Suspected Terror Attack in Israel Leaves 2 Dead and 6 Wounded
March 27, 2022
The two gunmen were killed during the suspected terror attack in Hadera Sunday night.
Shira Hanau, JTA
Chaim Kanievsky, Haredi Orthodox Rabbi Known as ‘Prince of Torah,’ Dies at 94
March 18, 2022
Kanievsky was 94 and died after collapsing at his home in Bnei Brak, the center of haredi life in Israel where he was regarded with reverence.
In Brooklyn’s Hipster Williamsburg Neighborhood, Hasidic Jews are the Real Counterculture
June 9, 2021
In their new book, “A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg” (Yale University Press), Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper unpack the history of Jewish Williamsburg and the collision of its pious Jewish community with the forces of commerce and urban development.
New Pew Study shows 75% of Orthodox Jews Identify as Republicans
May 11, 2021
Percentage is up from 57% in 2013.
What Jewish Summer Camp Will Look Like This Year
April 19, 2021
Camps in the United States are opening again with a combination of testing and vaccinations, along with a better understanding of how COVID-19 spreads.
Synagogues are Not Rushing to Reopen, Even as Vaccines are Making Gatherings Safe
March 18, 2021
Zoom services have proven to be a meaningful way of connecting as a congregation.
COVID-Fatigued Communities Prepare for a Distanced Purim
February 2, 2021
In 2020, Purim began on the evening of March 9, just before the country shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Abraham Twerski, Famed Rabbi and Psychiatrist, Dies at Age 90
January 31, 2021
Twerski had been battling COVID-19 in Israel.
FBI Raids Home of Orthodox Man in Capitol Mob
January 12, 2021
Aaron Mostofsky, an Orthodox Jewish man who participated in the Capitol mob last week wearing fur pelts and a bulletproof vest, was arrested by the FBI at his home in Brooklyn Tuesday morning.
New Statistics on Haredi COVID-19 Deaths in Israel
December 29, 2020
In Israel, as in the United States, haredi Orthodox communities have been hard hit by the coronavirus.
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