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Community I’m a doctor, but I’m not mad at the Orthodox
In stark contrast to the impression left by legions of news reports about Haredi Jews in Brooklyn defying public health rules around the coronavirus, I have found over years of working with ultra-Orthodox communities in New York and Jerusalem that members of these communities care deeply about health. Haredi communities have their own system of…
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Fast Forward Heshy Tischler has a ‘snitch list’ for journalists and critics he wants to be quiet
Heshy Tischler, an aspiring politician and the de facto leader of the protest movement which has spread through Orthodox Brooklyn the past two nights in response to New York’s new COVID-19 restrictions, told reporters that he has a “moser” list. “Moser” is a Hebrew term for one who informs on the Jewish community to outside…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who ruled medical marijuana is kosher, tests positive for COVID-19
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the foremost rabbinic leaders in the haredi Orthodox Jewish community in Israel and a major authority for communities in the United States, tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Yeshiva World News. The 93-year-old rabbi was tested after multiple members of his family tested positive, as did his personal driver….
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News Orthodox rabbis say High Holiday services should proceed as usual — despite coronavirus
The leading Orthodox advocacy and religious authority has released a rabbinical decree ahead of the High Holidays that contains no mention of masks or social distancing, in contrast to the organization’s previous statement, which called on congregations to be careful at large gatherings. The decree, or Kol Korei, was written by a group of 15…
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Community Photos reveal the hidden side of Hasidic weddings
For my thirteenth birthday, my stepfather gave me a camera. I had just arrived in New York City without any spoken English, but his gift enabled me to begin to communicate with the world through images. It was the beginning of a lifelong passion. Now, I am a professional photographer, one who has spent her…
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News Ultra-Orthodox Jews already shy away from the census. Is the pandemic making it worse?
One Haredi man in Borough Park heard a rumor that the census will be used to round up Jews if there’s another world war. A Yiddish web forum participant said Jews who fill out the census will cause plagues like swine flu and coronavirus. Another pointed out that the paper census form only has spaces…
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News How New York’s Haredim are responding to George Floyd protests
A crowd of police in riot gear marched down Crown Heights’ Eastern Parkway one day this week to applause and salutes from some of the neighborhood’s Haredi residents. Another day, amid another Black Lives Matter protest, a Jewish man with side curls offered the throng in Williamsburg a double thumbs-up. Over on Williamsburgh’s Bedford and…
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Fast Forward Whistleblowers in the haredi Orthodox community have always faced obstacles. Coronavirus is no different.
(JTA) – Jacob Kornbluh was walking past his synagogue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park on Passover when he noticed a light on inside the building. Knowing that the synagogue had been closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, he looked inside and saw approximately 40 people praying. “I said to myself this…
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