(JTA) — A New York state appeals court overturned the conviction of a Hasidic Jewish man who was found ... in restitution and perform 150 hours of community service in a “culturally diverse ...

We spoke with community activists and regular Hasidic people who believed in ... At the time, de Blasio sent the New York Jewish Week a statement vowing “zero tolerance” for subpar secular ...

A Brooklyn judge on Monday berated a rebellious crew of Hasidic Jewish students charged with digging a secret tunnel under a prominent Crown Heights synagogue — even as four defiantly demanded a ...

Women in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community near New York are taking an unusual approach to getting their voices heard: they’re going on a sex strike. More than 800 Hasidic women have refused to ...

Four of the defendants — Yaakov Rothchild, Yisroel Binyamin, Yerachmiel Blumenfeld and Menachem Maidanchik — declined the plea deal offered by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. They are ...

NEW YORK — Four men accused of damaging a Brooklyn synagogue during a melee that followed the discovery of a secret tunnel at the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Hasidic ...