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Divisions Persist in Debate Over E. Ramapo School Aid

A New York Magazine article last month exposed the tensions in Rockland County among the Orthodox, mostly Hasidic, Jewish communities and a largely new immigrant population, predominantly from Haiti...

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Wanna pray? There's an App for That

Orthodox Judaism meets high-tech innovation. "Wanna Pray" is the sassy name of a new app designed by Linden, New Jersey-based app creator, Josh Weiss. He's also vice president of his Orthodox...

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Orthodox Jewish Group Presses for More Half Day Pre-K Seats

An umbrella group for the modern Orthodox Jewish community is claiming Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has made it too difficult for Jewish day schools to join in the city’s universal...

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Orthodox Jews Mourn Seven Siblings Who Died in Fire

Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn and across the city filled the Shomrei Hadas chapel in Borough Park on Sunday afternoon and hundreds more spilled onto surrounding streets for the funeral of seven children...

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Monitors Call for More Oversight of East Ramapo Schools

A three-member team appointed by the state education commissioner recommended Monday that its oversight of the East Ramapo district should continue, and be given additional teeth in the form of veto...

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From Conversion Therapy to a Rainbow Yarmulke

When Chaim Levin first met Benjy Unger almost 10 years ago, Chaim immediately wanted to be friends. "He was like one of those bros from high school that was just so regular and nobody would guess that...

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Outpouring of Support from Jewish Community for Ecuadorean Immigrant Who...

In the aftermath of last week's Jersey City shooting that left four dead, members of the Orthodox Jewish community are showing an outpouring of support for the family of Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, the...

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Uneven Communication And Belief The Worst Was Over Allowed COVID To Creep...

New York City, Rockland and Orange Counties and now parts of New Jersey are seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases in neighborhoods with large ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. Some see it as result of...

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NYC's Orthodox Jewish Communities Protest COVID-Related Closures

Ginia Bellafante, "Big City" columnist for the New York Times, and Ari Feldman, staff writer at The Forward, talk about the COVID-19 hot spots in some strictly orthodox communities and assess the...

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Death Of Brooklyn Teen After Illness At Sleepaway Camp Worries Orthodox...

Earlier this month, Chaya Sury Gold lay in a narrow bunk bed, surrounded by concerned friends at Rav Tov, a popular Orthodox Jewish sleepaway camp at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. The 13-year-old...

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