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. By Shira Hanau June 22, 2020 8:14 pm
NYC playgrounds will open next week, ending protests by Orthodox Jews who have demanded access The reopening comes less than a week after Orthodox lawmakers cut the chains off a playground in defiance of the mayor’s orders. June 18, 2020 3:58 pm
Some New York City yeshivas are operating in the shadows “The underlying objective of these guidelines is to avoid being noticed,” one school, which remained closed, said of the schools that reopened in a letter to parents. June 17, 2020 10:33 am
Brooklyn rabbi arrested after police find 3 of his children walking to the store alone By Marcy Oster May 12, 2020 11:59 am
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a long relationship with the city’s Orthodox community By Shira Hanau May 4, 2020 4:44 pm
New York City police break up another Orthodox funeral as crowds gather By Shira Hanau April 30, 2020 9:00 pm
The haredi Orthodox community has always shunned ‘mosers,’ or informers. Coronavirus is just the latest example. By Shira Hanau April 23, 2020 11:51 am
Ideas I treat epidemics, including community violence. Here’s my advice for containing the spread of anti-Semitism. By Gary Slutkin January 31, 2020 1:17 pm
Brooklyn Nets warm up in ‘No Place For Hate’ shirts with Anti-Defamation League logo By Marcy Oster January 13, 2020 12:19 pm
Ideas I’m still trying to figure out my Jewishness. Rising anti-Semitism doesn’t help. By Sarah Fielding January 9, 2020 4:59 pm