After week-long lockdown, some Bnei Brak restrictions to be eased
Residents of ultra-Orthodox town will be allowed to leave for work or other essential matters, as rest of country emerges from four-days of banned travel… Read More ›
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Alone at Passover, but not lonely
Opinion: Coronavirus doesn’t only force us to hunker down at home and stock up on toilet paper, it exposes issues we have long suppressed in… Read More ›
Criticism of Haredi coronavirus conduct is not racism
Opinion: Criticism of the ultra-Orthodox is based on concrete facts that can no longer be ignored; comparing this to anti-Semitism is pure demagogy Veteran TV… Read More ›
Cry for the people of Bnei Brak, whose leaders let them down
Opinion: The officials running the ultra-Orthodox city betrayed their community by blocking them from vital information, ignoring practical problems of maintaining quarantine and themselves violating… Read More ›
Senior health official calls for more virus-hit Haredi towns to be locked down
Ministry source says Elad, Migdal Haemek, Modiin Illit, and ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh should join Bnei Brak as restricted zones A… Read More ›
War on coronavirus may help ultra-Orthodox integrate in society
Opinion: While virus sweeps through the ultra-Orthodox population due to misinformation, consequently putting the rest of Israel’s population also at great risk, it presents an… Read More ›
‘Purim came at really bad time in outbreak,’ why Jewish groups were hit so hard?
‘I would have canceled’ says rueful manager of band that performed for 300 people in Crown Heights, he looked for guidance from the CDC and… Read More ›
Trump’s friend in coma from coronavirus is a Jewish real estate mogul
Chera, 78, is part of the tight-knit Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. In 2014, he was honored at the gala dinner of the American Friends… Read More ›
Gov’t mulls lockdown on haredi cities as coronavirus battle intensifies
COVID-19: Number of dead surges to 20 people, more than 5,000 infected * Health Ministry: ‘Too early to be optimistic,’ despite decline in numbers … Read More ›
In time for global self-isolation, ‘Anne Frank Video Diary’ premieres on YouTube
Targeted at adolescents in five languages, online series features iconic diarist using a video-camera to narrate a life spent hiding from the Nazis As… Read More ›
Report: Israel To Open Quarantine Hotels For Ultra-Orthodox COVID-19 Patients
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Two “quarantine hotels” are being prepared to house ultra-Orthodox coronavirus patients in Israel beginning on Tuesday, Hebrew media reported on Monday.… Read More ›
While working remotely, chaplains aim to give COVID-19 patients rare human touch
With a ‘new normal’ causing most clerical duties to be conducted via phone or video chat, spiritual caregivers try to adapt without changing what works… Read More ›
Rising Anti-Semitism Has Increased Luxury Home Sales In Israel, Report Claims
Rising Anti-Semitism Has Increased Luxury Home Sales In Israel, Report Claims JERUSALEM (JTA) – Apartments on a glitzy stretch of Tel Aviv beach are… Read More ›
Tovelling Dishes During Corona: What to do?
Most people make a number of purchases for Pesach – especially those that are suddenly making Pesach. So, the question is what should be done… Read More ›
French Jewish Leader in Serious Condition
PARIS (JTA) – The president of the Jewish community of the French region of Alsace and of the city of Strasbourg, Maurice Dahan, is infected… Read More ›
CLOSED!! Home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita
Due to the rise in concern about the spread of the Corona virus, family members announced that, at least until the next week, Rav Chaim… Read More ›
Arabic Paper In Canada Says Israelis Bury Palestinians Alive And Steal Their Organs
TORONTO (JTA) – An Arabic-language newspaper in the greater Toronto area published an article falsely accusing Israel of burying Palestinians alive and stealing their organs,… Read More ›
BREAKING: Pesach Program Cancelations Over Coronavirus
NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past three years, Esther Possick and her son have avoided the hassle of hosting Passover at their Long… Read More ›
STUNNING DEVELOPMENT: Rabbi Aharon Feldman Retracts His Opposition To Voting In WZO Elections
BALTIMORE — There has been a major development in the ongoing saga of the WZO election debate. VINnews can confirm that little to no… Read More ›
Sex-pest rabbi indicted for defrauding terminally ill followers
The 16-article indictment says Eliezer Berland along with his aides promised his desperate worshippers he will cure them of diseases such as cancer and bring… Read More ›
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