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NYC Health Department: Yeshivas Must Exclude Unvaccinated Students or Risk Being Shut Down
Erin Ben-Moche
April 8, 2019
Section 8 vouchers disproportionately go to Brooklyn’s Chasidic Jews, report charges
Jewish Journal
May 17, 2016
Chasidic Jews in Brooklyn benefit disproportionately from Section 8 housing vouchers, even as other impoverished residents have difficulty obtaining the federal housing subsidy, according to a new report.
Chicken pox outbreak hits Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhood
Jewish Journal
May 17, 2016
The New York Health Department is investigating an outbreak of chicken pox in a Hasidic Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn.
How Matisyahu became a Hasidic humanist — in his own words
Jewish Journal
January 14, 2016
Matisyahu’s personal and religious journey — from non-religious stoner teen to Hasidic reggae rocker to non-Orthodox Jewish symbol — has been tracked closely in the media.
Orthodox Jews, kosher market hit by paintballs in Brooklyn
Jewish Journal
July 7, 2015
Police are searching for suspects who targeted a kosher market and some Orthodox Jewish individuals in Brooklyn with a paintball gun.
Chasidic man beaten in New York
Jewish Journal
November 30, 2010
A Chasidic man wearing traditional clothing was beaten in New York in what appears to be a hate crime.
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