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Flags of European Union member nations near Europa Square in Vilnius, Lithuania. Credit: Šarūnas Burdulis via Wikimedia Commons.

Conference of European Rabbis signs religious services agreement with Lithuania’s Jewish community

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The Conference of European Rabbis and the Jewish community of Lithuania signed an agreement stipulating that the Orthodox rabbinical alliance will be consulted regarding all communal and religious matters in the country. “The Conference of...
Mia Raskin (standing) at a Binghamton University game. Credit: Courtesy.

Meet Mia Raskin: A Shomer Shabbat college basketball player at Binghamton

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For Mia Raskin, basketball and Judaism are essential parts of life. Her deep and simultaneous commitment to her favorite sport and religion never came into conflict; at least, until Raskin began considering her college...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 737. Credit: NYC Russ/Shutterstock.

Jewish teens sue two airlines for discrimination after being banned from flights

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A group of Orthodox Jewish girls from New York has filed a complaint against Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for the discrimination they say they faced on flights last summer, reported Insider. The...
Shlomo Danziger. Source: Twitter.

Surfside, Fla., elects its first Orthodox Jewish mayor

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Shlomo Danziger was elected on Tuesday to be the first Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla. Danziger, 42, beat two incumbents—Mayor Charles Burkett by 33 votes and Vice Mayor Tina Paul by 23 votes—and garnered...
Young haredim form the cast of the Israeli TV hit “The New Black” (“Shababnikim”). Credit: Courtesy of HOT.

‘The New Black’ does with comedy what ‘Shtisel’ and ‘Srugim’ did with drama

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If there was an award for a most surprising opening scene, the Israeli hit comedy “The New Black”—in Hebrew, “Shababnikim”—would win it by a mile. The series, which finished its second season in Israel...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Joel Eisdorfer. Credit: COLlive.

New York City mayor hires Chassidic senior adviser in first such appointment

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed Chassidic political activist Joel Eisdorfer to be his senior adviser. Eisdorfer is the first Chassidic Jew to ever be appointed adviser to the mayor. The Borough Park...
Security footage capturing an assailant attacking two Jewish men in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

ADL offers $7,500 for arrest in connection to two assaults in Brooklyn on Shabbat

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The Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey is offering a reward of up to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for two assaults in the heavily Chassidic section of...
Kingsborough Community College, part of the City University of New York system, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Kingsborough Community College.

Inside Kingsborough College’s systematic failure to protect pro-Israel Orthodox faculty, students

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Professor Jeff Lax says that in his 17 years working at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y, one of his worst days was one he never expected. He said he was blocked from leaving a...
Celebrating the recent inauguration of the Congressional Caucus for Torah Values in Washington, D.C., are (from left) Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.); Caucus co-chair Don Bacon (R-Neb.); Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter, founder of Dirshu; Caucus co-chair Henry Cuellar (D-Texas); Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.); and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.). Credit: Sruly Saftlas.

Orthodox group joins lawmakers to form caucus promoting Torah values, battling anti-Semitism

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Members of both parties in Congress inaugurated a new Congressional Caucus on Monday to focus on Jewish issues such as the rise of anti-Semitism and unfair treatment in Jewish communities. According to a news release...
Yehuda Topper, Florida's first Orthodox Jewish police officer, during an interview, January 2022. Source: Screenshot.

Florida hires its first Orthodox Jewish police officer

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Florida’s first Orthodox Jewish police officer was sworn in last week and will serve as part of the North Miami Beach Police Department. Yehuda Topper, who served in the New York City Police Department for...