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Orthodox Jews
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the city politic
The Fight to Make Sure Yeshiva Schools Provide a Secular Education, TooThe state hasn’t been ensuring children at religious schools receive an adequate secular education. A new court order could change that.
By Errol Louis
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the city politic
“We Are At War”: Heshy Tischler Is Not Done Stirring Up Orthodox BrooklynBorough Park’s most visible agitator may be arrested on Monday. His response: “You just wait for round two.”
By Shira Hanau
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neighborhoods
Heshy Tischler Wants to Be Borough Park’s Donald TrumpOrthodox Brooklyn’s most visible agitator, shortly before his arrest this past weekend: “You just wait for round two.”
By Shira Hanau
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A Brooklyn Protest Against Lockdown Measures Turns ViolentAt a mask-burning in Borough Park, a crowd beat a man so badly he was hospitalized.
By Sarah Jones
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‘Cared for, for Eternal Life’: Jewish Burial in the Age of COVID-19In a pandemic that impedes conventional bereavement, Chesed Shel Emes has upheld its mission to tend to any Jewish person in need of burial.
By Isadora Kosofsky
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love and war
Meet the First Female Orthodox RabbiRabbi Lila Kagedan is the first woman with the title.
By Catie L'Heureux
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conflicts of interest
By Katie Zavadski
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crimes and misdemeanors
By Joe Coscarelli
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crimes and misdemeanors
By Adam Martin
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Brooklyn Pol Dov Hikind Dons Blackface for PurimHe dressed as “sort of a black basketball player” for Purim.
By Joe Coscarelli
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crimes and misdemeanors
Hasidic Leader Sentenced to 103 Years for Sex AbuseBrooklyn’s Nechemya Weberman was convicted of 59 counts last month.
By Joe Coscarelli
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crimes and misdemeanors
By Joe Coscarelli
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Accusations
River Café Accused of Anti-Semitism, Is Also Wary of SweatpantsOrthodox Jews, apparently, are told there is a minimum that allegedly does not apply to others.
By Hugh Merwin
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the internet
By Joe Coscarelli
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crimes and misdemeanors
By Margaret Hartmann
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crimes and misdemeanors
By Margaret Hartmann
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crimes and misdemeanors
Brooklyn D.A. Wants to Make Rabbis Report Sexual AbuseHynes shifts his stance on abuse among ultra–Orthodox Jews.
By Margaret Hartmann
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online sleaze
By Andre Tartar
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crimes and misdemeanors
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Still Have a Sex-Crime ProblemAnd Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes is still facing criticism.
By Joe Coscarelli
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unlikely followings
By Charlotte Cowles
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crimes and misdemeanors
By Joe Coscarelli
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Kosher Sex Toy Site Is Rated G for the PiousIt used to be hard for an Orthodox Jew to find a vibrator. No longer!
By Joe Coscarelli