NYPD Rescues Orthodox Jewish Pregnant Woman Off Charter Fishing Boat
A Orthodox Jewish pregnant woman got a high-flying assist from the NYPD when she went into “the early stages of birth” on a charter fishing boat Wednesday afternoon.
NYPD Call To Break Up Fight In Mikveh
Brooklyn – Officers from the NYPD’s 66th precinct responded to a call last night at a Jewish ritual bath, where witnesses say two women came to blows over whose turn it was to immerse.
NYC Shul Mulls, Rejects ‘SynaCondo’ Idea
A New York City Orthodox synagogue, located just blocks from the Empire State Building, recently considered building a 19-story ‘SynaCondo’ – but eventually turned down the idea.
NYC Gets Strict With Mohels
The same day the city’s health commissioner confirmed that two mohels have been banned from practicing the risky circumcision ritual metzitzah b’peh, the health department quietly adopted a more stringent policy against mohels linked to newborns who develop herpes simplex virus-1.
NYC Evaluating Hasidic Community’s Cooperation In Herpes Cases
The city is zero for six in garnering full cooperation from the Hasidic community in rooting out mohels involved in neonatal herpes cases, but Mayor de Blasio says he still needs to evaluate whether a deal with the community is “working effectively or not.”
NYC Election Board Makes Voting Registration Forms Available In Yiddish
NEW YORK — The New York City Board of Elections has made voting registration forms available in Yiddish.
NYC Dragging Probe Into Secular Education At Hasidic Schools
City officials are dragging their heels on a politically-sensitive probe of whether Hasidic schools provide their students with a secular education, advocates charge.
NYC Councilman Urges MTA To Pull Inappropriate Ads Placed On Subways Passing By Orthodox Jewish Community
New York, NY – Councilman David G. Greenfield has asked the MTA to remove the #ImNoAngel ads from the F subway lines that travel through the Chasidic and Orthodox communities of Borough Park and Midwood.
NYC Chabad Rep Lays Tefillin on Woman
A chabad emissary placed tefillin on a woman in New York last Friday, apparently mistaking her for a man.
NY, Rockland County Comes Together In Fear of Haredi ‘Invasion’
Yoav Liberman says the solicitations can be relentless.