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Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews are acting like they have herd immunity. Could they be right?

“That’s the feeling, that they’ve had it, everybody they know has had it,” said a Williamsburg health administrator.

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Orthodox Jews take their protest, this time over fireworks, to NYC mayor’s home

The protest was the latest episode in an ongoing confrontation between the city’s Orthodox Jewish communities and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

After 3 months and 5 days, the synagogue at Chabad headquarters reopens to unmasked crowds

None of the dozens of men in a video of the service appeared to be wearing a mask and most did not appear to maintain social distancing.

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NYC playgrounds will open next week, ending protests by Orthodox Jews who have demanded access

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Some New York City yeshivas are operating in the shadows

A NYPD car on the Brooklyn Bridge. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Brooklyn rabbi arrested after police find 3 of his children walking to the store alone

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

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New York City police break up another Orthodox funeral as crowds gather

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The haredi Orthodox community has always shunned ‘mosers,’ or informers. Coronavirus is just the latest example.

Hasidim, government officials and police officers stand in front of the K'hal Adas Greenville synagogue next door to JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, the site of a deadly shooting, Dec. 11, 2019. (Laura E. Adkins/JTA)

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I treat epidemics, including community violence. Here’s my advice for containing the spread of anti-Semitism.

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