Avi Schnall

March 20, 2024

New Jersey bill to help with private school tuition via tax credits and a scholarship fund

Under the proposed legislation, donations to a state-chosen scholarship fund for private school students would get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit

February 29, 2024

Rockland Hasidic legislator Aron Wieder, a Democrat, to run for state Assembly

A Wieder win would flip the district from Republican to Democratic, and place a second Hasidic lawmaker in the Assembly

December 31, 2023

Year end reflections on Shtetl’s first ten months of reporting: the top issues of 2023

With the intimate familiarity of insiders but free from the usual top-down oversight of Haredi media, we reported on everything from the Satmar rebbe's bragging about deceiving legislators to Agudah's efforts to keep the Times from winning a Pulitzer

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 14, 2023

Roundup: Zoning code changed in Jackson Township, Orthodox Jews discriminated against in Rockland town, and other Haredi news this week

This week's most notable Haredi news in other media

December 1, 2023

Roundup: Skverer rebbe to visit Poland, Shmira expands, and other Haredi news

The most notable Haredi news from the last two weeks

November 17, 2023

Roundup: Borough Park Chaveirim announces new headquarters, 6,500 Chabad rabbis get together, and other Haredi news this week

This week's roundup of Haredi news across New York and New Jersey

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