admin | May 17, 2020
The latest: An abundance of love from a close-knit family may have played a role in the recovery of a 101-year-old Sept-lesman from COVID-19. In early April, Clment Maltais began experiencing symptoms of the disease.
admin | May 17, 2020
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many observant Jews have found themselves forced to confront the theological implications of a plague that has subverted popular assumptions regarding reward and punishment. Ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel have seen the lions share of infections and deaths from COVID-19, at the same time as Jewish communities abroad have been disproportionately affected, with high infection rates in Hasidic neighborhoods from New York to London.
admin | May 17, 2020
New York Mayor Bill de Blasios tweet (4/28/20) to the Jewish community. Time for a Yiddish lesson: Shanda, meaning a shame or disgrace; a scandal.
admin | May 15, 2020
Hasidic Jews in Montreal gather for morning prayers on their front porches, on May 4, 2020. Lewis Cohen (not Globe and Mail) Joseph Rosen teaches at Dawson College in Montreal.
admin | May 14, 2020
On Wednesday, May 20th, at 7 PM eastern,Jewish Currentswill host a livestreamed discussion of how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting Hasidic Jewish communities in Brooklyn and elsewhere. Moderated byJewish CurrentsEditor-at-Large Peter Beinart, this event will feature Blima Marcus, an oncology nurse practitioner, Frieda Vizel, a former member of the Satmar Hasidic community and a tour guide in Hasidic Brooklyn, and Dr. David N.
admin | May 14, 2020
According to this report in the New York Daily News, there was a cruel and vicious attack on Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn on Sunday: A husband and wife face hate crime charges after jumping out of their car in Brooklyn and attacking a group of Hasidic Jews, pulling protective masks from the victims faces and blaming them for spreading coronavirus, police said Monday. Paulo Pinho, 35, and his wife, Clelia Pinho, 46, pulled up in their vehicle at Bedford Ave.
admin | May 14, 2020
Hassidic Jews Socially distancing on a Willamsburg street during Saturday morning shabbat prayers on May 2. David Dee Delgado/Gothamist/WNYC hide caption Hassidic Jews Socially distancing on a Willamsburg street during Saturday morning shabbat prayers on May 2
admin | May 14, 2020
Police were called after hundredsof orthodox Jews ignored social distancing restrictions to gather for a religious festival celebration in London. Pictures and videos shared online show members of the Hasidic Jewish community gathering in large crowds around Stamford Hill, in Hackney, despite strict rules to stay two metres apart and not mix in groups outside of households. Residents took to Twitter to complain about loud music lasting into the night and bonfires being lit as hundreds of people reportedly poured into streets and housing estates around the area to mark the end of Lag BOmer on Tuesday.
admin | May 14, 2020
Brothers Moshe and David Kasher have been fighting since they were kids. On one occasion, when David was dangling a loogie over Moshes face, he received a bloody nose for his efforts.
admin | May 14, 2020
Unorthodox is one of the buzziest shows on Netflix right now.
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