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New York congressional candidate Effie Phillips-Staley joins streamer Hasan Piker's show, March 30, 2026. (Screenshot/Twitch)
March 31, 2026, 6:37 pm
NY candidate joins anti-Israel streamer’s show, sparking ire from Jewish-heavy district
Democratic party officials express ‘deep disappointment’ in congressional hopeful Effie Phillips-Staley after she accuses Israel of genocide, apartheid on Hasan Piker’s stream
By Joseph Strauss
Satmar Rebbe Zalman Teitelbaum visits the northern Israeli city of Safed on November 21, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
December 16, 2022, 11:50 am
Satmar head visits convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in NY prison
Sex abuse survivor says victims feel they are ‘being stabbed’ when they witness support by Hassidic community leaders, media for perpetrators of crimes
By Jacob Henry
A man walks past a sign advertising the services of ParCare Community Health Care Network in front of the company's facility in the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, December 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
December 29, 2020, 2:04 am
Cuomo vows consequences for vaccine fraud as ParCare clinics investigated in NY
New York governor says violators of vaccination guidelines ‘will be prosecuted’ after clinics serving New York ultra-Orthodox community are accused of breaking rules
By Shira Hanau
A photo posted to Twitter on December 21, 2020 showed Gary Schlesinger, CEO of ParCare Community Health Network, receiving the coronavirus vaccine. (Twitter via JTA)
December 27, 2020, 7:50 am
NY probes clinics serving ultra-Orthodox community over possible vaccine fraud
State health commissioner says ParCare Community Health Network may have obtained COVID-19 shots ‘fraudulently,’ given doses to members of the public ‘contrary to the state’s plan’
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: Boys stand outside a school on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
October 7, 2020, 9:41 am
Schools in upstate NY Hasidic enclave shuttered amid soaring COVID infections
Positive test rate in Kiryas Joel is 27.6%, the highest in the country; institutes in overlapping Palm Tree to also be closed for two weeks under order from health commissioner
By Shira Hanau
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum (center), the head of the Satmar Hasidic group, arrives at Ben Gurion Airport in August 2007. (Shooki Lerer/AFP via Getty Images/via JTA)
September 17, 2020, 5:23 pm
Satmar rabbi to skip traditional Brooklyn holiday visit because of virus spread
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, 72, who contracted COVID-19 in March, won’t travel to Satmar’s Williamsburg community over Rosh Hashanah as authorities seek to stem new outbreaks
By Shira Hanau
Sign at the entrance to Satmar Hasidic sect village of Kiryas Joel. (Uriel Heilman via JTA)
May 26, 2020, 12:46 am
NY ultra-Orthodox school found with ‘hundreds of students inside’ amid lockdown
Orange County orders closure of site in village of Kiryas Joel over lack of personal protective equipment, social distancing in violation of governor’s orders
By Marcy Oster
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko promoted hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. (Getty Images and screenshot from Whatsapp video via JTA)
May 21, 2020, 6:20 am
Jewish MD who promoted virus cocktail is leaving community where he tested it
Dr. Vladimir ‘Zev’ Zelenko, an Orthodox doctor credited with bringing controversial malaria drug to Trump’s attention, accused of spreading disinformation about infection rates
By Shira Hanau
The Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel. (JTA/Uriel Heilman)
January 6, 2019, 11:56 pm
Palm Tree becomes first official ultra-Orthodox town in America
Last year, residents of Kiryas Joel overwhelmingly voted in favor of separating from the town of Monroe to become Palm Tree
By JTA
Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 30, 2018, 4:05 pm
7 arrested, including rabbi, in alleged $14m scam to steal from NY schools
Suspects requested technology funding for underprivileged students, in ultra-Orthodox community where internet is banned
By JTA
The Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel. (JTA/Uriel Heilman)
November 9, 2017, 4:26 am
Kiryas Joel residents vote to create first ultra-Orthodox city in US
Hasidic enclave in upstate New York to become own town by 2020, ending years of feuding with Monroe municipality over annexations
By JTA
The Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel. (JTA/Uriel Heilman)
September 13, 2016, 12:10 pm
Israeli charged in NY plot to kidnap divorce-refusing husband
Prosecutors say Binyamin Gottlieb a co-conspirator with 2 other ultra-Orthodox men who sought hitman to abduct, murder recalcitrant man
By ToI Staff
The Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel. (JTA/Uriel Heilman)
September 8, 2016, 1:18 pm
Rabbi charged in NY plot to murder divorce-refusing husband
2 Satmar Hasidim arrested for hiring hitman to kidnap, kill recalcitrant man
By AP and ToI Staff
Hasidic children in Kiryas Yoel throw eggs at a mock Netanyahu convoy during an anti-Israel protest in August 2016. (Screenshot/Yeshiva World News)
August 25, 2016, 2:29 am
Anti-Zionist Hasidic kids pelt eggs at mock Netanyahu car in anti-Israel protest
Children chant ‘Israeli government, shame on you!’ at two rival Satmar summer camps in Williamsburg, Kiryas Joel
By JTA
The Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel. (JTA/Uriel Heilman)
May 18, 2016, 5:32 pm
FBI raids, scrutiny on yeshivas bring sense of siege to Hasidic town
Satmar community in Kiryas Joel fears loss of control amid probes over alleged sex abuse, education standards and misuse of government funds
By Uriel Heilman
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