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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: I regret how I handled that Orthodox funeral in April

A tweet he posted early in the pandemic was widely criticized and damaged what had been a relatively close relationship between the mayor and the city’s Orthodox community.

Israel begins to lift lockdown restrictions as tensions over enforcement mount

Footage of police getting physical with guests at an Orthodox wedding has sparked an outcry.

In Mexico City, the enormous Deportivo center brought the country’s Jews together. The pandemic has separated them.

In a country with a sharply divided Jewish community, the Centro Deportivo Israelita is known as “La casa de todos,” or “The house of everyone.”

Israeli army opens two coronavirus wards for civilians in Rambam Hospital in Haifa

Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat tests positive for the coronavirus

Seeking to contain the damage, Israel eyes a 4-month exit from second COVID lockdown

Mob of Orthodox protesters in Brooklyn corners a journalist accused of informing on his community

Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn burn masks during massive protest against New York’s new COVID rules

NY governor imposes new rules on houses of worship, schools and essential businesses

Schools in Kiryas Joel, upstate NY Hasidic enclave, to be shuttered amid 27.6% COVID positivity rate

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