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NY police knew an Orthodox rabbi’s Brooklyn funeral was happening – hundreds still showed up

Some are questioning whether the police could have done more to stop the public procession before the crowd grew into the hundreds or thousands.

Ideas

Mayor de Blasio is no enemy of Orthodox Jews. But others are weaponizing the coronavirus to vilify our community.

We should be unified in doing all we can to protect ourselves and others from the coronavirus, not point fingers at imaginary culprits like the haredim.

First Person

My ex and I disagree about coronavirus safety. What does this mean for our kids?

In co-parenting, neither parent has more rights over the other. But when safety is a concern, that belief can be challenged.

‘Keeping the Faith’ is 20 years old. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time.

The atrium at the Beth Shalom nursing home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (courtesy of BOP architecten)

Amsterdam’s Jewish nursing home has lost over 20% of its residents to COVID-19. Could it have done more?

Arab Israelis fear that Ramadan could bring a coronavirus surge

Relatives of Fieta Aussen getting ready to meet her from a crane outside the window of her Jewish nursing home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on April 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Riwal Holding Group)

At this Dutch Jewish nursing home, family visitors can be lifted by cranes to see their loved ones safely

Burial societies and funeral homes are overwhelmed. Cremation isn’t the solution.

How Berlin’s Jewish creative class is adapting to the pandemic

Throwing candy at the computer: What celebrating your bat mitzvah looks like in the time of the coronavirus

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