July 26, 2024

New website connects Haredi businesses and freelancers

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July 26, 2024

New website connects Haredi businesses and freelancers

The new platform, zehMizeh.com, takes its name from a phrase in the Talmud (לכו והתפרנסו זה מזה) that refers to Jewish people supporting each other.

Shtetl Briefs

Driver in Skverer rebbe’s motorcade sued for civil damages after deadly car crash

New Jersey private schools awarded increased funding in budget signed by Governor Murphy

Pilot program teaches Brooklyn public school kids about Satmar, other Haredi communities and customs

New curriculum teaches students about Satmar gender segregation, yeshivas, and kosher standards in effort to combat hate.

Woman accuses Skverer rabbi of preventing her from seeking justice after years of alleged sexual abuse by her neighbor

The woman alleges that the rabbi compelled her family to cease cooperation with the DA.

Reuters fact-checks claim about Hasidic performance with Republican VP pick J.D. Vance in attendance

Shulem Lemmer performed at a Tzedek Association event that J.D. Vance attended in February, not at the Republican National Convention.

‘Earthquake in the Haredi education system’ Some yeshivas in Israel will start offering more secular education

The Mamach curriculum comes with government funding, but avoids subjects that are considered taboo.

New York State adopts emergency regulation aimed at combating fraud in special education, despite Haredi opposition

The State Education Department cited "questionable practices" uncovered in a review of due process hearings for special education services.

Departing YAFFED director says work ‘triggered’ her and ‘made rest almost impossible’

Beatrice Weber is the mother of 10 children who attended Hasidic schools.

Rockland yeshiva sued former deputy dean, claimed he stole funds

The school’s head claimed the alleged thief offered to return the money in return for a promotion.

Satmar schoolteacher dragged 10-year-old boy up flight of stairs by the neck

Police said that Mendel Furst, a teacher at a Satmar yeshiva in Lakewood, left the boy with “scratches and bruising” before the boy fled home for safety.

Speaker Johnson to New Square: We’ll fight for religious education ‘with every ounce of energy we have’

Double sinks, stroller rooms: New affordable housing lottery launched for previously controversial development

Kalman Yeger withheld get, demanded ex-wife sign ‘draconian’ nondisclosure agreement

New York State court rules that government can withdraw aid from failing yeshivas

Yeger, Wieder clear major hurdle in paths to Albany

Lakewood mother charged with murder of two children

Aron Wieder’s unconventional campaign: No campaign website, no lawn signs, but major “absentee operation”

He went to a festival on a Friday afternoon and woke up in a hospital Emergency Room on Tuesday

‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: new memoir traces a lesbian’s path out of the shtetl via two marriages to men

Prank calls to new emergency service organization follow publication of rabbinic ban

Dispute over historic Borough Park synagogue continues in new lawsuit

Rockland Haredi girls' school, haven for nonconformists and misfits, shutters suddenly

Dispute over historic Borough Park synagogue continues in new lawsuit

In Borough Park, Jewish children outnumber adults, and other takeaways from latest UJA study

Future of legendary Hasidic cantor at storied synagogue uncertain after injury

Second teen suicide in under three weeks rocks Brooklyn Hasidic community

More Borough Park News

Pilot program teaches Brooklyn public school kids about Satmar, other Haredi communities and customs

Double sinks, stroller rooms: New affordable housing lottery launched for previously controversial development

New Williamsburg public school program seeks to combat antisemitism, other prejudice

Police investigating assault on Hasidic boys in Williamsburg

More Williamsburg News

Chabad women push leaders for a vote in Sunday’s Crown Heights JCC election

Former student sues Oholei Torah, alleging child sexual abuse on school premises

Chabad special ed teacher sued for child sexual abuse, banned from school premises

Participants in Chabad tunnel mayhem appear in court, cheered by peers

More Crown Heights News

Rockland yeshiva sued former deputy dean, claimed he stole funds

Speaker Johnson to New Square: We’ll fight for religious education ‘with every ounce of energy we have’

Aron Wieder’s unconventional campaign: No campaign website, no lawn signs, but major “absentee operation”

New Square ‘Shabbos goy’ discovered to be Jewish

More Monsey News

Sex strike for agunah stirs controversy, elicits disapproval from prominent rabbi Hershel Schachter

Kiryas Joel school to pay $300,000 fine for admitting unvaccinated students

Fact-check: ‘Der Blatt’ publishes fake letter from state police about lights and sirens

Kiryas Joel school could be fined up to $61 million due to unvaccinated students

More Kiryas Joel News

Satmar schoolteacher dragged 10-year-old boy up flight of stairs by the neck

New Jersey private schools awarded increased funding in budget signed by Governor Murphy

Lakewood mother charged with murder of two children

New Jersey legislators scrap bill that would’ve helped fund private school tuition

More Lakewood News

Shtetl Briefs

Driver in Skverer rebbe’s motorcade sued for civil damages after deadly car crash

New Jersey private schools awarded increased funding in budget signed by Governor Murphy

New Jersey legislators scrap bill that would’ve helped fund private school tuition

New Square ‘Shabbos goy’ discovered to be Jewish

Most Read

Monsey supermarket prank and false rumor gets some Haredi media riled up

Chaverim of Rockland asks public for security camera access and money for license plate readers

At the oldest Orthodox synagogue in Brooklyn, newcomers and old-timers battle for its future

RICO suit against rabbinical courts brought by founder of ‘Kindlein’ children’s magazine

Spirited rally for an agunah in Kiryas Joel, despite gawkers, jeers, and egg throwers

Jacob Daskal’s victim files suit, naming Shomrim and Bobover rebbe among co-defendants

Features

He went to a festival on a Friday afternoon and woke up in a hospital Emergency Room on Tuesday

‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: new memoir traces a lesbian’s path out of the shtetl via two marriages to men

Heimish psychedelics: a quiet revolution

Tznius or parnasa? Businesses buy ads showing male workers, but no women

What do public school students in NYC learn about Haredi culture?

Future of legendary Hasidic cantor at storied synagogue uncertain after injury

Opinion

What Does Shtetl Mean?

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The Haredi media ecosystem is missing something crucial

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