Shira Hanau
By Shira Hanau
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Fast Forward Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum, Satmar Hasidic leader, tests positive for COVID-19
Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum, leader of a faction of the Satmar Hasidic community, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Yeshiva World News. Teitelbaum, who is in his late 60s, is apparently showing mild symptoms, according to the site. Teitelbaum, who is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is not the first Hasidic leader to test positive for…
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Fast Forward Rutgers residence hall to be named for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(JTA) — Rutgers University will name a residence hall after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg, who died in September at 87 from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, taught classes at the Rutgers law school from 1963 to 1972 on women’s rights and gender quality. She went on to argue major…
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Fast Forward Supreme Court orders New Jersey restrictions on houses of worship reevaluated by lower court
(JTA) — For the second time in three weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court indicated that state governments may not restrict religious gatherings more strictly than secular ones due to the pandemic. Responding to an appeal by a New Jersey priest and an Orthodox rabbi, the high court in a unanimous opinion instructed an appellate court…
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Fast Forward In an echo of the spring, large crowds gather for Hasidic rabbi’s funeral in Brooklyn
(JTA) — Large crowds gathered Monday afternoon for the funeral of a beloved Hasidic rabbi in Williamsburg, home to the Satmar Hasidic community in Brooklyn. Thousands gathered at the funeral, according to the New York Post, and most did not wear masks. The funeral took place at the same synagogue where a massive wedding expected…
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News Supreme Court strikes down New York’s COVID restrictions on synagogues
The Supreme Court blocked government restrictions on houses of worship imposed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a late night ruling Wednesday. Deciding two cases at once — one brought by Agudath Israel, an umbrella organization representing and advocating for haredi Orthodox Jews, and one brought by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn —…
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News ‘It’s knocking on everyone’s doors’: Chicago’s Jewish community is battered by second wave of coronavirus
(JTA) — When Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and her colleagues gathered in a backyard earlier this month to sing together, they knew it would likely be the last time for the foreseeable future. COVID-19 case counts in Chicago were rising sharply, and the mayor and governor warned that new restrictions would soon be necessary to curb…
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Fast Forward Dov Hikind releases a book that trolls Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s book on leadership during the pandemic
(JTA) — The names of the books are nearly identical — but the contents differ greatly. “American Crisis: Lessons in Leadership From The COVID-19 Pandemic” contains 320 pages of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reflections on leading New York through the worst of the coronavirus in the spring. “Lessons in ‘Leadership,’” by former New York…
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Fast Forward NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo reduces restrictions on Brooklyn Jewish neighborhoods as COVID rates drop
(JTA) — Parts of Brooklyn that had high COVID test positivity rates in early October, including some with large Orthodox Jewish communities, will face fewer restrictions after seeing the rates fall. The neighborhoods labeled “red zones” last month have been reduced to “orange,” the middle level for restrictions. One of the neighborhoods is Midwood, which…
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