United States

Buoyed by haredi growth, Jewish school enrollment in NY up by 4.4 percent in one year

Not surprisingly, enrollment and growth was highest in counties with the largest haredi Orthodox populations: Brooklyn, Rockland, Orange, Queens and Nassau.

Undercover video of Hasidic principal handling boy prompts sex abuse probe

The video shows an older, bearded Hasidic man taking his seat in a small office and then pulling a young boy with peyos sidecurls between his legs.

Sheldon Silver, NY power broker, sentenced to 12 years for corruption

At the sentencing, the federal judge called Silver one of the most corrupt elected officials in the history of New York.

Prominent Connecticut rabbi from ‘Yale 5’ case accused of sexually abusing boys

8th-grader who drew swastika on Boston-area school football field won’t face charges

Mystery pre-Holocaust photo trove turns out to be of family of US scholars

Michigan JCC, day school evacuated following bomb threat

Would-be Miami synagogue bomber reportedly was Muslim convert, wanted to inspire other attacks

Ohio Jewish leader cited by John Kasich for Holocaust memorial role dies at 68

Trump says he will try to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace deal

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