NEW YORK (AP) — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the ...

Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and other candidates in NYC mayoral election sought Hasidic endorsements with Yiddish ads, ...

open image in gallery Hasidic Jewish men chat inside Gottlieb's Restaurant on Monday, June 16, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York (AP) The Orthodox make up 9%. The president of the Union for ...

Candidates in New York City’s mayoral race are attempting to win over Jewish voters — but some local community leaders ...

One Satmar leader in Williamsburg told JI that he is expecting solid turnout from New York City’s largest Hasidic voting bloc ...

In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, not far from where I live. The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the ...

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested Tuesday that Orthodox Jewish support flocking to mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo is lighter than it seems. He may have a point.

Bobov, based in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park, is one of the larger Orthodox voting blocs in the city. Leaders of the Satmar movement, another coveted endorsement, have not yet weighed in.

Jewish groups condemned the bill, saying it would hurt charity groups helping needy populations that have only tenuous ties to West Bank communities and that do not advance settlement activity.