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Fast Forward After Orthodox funeral, liberal Jews slam de Blasio for anti-Semitic tweet, threat of arrests
A letter signed by prominent Jewish politicians and organizations condemned a controversial tweet from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, which scolded “the Jewish community” in the wake of a Hasidic funeral that violated social distancing guidelines on Tuesday. “With thousands of New Yorkers dead, and many more sick, we all understand the danger of…
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Fast Forward Mitchell Silk becomes first Hasidic Jew to hold a senior US administration position
(JTA) — Mitchell Silk, a Hasidic Jew from the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, made history with his confirmation by the Senate as assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Markets. Silk becomes the first Hasid to hold a senior slot in a U.S. administration, the Yeshiva World News reported. He was confirmed on Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Two mikvahs operating in Williamsburg despite rabbis’ orders to close
Two Satmar mikvahs are unofficially open despite claims to the contrary, according to WhatsApp messages, videos and eyewitness testimony provided to the Forward. The videos, taken between 5:30 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. on Tuesday, show Orthodox Jews coming and going from Satmar synagogue buildings on South 8th Street and Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in…
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News Brooklyn clinic reports 500 coronavirus cases. But city questions its testing methods.
An urgent-care center that serves Hasidic neighborhoods in Brooklyn said Thursday that it has confirmed 528 cases of coronavirus among the 937 people it tested since last Friday, heightening concerns that infections in the highly social Hasidic world are spiking — and that the clinic’s aggressive approach could be helping it spread. With test kits…
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News Watch: White House calls Hasidic leaders, asking them to take virus more seriously
An assistant to the president called on rabbis and leaders of the Orthodox community to help reduce gatherings of more than ten people to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to video and audio recordings sent to the Forward. Religious leaders asked questions on Tuesday about how to safely hold minyanim, including having them outside,…
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News In this diverse, changing suburb, liberal Jews are struggling to understand their Hasidic neighbors
Sometimes, when Katrina Hertzberg sees a visibly Jewish person in her neighborhood in Nyack, N.Y. — a woman wearing a wig, say, or a man in a black suit and hat — she thinks to herself, “Oh my God, are we next?” She wonders whether her area of Rockland County, N.Y., is next to receive…
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Culture The history of Hasidism: A New History by those who wrote it
Editor’s Note: In 2018, the Forward published this essay raising concerns about female representation in Jewish Studies, focused on a 2017 book about Hasidism. One of its authors responded this month with a broader critique of diversity in the field. The original critics then had another take, and now more of the authors are responding….
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News This N.J. man’s on a crusade against anti-Semitism — and John Bolton might help
John Bolton is perhaps the most in-demand person in Washington, D.C. If he testifies in the impeachment hearing, he could change the course of history. But Bolton may sooner show up in the suburban town of Jackson, N.J., than on the floor of the Senate. That’s because Dr. Richard Roberts — an Orthodox Jewish philanthropist…
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