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Shtetl is a non-profit media outlet serving as a free press for the Haredi community of New York and beyond.

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Ramapo town employee and leader at a Haredi nonprofit did not disclose potential conflict of interests for 4 years Despite legal requirements, Josef Margaretten repeatedly failed to report his position at Chaverim, which gets funding from the town.
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Yeshiva teacher accused of grabbing a 10-year-old student by the neck and dragging him up stairs mulls deal Prosecutor: Lakewood yeshiva abuse case must be free from “undue pressure or threats” from rabbis.
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Rabbi of major Satmar faction pledges support for Republican Congressmember Marc Molinaro Molinaro faces Democrat Josh Riley for New York’s 19th district in the November elections.
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The Tisha B’Av-friendly films this year include stories of October 7 Films portray efforts to help tragedy victims and people becoming more religious.
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Crown Heights mother alleges “reverse racism and antisemitism” in daughters’ treatment by MTA officials "The MTA takes allegations of harassment and discrimination very seriously and we are looking into this incident," an MTA spokesperson said.
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A popular Yiddish-language forum is shutting down, unless it can find new admins. Kave Shtiebel served as a resource for academics, researchers, and journalists studying or reporting on the Hasidic world.
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The flashy Lakewood ‘Cyberambulance’ is not what you think Hatzulas Nefashos will use its Tesla Cybertruck “to get to a scene quicker,” plus, it’s more kosher for saving lives on Shabbat.
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Listen to a podcast on an arranged marriage in the Orthodox Jewish community. It features Fraidy Reiss, who escaped her arranged marriage and went on to found @UnchainedAtLast to fight arranged, forced and child marriages. @Shtetlnews @kalishjon
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Don't miss this podcast by @jonjkalish @kalishjon about @FraidyReiss and her organization @UnchainedAtLast .
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She was trapped in an abusive marriage for 15 years In this podcast, Fraidy Reiss recounts her time trapped in an abusive marriage and how she went on to found Unchained at Last to help other women in similar situations.
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PEARLS requests permission to appeal yeshiva education case to NY’s highest court Can the state withhold aid to a private school found to offer inadequate secular education?
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$85 million raised in the US for Yeshivas in Israel after government cuts funding, begins drafting students “The Torah world is under attack,” reads a Keren Olam Hatorah ad published in multiple Haredi magazines.
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NYSED Commissioner directs East Ramapo school board to hike taxes another 4.38% “This is stripping us of our democratic rights,” one Haredi activist said. “And yes, lawsuits will follow.”
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Bob Dylan. Chofetz Chaim Queens. What more can one ask for in a profile?
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Shlomo Franklin: Farm Boy, Haredi Jew, Country Singer “I love being Jewish… It's not lost on me that so many of the great songwriters are Jews."
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In new memoir, Shalom Auslander seeks to combat lifelong, yeshiva-inspired “feh” Auslander describes “feh” as stories he was told that made him hate himself.
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