Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. is widely considered the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It is being observed this year from around sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 1, until after nightfall ...

In keeping with pop legend Britney Spears’ penchant for posting seemingly random images on her social media, the star posted a photo of a group of Hasidic men playing chess over the weekend with the ...

Eric Adams, as was becoming apparent for many months, will be a one-term mayor. Adams, who announced he was dropping his reelection bid on Sunday, has long been politically doomed. Multiple corruption ...

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 ...

A pair of dead chickens were found on the Upper West Side for the second time in four months — suggesting a secret religious ritual is at play in the ritzy nabe, according to experts. The two lifeless ...

HOWELL -- A second township official has filed a lawsuit claiming he was retaliated against for refusing to implement discriminatory practices that amounted to racial profiling against Hispanic ...

Even as the last seconds of the fifth of five minutes of added time drained away, Sunderland fans did not relax. They couldn’t — the ball was still in their penalty area. So the 46,000 at the Stadium ...

Yeshiva reformers are taking Gov. Hochul and New York legislative leaders to court over a contentious deal that waters down state oversight of ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools, the reformers’ attorney ...

The state Education Department, led by Commissioner Betty A. Rosa, promulgated new regulations for standards to be followed by yeshivas in 2022. They were set to take effect this year. Gov. Kathy ...

Ben Shapiro and Bill Maher sparred over morality and the Bible on "Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime" Friday, and the conservative Orthodox Jewish commentator received an unexpected reaction from ...

Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris talked to the media ahead of the trip to London for Saturday's clash against Crystal Palace. AFC Sunderland will travel to London to take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst ...

The mayor of Venice on Thursday condemned a reported attack over the weekend on an American Orthodox Jewish couple by assailants who shouted “Free Palestine” as a “serious and unacceptable act.” ...