James issued a warning to officials in the town of Forestburgh who have allegedly blocked Hasidic Jews from building homes in the community. She called the allegations “profoundly disturbing ...

Changing a law that chiefly affects all-boys Hasidic Jewish schools, known as yeshivas, has been a top priority among leaders of New York’s Hasidic communities, which tend to vote as a bloc.

The New York State Education Department's rules are considered a threat to some Hasidic Jewish yeshivas in New York City and the Hudson Valley. "This is not policymaking," New York State ...

That night, he was scheduled to speak at 770 Eastern Parkway, the headquarters of the Chabad Lubavich Hasidic Jewish movement, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. In November 2024, the International ...

Kathy Hochul and approved Thursday evening. The outcome represents a dramatic victory for the state’s Hasidic leaders, who have been fighting for more than a decade against efforts to ensure ...

The attorney general’s office sent a warning letter to the local officials last year as the town and the developers — companies and individuals with Hasidic Orthodox Jewish principles ...

Members of the ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities hold a protest before a 2022 Board of Regents meeting to vote on new requirements that private schools teach English, math science and ...

A controversial new bike lane that runs through a portion of north Brooklyn's Hasidic Jewish community is now at the center of a legal dispute between City Councilmember Lincoln Restler and ...

The issue is a significant one in Rockland County, where a growing Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish community needs more school seats. Stronger regulatory standards could threaten funding for a small ...

A man who self-identified as a “Jew hater” and attacked Jewish pro-Israel protesters at three separate pro-Palestinian rallies has been charged with three counts of committing hate crimes.

Only 38% of American Jews believe in an afterlife, far fewer than in Israel, according to a new study of spiritual practices around the world. That share was lower than the 83% of U.S. Christians ...

Everyone knows that the road to toned arms is paved with bicep curls. But since the exercise is so familiar, many people don't think about their form while performing the move, and they end up ...