Health

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo reduces restrictions on Brooklyn Jewish neighborhoods as COVID rates drop

Some nonessential businesses can reopen and the capacity for religious services will rise, but schools remain closed.

By Shira Hanau November 9, 2020 3:14 pm

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Israeli Hasidic rabbi denounces ‘those Jews who snitch’ on Jews who flout pandemic guidelines

“To interfere with another Jew holding a celebration is an offensive and fundamentally unacceptable thing,” said Rabbi Yisroel Hager.

November 1, 2020 3:50 pm

NY schools in Orthodox neighborhoods with COVID upticks can reopen under new testing plan

Schools will also have to randomly test 25% of students on a weekly basis going forward.

October 30, 2020 5:05 pm

The Jewish Faucis: Orthodox doctors battle COVID — and disinformation — in Orthodox communities

By Shira Hanau October 27, 2020 2:39 pm

Some Orthodox areas of NY see COVID rules relaxed, but not Brooklyn neighborhoods that protested

By Shira Hanau October 21, 2020 4:15 pm

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: I regret how I handled that Orthodox funeral in April

By Shira Hanau October 20, 2020 3:27 pm

Israel begins to lift lockdown restrictions as tensions over enforcement mount

By Gabe Friedman October 16, 2020 2:08 pm

Deportivo Mexico City

In Mexico City, the enormous Deportivo center brought the country’s Jews together. The pandemic has separated them.

By Alan Grabinsky October 12, 2020 10:19 pm

Israeli army opens two coronavirus wards for civilians in Rambam Hospital in Haifa

By Marcy Oster October 12, 2020 11:07 am

Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat tests positive for the coronavirus

By Marcy Oster October 12, 2020 10:59 am

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