Tag: Haredim
Jewish reporter attacked in Brooklyn during protests against COVID restrictions
A reporter was attacked in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Wednesday night while covering protests by haredi Jews against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new coronavirus restrictions, including closing schools and yeshivahs, and his threatening to shutter synagogues and other houses...
Turmoil engulfs New York’s Jewish community amid COVID restrictions, protests and anti-Semitic incitement
Jew versus Jew attacks, protests and covert acts of anti-Semitism are just some of the alleged effects of the battle against COVID-19 and the push by New York state officials to stem the pandemic’s...
Israel extends COVID-19 lockdown restrictions by a week
The Israeli government on Tuesday extended by a week a law heavily restricting demonstrations and indoor prayers during the current nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
Ministers approved the extension via a telephone referendum put forward by Israeli...
Deeming ‘spiritual death’ a bigger threat than COVID, Chassidic rebbes go rogue
An amazing video clip was making the rounds of the internet when Yom Kippur ended. It showed police officers arriving at the main synagogue of the Vizhnitz Chassidim in Bnei Brak and breaking up...
Decline in Israel’s COVID-19 morbidity cause for ‘cautious optimism’
The percentage of Israelis testing positive for COVID-19 has decreased for the third day in a row, according to Israeli Health Ministry figures released on Sunday.
In an interview with Channel 12 on Sunday morning, Weizmann Institute...
Haredi leaders accuse Netanyahu of ‘selective punishment’
A group of haredi leaders sent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a harshly worded letter on Sunday, warning him that they would not forgive him for casting the haredi community as “spreaders of disease.”
The letter, written by...
Gamzu: Jerusalem infection rate so high it would be under total lockdown in any...
Israel Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu told Jerusalem officials on Wednesday that the infection rate in their city is so high that if it were in any other country in the world, “it would be completely...
Israeli actress Shira Haas gets Emmy nod for ‘Unorthodox’ role
Israeli actress Shira Haas was nominated on Tuesday for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance in Netflix’s “Unorthodox.”
The 25-year-old Haas won acclaim for her role as...
Rivlin, tech leaders meet with Israeli haredim as numbers in industry rise
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin met with haredim involved in the Israeli high-tech industry on Tuesday in the backdrop of a report noting a 52 percent jump in the number of Torah-observant workers in the field since...
Second memorial ceremony for fallen ultra-Orthodox soldiers goes virtual
A memorial commemorating fallen soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces who fought in haredi Orthodox units was broadcasted on Monday night from the Hechal Shlomo auditorium in Jerusalem without an audience due to restrictions related to...