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Kiryas Joel
October 24, 2023

Kiryas Joel health center faced cyberattack, forced to pay ransom

Aizer Health’s computer system was down for two weeks

Israel
October 10, 2023

How Haredim learned about the attacks in Israel during the holidays without access to technology

Government officials, synagogue security guards, and others had to deliver the news in person

Yeshivas
September 26, 2023

Hasidic boys’ school warns parents that collarless shirts invite predators

“Going with such a shirt that doesn’t cover the body appropriately unwittingly causes difficult temptations in other people,” a letter says

Media
September 21, 2023

Popular Hasidic women’s magazine publishes racist jokes

The anti-Black humor appeared in a series meant to be inspiring

Vizhnitz
September 12, 2023

Vizhnitz one step closer to incorporating village in Catskills

Community leaders insist they do not intend on approving dense housing

Health
September 4, 2023

Yeshiva leaders mandate immunization after state penalized them for noncompliance

“To be up to date with immunization when you register your children for the new school year is just as important as paying tuition,” wrote leaders of one yeshiva

Kiryas Joel
August 24, 2023

Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum gives Jewish names to neighborhoods surrounding Kiryas Joel

“Remember that we do not reside in America,” Teitelbaum said

Kiryas Joel
August 14, 2023

The Be’er Sheva of New York hangs in the balance

Haredi residents outside Kiryas Joel seeking to form new village stalled by neighbors, legislators

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

Roundups
July 28, 2023

Roundup: Yeshiva funding in New Jersey state budget, RFK Jr. Visits Ohel, kosher meat prices headed higher, and other Haredi news

Shtetl News Roundup: What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

Politics
July 26, 2023

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' sit-down with Satmar Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum

Rep. Jeffries spoke with Satmar Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum about "the burning issue of the future of the holy education," says a Yiddish newspaper

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