admin | May 30, 2020
(JTA) A school in the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel in New York was ordered to close after it was found operating with hundreds of students in its building. Orange County said in a statement that officials visiting the school last week found what appeared to be hundreds of students inside, not wearing personal protective equipment, not social distancing, and plainly in violation of the Governors Executive Orders, the Times Herald-Record reported. The county health department issued a case-and-desist order to the school the following day.
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admin | May 30, 2020
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN Cops in Crown Heights acted on 311 social distancing complaints more often than any other neighborhood in the city, a new study found. And those actions writing tickets or conducting arrests are at the center of an ongoing controversy over uneven enforcement of social enforcement citywide
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admin | May 30, 2020
The writer whose life inspired hit Netflix series Unorthodox says the ultra-orthodox Jewish community she grew up in couldn't react quickly enough to COVID-19 because of its herd mentality. Deborah Feldman's 2012 memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots is the basis for the mini-series about a woman who flees an arranged marriage.
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admin | May 29, 2020
Most Jews around the world support the state of Israel and the ideology of Zionism, but there is one ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect that denies Israels right to exist and supports the Palestinians. 5Pillars takes a closer look at Neturei Karta. Who are Neturei Karta?
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admin | May 29, 2020
The COVID-19 shutdown has put a stop to campus life in America, but it has not stopped advocates for Israel from attacking Israels academic critics, trying to banish their thinking and teaching from universities.
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admin | May 29, 2020
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, June/July 2020, pp. 20-21 ZIONISTS HAVE LONG ENJOYED the disunity of the Palestinians, which they have stoked and highlighted over the decades
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admin | May 29, 2020
Where do you work? Where is your work from home location?I am Finn Partners' managing partner and Israel country manager in Bet Shemesh, a Jerusalem suburb.
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admin | May 29, 2020
iStock Our experience of mourning during this grief-stricken period has been one of witnessing trauma layered with more trauma.
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admin | May 29, 2020
In the latest in our series of podcasts with Jewish people who are changing the world, Zaki Cooper talks to celebrated historian, writer and broadcaster Sir Simon Schama about his life, career and books that inspire him Sir Simon Schama is a historian and public intellectual. He is perhaps best known for his BBC series, A History of Britain, and, more recently, The Story of the Jews
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admin | May 29, 2020
Space Force Steve Carell and his old boss from The Office, Greg Daniels, have reunited for an out-of-this world new sitcom. Playing a four-star general assigned to lead a new mission to the moon, Carell has adopted a gruff delivery and Teflon ego that can handle anything, including an imprisoned wife (Lisa Kudrow) and an eccentric sidekick (John Malkovich)
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