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De Blasio’s Tweet about a funeral soured his relationship with the Orthodox — for now

De Blasio spent years courting the Orthodox. One tweet changed everything.

What a difference a pandemic makes — but de Blasio’s relationships with religious Jewish communities will be intact in the long term.

Jewish nonprofit best practices are no match for coronavirus

“There’s something here that is being shown about the method by which we fund that needs to be revised.”

Amid coronavirus, Brazilian Jews face rising anti-Semitism

In Brazil, conspiracy theories link the novel coronavirus outbreak to Jews, prompting antisemitism

They gave $25 million to Jewish nonprofits. Was some of that money laundered from Ukraine?

“If you’re going to funnel money to a charity, no one’s going to ask a lot of questions. If you’re willing to give money, they’re going to take it.”

Group Fighting Secular Education At Yeshivas Deploys Misinformation, Holocaust Imagery

In The Fight Against Secular Education At Yeshivas, Alarmism Is The Primary Language

“This is using the most dramatic, over-the-top verbiage in order to frighten their constituency into supporting a movement.”

Trash Pickup On Shabbat: How NYC Sanitation Created A ‘Mountain of Garbage’ Outside Boro Park’s Yeshivas

Trash Pickup On Shabbat: How NYC Sanitation Created A ‘Mountain of Garbage’ Outside Boro Park’s Yeshivas

“You could see a couple hundred bags. It’s disgusting. It stinks.”

The Holocaust Activist Who’s Warning Poland — About Danger Posed By Jews

In Poland these days, the head of the country’s highest-profile Holocaust remembrance group is warning Poles that attacks on their country are coming from the “leftist Jewish media.”