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De Blasio blasts Williamsburg funeral, Israelis mark Independence Day under curfew

Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the “Jewish community” for defying social distancing orders when mourners in Williamsburg held a massive funeral for a rabbi who died of coronavirus, the New York Post reports. Hundreds of haredi Jews gathered in the streets near the intersection of Rutledge Street and Bedford Avenue to pay their respects for […]

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