This is the Forward’s coverage of Hasidic Judaism, a sub-group of Haredi Judaism that adheres to the historical traditions of Eastern European Jews, including communicating in Yiddish.
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Fast Forward Report: organizers of five Brooklyn High Holiday gatherings hit with $15,000 fines
The organizers of five Jewish religious gatherings in the Hasidic hub of Borough Park, Brooklyn, received maximum-allowable $15,000 fines for violating state rules limiting such gatherings to 10 people in areas where coronavirus infection rates are highest, sources told the New York Post. The city said that it handed out $150,000 total in fines in…
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News Why are the Orthodox protesting in the streets? And more of your questions, answered.
Orthodox Jews in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park marched in the streets Tuesday night into Wednesday morning in demonstrations that turned violent and ended with fires in the street and a man in the hospital. Here’s what you need to know. Why are Haredi Jews protesting? Borough Park is one of the neighborhoods where…
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News Hasidic counter-protester critically injured in Borough Park Cuomo-de Blasio protest, now in stable condition
Berish Getz, a Borough Park resident, was beaten to the point of critical injuries during a demonstration that raged until the early morning Wednesday against new state-mandated restrictions imposed on the neighborhood, as well as others home to New York’s ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, communities. He is now in stable condition and is undergoing body scans…
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Fast Forward Orthodox areas drive NYC’s COVID-19 rate to highest level since June, mayor says
New York City’s one-day positive COVID-19 test rate jumped to 3.25%, its highest rate since June, with much of the new cases attributable to zip codes with large Orthodox Jewish communities, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. The high test rate portends a shutdown of the city’s nascent public school reopening plan…
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News What coronavirus? Haredi indoor weddings are booming in New York
Guards are installed at the doors, entrance lights are turned off, and guests are asked not to share on social media: That’s how some Orthodox weddings are being organized today, taking place indoors. “Most problems of weddings end with hiring a guard who stands at the door and watches that more than fifty people shouldn’t…
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Community Photos reveal the hidden side of Hasidic weddings
For my thirteenth birthday, my stepfather gave me a camera. I had just arrived in New York City without any spoken English, but his gift enabled me to begin to communicate with the world through images. It was the beginning of a lifelong passion. Now, I am a professional photographer, one who has spent her…
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News How New York’s Haredim are responding to George Floyd protests
A crowd of police in riot gear marched down Crown Heights’ Eastern Parkway one day this week to applause and salutes from some of the neighborhood’s Haredi residents. Another day, amid another Black Lives Matter protest, a Jewish man with side curls offered the throng in Williamsburg a double thumbs-up. Over on Williamsburgh’s Bedford and…
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News NY Attorney General opens probe into NYPD COVID enforcement
New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced on Wednesday that she is looking into reports of unequal enforcement by the New York Police Department of social-distancing requirements due to coronavirus. In a May 8 letter to the police commissioner, James requested department policies and directives for enforcing the social-distancing rules, as well as the…
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