The New York City Sheriff’s Office says a Jewish wedding attended by thousands of people in Brooklyn on Monday night was in compliance with state COVID-19 restrictions, despite pictures and video showing crowds of men packed together with no social distancing or masks. Law enforcement watched from a distance as Shlomo Halberstam, the 18-year-old son … Read more
The NYPD has claimed a Jewish wedding attended by thousands of people in Brooklyn on Monday night was in compliance with state COVID-19 restrictions, despite pictures and video showing crowds of men packed together with no social distancing or masks. Cops watched from a distance as Shlomo Halberstam, the 18-year-old son of the head of … Read more
After a revered ultra-Orthodox rabbi died this week from COVID-19, Israeli police thought they had worked out an arrangement with his followers to allow a small, dignified funeral that would conform with public health guidelines under the current coronavirus lockdown. Followers of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer, 65, had been given special permission under Israel’s lockdown rules … Read more