Satmar dynasty joins ‘Mislaibeled’ podcast for wide-ranging conversation
Israel
Monsey rabbi sues Town of Ramapo over Israeli flag, claims “shock and distress” to Haredi anti-Zionists
Legislation
New Jersey bill to help with private school tuition via tax credits and a scholarship fund
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