Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Jan. 3, 2019 that New York’s L subway line will not be shut down for 18 months after all. This will come as welcome news to the Satmar Hasidim who live in the ...

Once again, Kiryas Joel is in the news. The latest is that the Town of Monroe had voted overwhelmingly to agree to the secession of the Satmar enclave, which will form a new all-Hasidic town of Palm ...

Kiryas Joel has few precedents in Diaspora history but is at home on the political and religious landscape of the United States, write David N. Myers and Nomi M. Stolzenberg. (JTA) — This past ...

KIRAYAS JOEL, NY: Hasidic Jews stand on a wall amongst trees as they try to see the burial of Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, at the Kiryas Joel Satmar cemetery, April 25, 2006 in Kirayas Joel, New York.

Sen. Charles Schumer, addressing a crowd of thousands of Satmar Hasidim gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday night, praised the American values and “Torah values” he said they embodied, and invoked the Hebrew ...

(JTA) — One of the world’s most influential haredi Orthodox rabbis has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to multiple news reports. It is unclear from the reports whether Rabbi Aaron ...

Joseph Berger has been a New York Times reporter, columnist, and editor for thirty years. He is the author of numerous books including Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust, which ...

“My phone hasn’t stopped ringing. It’s all your fault! The Voice started this.” That’s Isaac Abraham, the first Hasidic candidate for city council, juggling one of his three cell phones this afternoon ...