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Haredi communities across Israel have resisted shutting down their institutions in compliance with the country’s repeated lockdowns and have suffered high death rates from the virus.

Police officers carry a protester away during raid on a Jerusalem yeshiva that remained open in violation of COVID-19 restrictions on January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel, a net neutrality champion, as acting FCC chair

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Chuck Schumer is now the highest-ranking elected Jewish official ever. He wants to make more history.

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Secular Israelis are obsessed with traditional Judaism. Micah Goodman helps explain why.

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Author who railed against Jews quits as speaker for Dutch Holocaust commemoration following storm of criticism

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