Haredi Orthodox

Report claims Jerusalem police cut deal with haredi Orthodox to allow mass events for Sukkot

Police denied the report that mass gatherings were permitted as long as no public documentation was produced.

COVID is spreading again in Orthodox communities. Why are people still not wearing masks?

“We all had it already,” one Brooklyn man in Williamsburg says, echoing the prevailing belief of immunity.

Offline and in synagogue: How Orthodox Jews learned about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death

“All Jews have had this horrible experience where we come out of a Shabbos or yontif [holiday] where we find out about something,” said Elad Nehorai, a writer who saw the news about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death before Rosh Hashanah started.

Ideas

Many Orthodox Jews support President Trump. I’m one of them — here’s why.

Health

Brooklyn synagogue and Orthodox ambulance corps warn of new COVID cases amid rising fear of a second wave

Health

New COVID-19 cases in Orthodox communities elicit concern as school year and High Holidays near

United States

Shortened census period means Brooklyn’s Orthodox communities will likely be undercounted

United States

Orthodox music star performs song celebrating Donald Trump at Jewish summer camp

KLM airplanes at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. (KLM)

Global

Dutch airline KLM discriminated when it asked woman to move for Orthodox man, watchdog finds

Ideas

Why I (almost) miss being a Hasidic Jew

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