Shira Hanau

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Shira Hanau is a reporter at JTA. She was previously a staff writer at the New York Jewish Week and has written for the Forward, Columbia Journalism Review and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin.

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Police shut down a Brooklyn yeshiva with approximately 60 students

By Shira Hanau May 18, 2020 4:22 pm

Orthodox rabbis are increasingly split over safety of communal prayer

By Shira Hanau May 18, 2020 6:56 am

‘Rogue’ minyans and divided ranks: Orthodox rabbis are increasingly split over safety of communal prayer

By Shira Hanau May 15, 2020 12:17 pm

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, speaks about combating racism at the Reform Biennial in Chicago on December 12, 2019. (Courtesy of the Union for Reform Judaism)

Union for Reform Judaism announces layoffs and furloughs

By Shira Hanau May 13, 2020 4:55 pm

NJ rabbi arrested for violating social distancing

By Shira Hanau May 12, 2020 4:53 pm

Gregory Zanis, who made Stars of David for Tree of Life victims, dies at 69

By Shira Hanau May 8, 2020 10:32 am

Deep layoffs at Jewish Federations of North America, the organization tasked with helping Jewish nonprofits through the crisis

By Shira Hanau May 6, 2020 9:17 pm

We’re tracking disruption in the Jewish world. Tell us about layoffs at your Jewish organization.

By Shira Hanau May 6, 2020 12:23 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a long relationship with the city’s Orthodox community

By Shira Hanau May 4, 2020 4:44 pm

Hasidic leaders defend New York mayor and call on their community to socially distance

By Shira Hanau May 1, 2020 4:08 pm

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Police shut down a Brooklyn yeshiva with approximately 60 students

Orthodox rabbis are increasingly split over safety of communal prayer

‘Rogue’ minyans and divided ranks: Orthodox rabbis are increasingly split over safety of communal prayer

Union for Reform Judaism announces layoffs and furloughs

NJ rabbi arrested for violating social distancing

Gregory Zanis, who made Stars of David for Tree of Life victims, dies at 69

Deep layoffs at Jewish Federations of North America, the organization tasked with helping Jewish nonprofits through the crisis

We’re tracking disruption in the Jewish world. Tell us about layoffs at your Jewish organization.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a long relationship with the city’s Orthodox community

Hasidic leaders defend New York mayor and call on their community to socially distance

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