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Shtetl Briefs
Brooklyn
Rockland
Kiryas Joel
Lakewood
Yeshivas
Haredi Life
Culture
Opinion
Housing
Williamsburg
July 2, 2024
Double sinks, stroller rooms: New affordable housing lottery launched for previously controversial development
The Broadway Triangle is a section of Brooklyn where Hasidic Williamsburg meets with historically Black Bed-Stuy and historically Latino Bushwick.
Rockland
March 6, 2024
Airmont residents, including some Haredim, complain about illegal yeshiva
Neighbors accused the yeshiva of violating zoning laws and said its leader has been harassing area residents
Borough Park
February 6, 2024
Rental housing shortage in Borough Park an unprecedented ‘crisis,’ Haredi media says
Some newlyweds are reportedly being “forced” to rent basement apartments, or to live temporarily in parents’ or in-laws’ guestrooms
Vizhnitz
January 22, 2024
Vizhnitz Hasidim in the Catskills vote to approve new village of Ateres
The proposed village is centered around the Vizhnitz yeshiva, which had taken over the old Gibber Hotel opposite Kiamesha Lake and has grown into a community of over 800
Kiryas Joel
August 11, 2023
Potential Kiryas Joel housing development for those “behaving appropriately,” announcement says
The development will be open to members of the village’s dominant Aaronite faction
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