Shira Hanau
By Shira Hanau
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Fast Forward Days after yeshiva raid, NYPD disperse crowd at Brooklyn synagogue
(JTA) – In the latest dustup between New York authorities and Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, police broke up a gathering of at least several dozen men at a Hasidic synagogue on Wednesday morning. Videos circulating on the messaging app WhatsApp showed police officers holding the doors of a synagogue on South 8th Street in Williamsburg…
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Fast Forward Orthodox leaders press for reopening guidance as yeshivas hold classes
(JTA) – For weeks, the two boys studied at their home in Borough Park as their teachers lectured through a phone line. But last Monday, one of the boys’ schools announced that classes would resume at the school building with doors open for just 15 minutes at the beginning of the day. On Sunday, the…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Jewish layoffs with more to come
(JTA) – The Jewish Telegraphic Agency is recording layoffs and furloughs at Jewish organizations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This story is updated regularly and serves as a running log of layoffs and furloughs imposed at Jewish nonprofits. If you have information about layoffs or furloughs imposed at a Jewish nonprofit organization, please…
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Fast Forward ‘Rogue’ minyans and divided ranks: Orthodox rabbis are split over safety
(JTA) – When the coronavirus pandemic first descended on the United States in March, the Orthodox rabbis of Dallas shuttered their synagogues together in a remarkable show of unity. In April, as the governor of Texas began reopening the state, the rabbis banded together again, telling their congregants that they all would keep their synagogues…
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Fast Forward Deep layoffs at organization tasked with helping Jewish nonprofits through the crisis
(JTA) – The nonprofit organization leading an emergency coalition to coordinate the Jewish response to the pandemic-induced financial crisis has itself slashed its staff. Jewish Federations of North America, an umbrella group of communal fundraising and programming organizations across the country, announced layoffs and executive salary cuts in a message to board members and federation…
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Fast Forward New York Mayor Bill De Blasio has a long relationship with the city’s Orthodox community
(JTA) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted a message last week calling out “the Jewish community” for violating social distancing guidelines after a Hasidic funeral drew hundreds onto the streets of Brooklyn. The tweet was swiftly criticized for unfairly targeting the Jewish community when the majority are abiding by public health guidelines,…
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Fast Forward Hillel International lays off, furloughs 20% of staff due to coronavirus uncertainty
(JTA) – With many of its normal activities interrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic, Hillel International, the umbrella organization for centers for Jewish student life on college campuses around the world, has laid off or furloughed 30 positions at its Washington, D.C., headquarters — over 20 percent of its workforce. The cuts were made last…
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Fast Forward Whistleblowers in the haredi Orthodox community have always faced obstacles. Coronavirus is no different.
(JTA) – Jacob Kornbluh was walking past his synagogue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park on Passover when he noticed a light on inside the building. Knowing that the synagogue had been closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, he looked inside and saw approximately 40 people praying. “I said to myself this…
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