As Yom Kippur gets closer, Orthodox doctors’ calls for more caution trigger tension
“We literally ask Hashem ‘Who by plague. How can we ask that, if we ourselves aren’t taking every possible precaution to keep ourselves safe?”
More schools discouraging COVID-19 testing in New York, New Jersey despite spike
At Bais Yaakov of Borough Park, administrators called teachers individually and asked them to do the school a “favor” and not test.
‘During Unesaneh Tokef, we all wept’: How we worshipped together in person
‘There were so many tears and everybody was just so present. It was a moment I’ll never forget.’
Jared Kushner got rabbinic pass to work Shabbat due to pandemic. Did he make good use of it?
This is not the first time that Kushner has allegedly received dispensation to work on Shabbat.
Infighting, turnover buffet the Joint Distribution Committee, American Jewry’s storied aid and rescue organization
“Inevitable disagreements are expected in a Board of our size, and they should be addressed in Board forums, not the press.”
Is there room in Orthodoxy for satire?
We have our own version of “cancel culture,” which dictates that one must be a full-fledged member to make a legitimate social critique.
What coronavirus? Haredi indoor weddings are booming in New York
It’s no secret: Some Orthodox weddings are being held in halls, in crowded spaces with no masks, as if it’s 2019.
U.S. Surgeon General exhorts Orthodox rabbis to keep their communities safe during the High Holidays
“No one knows more than the Jewish people that you have the capability to sacrifice for the longer-term game.”
Portland’s Jews know their state’s racist history. Now the chaos has some beefing up security.
“You have a very liberal, far-left enclave city, a homelessness crisis, a global pandemic, Black Lives Matter and a terrible history of racism.”
This new 600-page book contains Jewish laws of coronavirus, from hand-washing to drug trials
A posek is a rabbi’s rabbi, a scholar to whom communities from around the world turn to for guidance.