I am horrified and heartbroken. The New York State Legislature is passing a bill to dilute and delay the implementation of education standards at yeshivas and other nonpublic schools across the state.

— Authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of a haredi Orthodox sect living there, separating children from their parents, after allegations of physical and mental abuse surfaced. Israel’s Justice ...

The decision is the first time that the State Department of Education has withheld money from private Hasidic schools for not teaching sufficient math and English skills. By Eliza Shapiro and Brian M.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A man accused of abducting and dismembering an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy told investigators that he suffocated the child with a towel after learning that thousands of volunteers were ...