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After prolonged battle, Israel approves work to make Cave of the Patriarchs accessible to disabled – J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

| May 5, 2020

Browse > Home / News / After prolonged battle, Israel approves work to make Cave of the Patriarchs accessible to disabled May 4, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS Read on for article After months of battling, Defence Minister Naphtali Bennett has approved construction work on the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron which will make it accessible to people with disabilities.

The real reasons coronavirus is spreading in my Hasidic …

| May 5, 2020

JERUSALEM (JTA) A vicious rumor has been making the rounds: Hasidim are neglecting to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously because we are selfish. But as someone born and bred in the Satmar community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who now lives in Jerusalem and writes for Yiddish publications, I can say thats wrong. There are many reasons why the COVID-19 outbreak has been worse in communities like mine than elsewhere, and why the response has unfortunately been slower.

Who are the Satmar, a Hasidic Jewish sect in the news and the TV show ‘Unorthodox’ – Forward

| May 5, 2020

Controversy erupted on Tuesday night after thousands of people in Brooklyn marched in a funeral procession, in violation of social distancing rules, honoring a late rabbi affiliated with the Satmar sect of Haredi Orthodox Judaism (sometimes referred to as Ultra-Orthodox).

Crowded Hasidic Funeral In Williamsburg Was Coordinated And Approved By NYPD – Gothamist

| May 5, 2020

Mayor Bill de Blasio personally helped disperse a crowded Hasidic funeral in Williamsburg on Tuesday night, sending thousands of mourners scattering on Bedford Avenue before issuing a stern warning on Twitter to "the Jewish community, and all communities." Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite [sic]: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic, de Blasio wrote.

Why Singling Out A Hasidic Funeral Won’t Make The Community Healthier – HuffPost

| May 5, 2020

On Tuesday, throngs of Hasidic Jews (specifically Satmar, which is one of many Hasidic sects) gathered to witness the funeral of a deeply respected rabbi from their community who died from COVID-19. Roughly 2,500 people came to the funeral, standing shoulder to shoulder, in violation of the states social-distancing guidelines to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Sadly, this was not an isolated incident

Stream of the Day: Unorthodox Fans Should Watch One of Us, Another Stirring Real-Life Renouncement – IndieWire

| May 5, 2020

With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a majorstreamingplatform. In 2014, documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady stumbled upon a small article about the New York City-based organization Footsteps, which assists those looking to leave an ultra-Orthodox religion (including both Hasidic and Haredi groups in the Jewish faith). The filmmakers are well known for their ability to earn the trust of cloistered communities (from the Christian extremists of Jesus Camp to the tight-knit creative denizens of Detropia), and they had long been intrigued by the ultra-Orthodox community that makes up dense pockets of NYC, but had never found a way to crack its insular world.

Subway to Stop for 4 Hours Every Night So Cars Can Be Cleaned – The New York Times

| May 5, 2020

[This briefing has ended. For the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak in the New York area, read Fridays live coverage.] Gov.

Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ Tells the True Story of One Woman’s Escape from a Strict Hasidic Community – Yahoo Lifestyle

| May 5, 2020

Photo credit: Anika Molnar/Netflix From ELLE In the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, audiences witness a transformation. The four-episode series follows the character Esther "Esty" Shapiro (played by Shira Haas), a young woman growing up in the Hasidic Satmar community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. An ultra-Orthodox sect of Judaism, the Satmar group was founded after World War II by Holocaust survivors who believed the Holocaust was punishment for assimilation.


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