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The real reasons coronavirus is spreading in my Hasidic community

To say that my community doesn’t value human life or is being selfish reflects a fundamental lack of understanding, writes someone from Brooklyn’s Satmar community.

Haredi Jews walking in Antwerp, Belgium on March 16, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Antwerp Jewish community braces for 85% infection rate and hundreds of deaths from coronavirus

The high estimate is based on the frequent interaction among members in the tightly knit, mostly Orthodox community.

‘I’m mentally preparing for a few months’: Meet an Israeli doctor on the coronavirus front lines

Elli Rosenberg, a clinical immunologist who works as an internist at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva, shared his experience with JTA.

Jonny Daniels delivering groceries to a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland on March 17, 2020. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Aging Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust are at risk from the coronavirus. So this Jewish group is delivering food to them.

Israel tightens emergency lockdown regulations — and Netanyahu vows they’ll be enforced

‘We’re not scared’: Some haredi Orthodox Jews in Israel are ignoring coronavirus social distancing rules

Attorney at center of New Rochelle coronavirus outbreak wakes from coma

I’m inside the coronavirus outbreak ward at Hadassah Hospital. Here’s my story.

This Orthodox Argentine was the only passenger on a flight from Israel to Spain

With communal mourning a health hazard, grieving Jews must sit shiva alone

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