Created for a New York Hasidic group in 1989, the Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District has directed millions of dollars to the community’s network of private schools.
Ukraine’s president called for legislation to prevent an ancient branch of the Orthodox Church, led by a Putin ally, from operating in his country, but it remains unclear how that would work.
The government presented the deportation of Hassan Iquioussen as part of efforts to crack down on “Islamist separatism.” Critics called it a political stunt that infringed on civil liberties.