Chavie Weisberger grew up in an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in Monsey, New York, where she raised her three children after her 2008 divorce. But as she began questioning her faith and her ...
Fleeing high housing prices in Crown Heights, some adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement are moving further east to the formerly Jewish, now predominantly African-American neighborhood. Back in ...
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. By ...
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Original ordinances were accused of discriminating against Orthodox Jews by restricting housing options for large families. Revised ordinances aim to address community concerns while also considering ...