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Yeshivas

In speech, Mayor Eric Adams says public schools should "duplicate" yeshiva achievements

Adams said religion should be in schools “anywhere possible.”

Gender

Nonprofit apologizes after calling photos in woman’s cookbook inappropriate

The book is by Chanie Apfelbaum, an author from Crown Heights

Technology

Skver bans followers from using artificial intelligence

Rabbis worry that AI tools could expose followers to unfiltered content

Gender

Chabad rabbis ban yoatzot – saying only men can rule on matters related to menstruation

“One may not rely on the words of irresponsible women of weak mind,” a Chabad proclamation says.

Yeshivas

Agudah to the Pulitzers: No award for NYTimes Hasidic yeshiva stories

Advocacy group argues that the explosive investigation is not worthy of the prestigious prize

Williamsburg

Williamsburg fliers push stores to remove non-Jewish women cashiers

Anonymous broadsheets demands male-only cashiers to protect yeshiva boys from “profanity”

Antisemitism

New York State halts polio immunization ad campaign over antisemitism concerns

Nearly identical ads in Haredi newspapers continued

Politics

It’s participatory budgeting season. Here’s how to make your voice heard.

This week, New Yorkers as young as 11 can help decide where city funds go.

Yeshivas

Satmar grand rabbi heard bragging about deceiving state lawmakers on education bill

“To ensure that it passes, a schvartze senator introduced it”

Politics

How Haredi Priorities Get Heard in Albany

Activists, lobbyists, politicians and others make their voices count

People

Menachem Daum is a ‘Zayde at Risk’

The documentarian behind A Life Apart talks Woodstock, cemeteries, and changing Hasidic attitudes

Opinion

What Does Shtetl Mean?

How a historical term informs a news project