New York Jews who inform secular authorities of services held despite virus restrictions face harassment, threats, as community shuns outside intervention on sensitive issues … Read More ›
Gili Yaari, a Holocaust survivor’s son, did two stints documenting life at Sha’ar Menashe, a mental hospital where those whose lives were changed forever can… Read More ›
BNEI BRAK — In this unusual clip taken this Shabbat by a Filipino working for a local resident, a motley group of people join… Read More ›
In time for the Jewish holiday, world-renowned Israeli author Etgar Keret has written a new iteration of the Plague of the Firstborn, which helped liberate… Read More ›
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Unfortunately, there will be a very large number of families that will be sitting shiva right after Yom Tov. … Read More ›
Opinion: Increasingly detailed reports of a plan for post-virus life are giving the false impression that the crisis is behind us; decision-makers must set a… Read More ›
Rabbi dies 5 days after admission to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek and testing positive for COVID-19; Deri mourns loss of ‘giant of a scholar, a guide… Read More ›
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 ›
