Shtetl Staff
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Yeshivas

Urgent meeting, new amicus briefs filed, as court date looms on yeshiva regulations

Haredi leaders have struggled to reach a consensus on how to battle the state’s efforts to enforce education requirements

Legal

Driver in fatal crash involving Skver Rabbi's motorcade sentenced

Chaim Gordon pleaded guilty, and got off with a $886 fine and nine points on his license

Gender

Relationship and Intimacy coach fights back against rabbinic ban

After a large group of rabbis signed on to a ban against Shaindy Bilgrei for lectures they deemed "unsuitable," the popular relationship and intimacy counselor replied with a vigorous defense of her work

Chabad

Chaos in 770 as extremists vandalize shul, mini riot erupts, leading to several arrests

Vandals were also responsible for the recently discovered tunnels under the main Chabad shul, which led officials to summon repair workers who were today prevented from work

Yeshivas

Agudath Israel holds annual ‘Yeshiva Summit’ in Staten Island

Subtantial equivalency requirements and “litigation update” figure prominently on the day’s agenda

Haredi Life

Orthodox passengers asked to leave JetBlue flight after seat switch

After an elderly man asked a fellow passenger to switch seats “for religious purposes,” the group was told to deplane because “changing seats is a violation”