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YouTuber Drew Binsky makes a travel video about Hasidic Brooklyn

The video, in which Binsky is accompanied by ex-Hasidic community member and transgender activist Abby Stein, has been viewed nearly 800,000 times in four days.

In an echo of the spring, large crowds gather for Hasidic rabbi’s funeral in Brooklyn

Earlier in the pandemic, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called out “the Jewish community” after another Hasidic funeral drew crowds.

San Diego rabbi assaulted outside his synagogue

In a separate incident, an Orthodox man in Brooklyn was beaten on the street by two individuals who snuck up behind him.

Health

Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews are acting like they have herd immunity. Could they be right?

Ideas

I’m a pediatrician who sees kids with coronavirus every day. It’s changed my whole way of life.

In 2019, more than half of reported hate crimes were anti-Jewish, says NYPD

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Teens’ anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn caught on video

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New York appeals court overturns Hasidic man’s conviction in assault of gay black man

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Orthodox families won’t identify circumcisers who gave babies herpes, NYC health spokesman says

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2 brothers arrested in connection with haredi landlord’s 2014 Brooklyn murder

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