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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn — A huge group of ...