JERUSALEM (JTA) – A prayer service that typically packs the Western Wall plaza during Passover on Sunday took place with just over 10 men… Read More ›
There are four districts specified by the committee, which include mostly haredi (ultra-Orthodox) communities. The special ministerial committee on coronavirus has approved creating “restricted… Read More ›
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times “Hey, I thought you are keeping the first Zman.” “I am.” “So, you can’t listen… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
‘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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 JERUSALEM (JTA) – Apartments on a glitzy stretch of Tel Aviv beach are… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
