Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent. New York City Mayor-elect attended a celebration hosted by the Satmar Hasidic movement in Brooklyn last night, a leading political organizer ...

Hasidic Jewish communities play a unique role in the electoral politics of New York City, including the race for mayor most recently. In both the primary and the general election, candidates made ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani heads into Tuesday’s mayoral election without the backing of an influential Satmar Hasidic community after a political firestorm broke out over a rogue ...

Zohran Mamdani is making a direct appeal to Brooklyn’s Hasidic community, targeting an influential constituency that often votes based on rabbinical guidance. In an open letter written in Hasidic ...

Kugielsky is part of the “Dear New York” exhibit curated by Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton. When Abe Kugielsky first began photographing the Hasidic Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, ...

A new lawsuit filed in Brooklyn is challenging New York’s recent changes to how nonpublic schools, including ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshivas, are evaluated for compliance with state education standards ...

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Robin Wright has some disappointing news for fans of "The Princess Bride." The "House of Cards" alum not only confirmed there's no sequel to the 1987 romantic comedy in the works but explained why she ...

At the start of an Aug. 23 Catholic wedding in St. Paul, Minnesota, all eyes turned to the back of the church for that iconic moment: the bride’s procession down the aisle with her father, before he ...

Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname "Giggles." "She was just sunshine," Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her ...

The prospect of a five-way mayoral race this November has raised questions about how New York’s many demographics will vote. One that could be pivotal: Orthodox Jews. A recent UJA–Federation of New ...