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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at City Hall in New York, January 2, 2026. (AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
January 3, 2026, 12:24 am
Leading Jewish groups issue warning as Mamdani cuts antisemitism protections on first day
Unusually broad alliance of organizations criticizes NY mayor for revoking IHRA antisemitism definition, anti-BDS measure; US Holocaust Museum: Revocation ‘should alarm everyone’
By Luke Tress
Women pushing strollers walk past the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School in the South Williamsburg neighborhood, April 9, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Drew Angerer/ Getty Images via AFP)
May 25, 2025, 5:06 pm
School vouchers would expand across US under federal proposal cheered by Orthodox groups
Trump’s tax and spending cut bill currently offers $5,000 per student to attend Jewish schools and yeshivas as the initiative moves closer to implementation than ever before
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Tourists visit the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 3, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
January 5, 2023, 1:27 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 5: The UN and its anti-Israel bias; NY’s Haredim vs. the NYT
Political correspondent Jacob Magid and US reporter Luke Tress discuss resolutions against Israel and its relations with Russia, and yeshiva education in New York
By ToI Staff
Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy takes a knee in front of the US Supreme Court after his legal case, Kennedy vs. Bremerton School District, was argued before the court, April 25, 2022. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)
June 29, 2022, 10:32 am
Leading US Orthodox group praises Supreme Court backing for football coach’s prayer
Agudath Israel of America backs decision to do away with decades-old standard for assessing violations of church-state rules, but remains concerned about proselytization in schools
By Ron Kampeas
Demonstrators protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on February 24, 2022. (Robyn Beck / AFP)
February 25, 2022, 8:07 am
Jewish communities pray for peace after Russian invasion of Ukraine
Groups across the religious spectrum offer prayers for those caught up in Moscow’s aggression
By Shira Hanau
View of the Western Wall plaza and the Dome of the Rock in the background, in Jerusalem's Old City, December 23, 2021. (Lee Aloni/Flash90)
February 22, 2022, 8:11 am
Orthodox Diaspora delegation to lobby Bennett against Western Wall compromise
Group including Agudath Israel of America leadership to present PM with 150,000 signatures opposing changes at holy site that are widely supported by Reform and Conservative Jews
By Luke Tress
Members of ultra-Orthodox community gather to listen to an interview conducted by a journalist on a street corner, in the Borough Park neighborhood of New York as Gov. Andrew Cuomo moved to reinstate restrictions on houses of worship in and near areas where coronavirus cases are spiking, October 7, 2020. (John Minchillo/AP)
December 29, 2020, 5:49 pm
US court strikes down pandemic limits on New York’s houses of worship
Agudath Israel of America says ruling confirms that governor’s order to reduce capacity at synagogues was a violation of religious liberty
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: A worshiper walks past a Pittsburgh Police officer, and a private security guard outside the main entrance of the Beth Shalom synagogue after attending a Shabbat morning service on Nov. 3, 2018 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
December 22, 2020, 12:28 am
After attacks, Congress doubles security funds for houses of worship, nonprofits
Urging religious establishments to apply for funds, congresswoman who led bid says increase needed ‘following recent acts of violence and hate that have occurred across our nation’
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Hundreds of mourners gather in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, to observe a funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz, a Hasidic Orthodox leader whose death was reportedly tied to the coronavirus. (Peter Gerber via AP)
December 4, 2020, 11:10 pm
US Orthodox Jews’ COVID revelation: Protecting religious rights takes a village
Hareidi umbrella organization Agudath Israel says that in 30 years it hasn’t spent as much time in court as 2020, and its laundry list of Supreme Court briefs back that up
By Shira Hanau
The US Supreme Court building in Washington, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/ Patrick Semansky)
November 26, 2020, 11:25 am
US Supreme Court rules against coronavirus limitations on New York synagogues
Court strikes down governor’s ‘Cluster Initiative,’ which limited numbers of worshipers in high-infection areas; Amy Coney Barrett crucial to 5-4 ruling
By Jessica Gresko
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox man stops to read an announcement at a closed synagogue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York, April 7, 2020. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
November 19, 2020, 8:53 am
US ultra-Orthodox group asks Supreme Court to block COVID limits on synagogues
In wake of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation, Agudath Israel seen as banking on highest court’s new conservative majority to take a more sympathetic view of religious liberty
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: Members of the ultra-Orthodox community gather to listen in on an interview with a journalist, October 7, 2020, in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
October 10, 2020, 2:35 am
NY judge upholds limits on indoor prayers, rejecting lawsuit by Jewish group
After rabbis and synagogues call restrictions during holidays unconstitutional, court upholds rules that cap services in houses of worship at 10 people in virus hot spots
By Agencies
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers a COVID-19 update during a briefing in New York City, September 29, 2020. (Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP, File)
October 9, 2020, 3:19 pm
Agudath Israel sues NY’s Cuomo for imposing virus restrictions on holy days
Ultra-Orthodox group alleges NY governor’s order limiting gatherings in areas with high infection rates ‘discriminates against all houses of worship — and synagogues in particular’
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Members of the ultra-Orthodox community speak with NYPD officers on a street corner on October 7, 2020, in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/John Minchillo)
October 9, 2020, 3:16 am
Top NY Haredi rabbi: Virus compliance waned because people thought crisis passed
Agudath Israel spokesman says Brooklyn protests sparked by anger at New York authorities, who he says bullied Orthodox Jewish community instead of engaging with it
By Jacob Magid
In this October 4, 2020, photo, an Orthodox Jewish family crosses a street during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Borough Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
October 7, 2020, 10:41 am
Orthodox group slams New York lockdown, says it targets religious practices
After Cuomo reinstates localized virus restrictions focused on several heavily Jewish areas, Agudath Israel of America vows to fight ‘surprise’ new rules limiting prayers
By AP and ToI Staff
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