Lakewood

December 8, 2023

Roundup: House speaker supports yeshiva status quo, requests for gun permits up in Lakewood, and other Haredi news

This week's notable stories from the Haredi world

November 29, 2023

Lakewood philanthropist Moshe Tress arrested for illegally shooting an AR-15 assault rifle

Tress fired the high-powered, semi-automatic weapon near a busy county road, “recklessly” creating “a risk of widespread injury,” according to the arrest warrant

November 15, 2023

Haredi children’s magazine blurs image of Nikki Haley

Five presidential hopefuls are shown on the debate stage — but the only woman in the photo is blurred

November 14, 2023

Large numbers of Haredim join thousands of all stripes at DC rally to support Israel

Bus caravans arrived from Brooklyn, NY, and Lakewood, NJ, but some Haredim stayed away — with one rabbi calling the rally "anti-productive"

November 13, 2023

In historic shift, large groups of Haredim expected at pro-Israel rally in DC on Tuesday

Agudath Israel and Chabad-Lubavitch organizations in Crown Heights have thrown their support behind the event

November 8, 2023

Four takeaways from Tuesday’s general election within Haredi communities

Election results in Rockland, Brooklyn, and Lakewood, New Jersey

November 3, 2023

Roundup: Early voting begins, corporal punishment ban, and other Haredi news this week

Shtetl News Roundup: Here’s what’s happening this week in the Haredi world

September 18, 2023

Director of NJ Agudah offices to run for state assembly seat

Rabbi Avi Schnall will run as a Democrat in the heavily-Republican 30th district that includes Lakewood

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

July 27, 2023

Is "the freezer" broken? Some blame it for the "Shidduch crisis"

Popular Haredi radio show Headlines tackles the issue.

July 21, 2023

Roundup: Shomrim leader pleads guilty, Lakewood rabbi’s double life, and more Haredi news this week

Shtetl News Roundup: This week’s most important Haredi news

July 19, 2023

His sentence commuted by Trump after pleas from rabbis, Eli Weinstein is arrested on new charges

He’s alleged to have been involved in a $38 million "Ponzi-like scheme"