Of all the abductions, this one is different.

I am horrified and heartbroken. The New York State Legislature is passing a bill to dilute and delay the implementation of education standards at yeshivas and other nonpublic schools across the state.

Frieda Vizel's path diverged from her ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing in New York, but instead of severing ties, she has forged a unique role as an online personality and guide, offering outsiders a ...

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Walk down the right street, take the right staircase, and behind an unmarked door you might come across a shtiebel — an informal Jewish prayer room that serves as a gathering place for a small, ...

They are a religious community known for clinging to 18th-century fashions and mores — strict rules that keep men and women apart and constraints on attire, with men favoring black suits and formal ...

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — Erica Wingate was working at a clothing store in town this week when a male customer, with the black hat and sidelocks typically worn by ultra-Orthodox Jews, started coughing. A ...

A macro look at where the population grew in upstate New York since 2010 shows enormous gains in Orange County. But there is a unique reason. The village of Kiryas Joel, coterminous with the town of ...

Hasidic Jewish communities play a unique role in the electoral politics of New York City, including the race for mayor most recently. In both the primary and the general election, candidates made ...

A new documentary on the adequacy of secular education at New York’s yeshivas is debuting just four months after what its director called the “disastrous defeat” of state efforts to exercise oversight ...