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In this May 3, 2020 photo, the setting sun shines on the US Supreme Court building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
US Supreme Court rules against coronavirus limitations on New York synagogues
By Jessica Gresko
Court strikes down governor’s ‘Cluster Initiative,’ which limited numbers of worshipers in high-infection areas; Amy Coney Barrett crucial to 5-4 ruling
In this May 3, 2020 photo, the setting sun shines on the US Supreme Court building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
November 26, 2020, 11:25 am
US Supreme Court rules against coronavirus limitations on New York synagogues
Court strikes down governor’s ‘Cluster Initiative,’ which limited numbers of worshipers in high-infection areas; Amy Coney Barrett crucial to 5-4 ruling
By Jessica Gresko
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox man stops to read an announcement at a closed synagogue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York, April 7, 2020. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
November 19, 2020, 8:53 am
US ultra-Orthodox group asks Supreme Court to block COVID limits on synagogues
In wake of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation, Agudath Israel seen as banking on highest court’s new conservative majority to take a more sympathetic view of religious liberty
By Shira Hanau
In this October 4, 2020, photo, an Orthodox Jewish family crosses a street during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Borough Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
November 10, 2020, 11:50 am
Restrictions on Brooklyn Jewish neighborhoods reduced as COVID-19 rates drop
Designation changed from ‘red’ to ‘orange,’ meaning some nonessential businesses can reopen and more can attend religious services; earlier closure had caused anger
By Shira Hanau
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris depart after the former delivered remarks in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 4, 2020, a day after US Election Day. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
November 9, 2020, 3:37 pm
Biden names coronavirus advisory board, including whistleblower fired by Trump
‘I will be informed by science and by experts,’ president-elect says; advisers include scientist ousted by White House following his warnings about COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine
By Agencies and TOI staff
Members of the Orthodox Jewish community wait for school buses to collect them in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, October 8, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
October 31, 2020, 10:32 am
Schools in NY Orthodox neighborhoods can reopen under new testing plan
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says educational institutions in areas with high infection rates can open if all teachers, staff and students are tested
By Shira Hanau
Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar in Brooklyn, New York. (Google Street View)
October 18, 2020, 11:44 pm
Satmar wedding of ‘10,000’ made family-only after NY officials block it
Synagogue says it had always been the plan to keep event limited to relatives, but a public reception afterwards was called off, given the virus crackdown
By JTA and TOI staff
Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks with his daughters in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
October 18, 2020, 1:22 am
New York said to halt planned Orthodox Jewish wedding with up to 10,000 guests
Amid COVID-19 restrictions and unrest in Orthodox neighborhoods, Governor Cuomo says: ‘You can get married. You just can’t get a thousand people at your wedding’
By TOI staff and AFP
A young girl holds a poster she made as she joined protesters outside the offices of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
October 16, 2020, 8:56 pm
‘It’s totally irresponsible’: How NYC Jews feel watching Borough Park unrest
Residents conflicted between fears of soaring coronavirus, rising anti-Semitism and anger at those publicly defying public health restrictions
By Ben Sales
Protesters gather on the sidewalk outside the the offices of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in New York City, October 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
October 16, 2020, 4:16 am
3 New York Jewish groups sue state, calling COVID rules ‘blatantly anti-Semitic’
Rockland Country congregations file lawsuit against New York state and Governor Cuomo, saying localized coronavirus lockdown policies are discriminatory
By Larry Neumeister
Heshy Tischler, center, a City Council candidate and activist in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park, walks out of Kings County Criminal Court after his arraignment, October 12, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
October 13, 2020, 12:20 pm
Home on bail, NY anti-lockdown leader vows to keep up fight, but not violence
Heshy Tischler, charged with inciting a riot, indicates former state assemblyman Dov Hikind helped spring him from jail after arrest stemming from attacks on Jewish journalist
By Shira Hanau
Jewish Insider reporter Jacob Kornbluh (bottom left) is surrounded by dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters in Brooklyn, New York, on October 7, 2020. (screencapture/ Twitter)
October 12, 2020, 11:26 pm
Jewish Democrats and Republicans jointly condemn Brooklyn attack on journalist
JDCA, RJC leaders blast ‘unconscionable’ violence against Jacob Kornbluh by mob of Haredi extremists
By Jacob Magid
Crowd gathers outside the Brooklyn home of journalist Jacob Kornbluh, October 12, 2020 (Screen grab/Twitter/Yid info)
October 12, 2020, 9:33 am
Mob threatens journalist outside his home after NY anti-lockdown leader arrested
Police block entrance to Jacob Kornbluh’s building as ultra-Orthodox men chant insults at him, after Heshy Tischler arrested in connection with assault at earlier protest
By TOI staff and JTA
New York radio host Heshy Tischler. (Screenshot/YouTube via JTA)
October 12, 2020, 5:36 am
Brooklyn anti-lockdown protest leader arrested for ‘inciting riot’
Heshy Tischler also to be charged with ‘unlawful imprisonment’ over assault of Jewish journalist in Borough Park demonstration; accuses Cuomo, de Blasio of anti-Semitism
By TOI staff and JTA
Illustrative: Young members of the Hasidic community gather in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park to denounce lockdowns of their neighborhood due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on October 7, 2020, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
October 11, 2020, 2:06 pm
Unmoved by COVID rules, ultra-Orthodox in Brooklyn celebrate holiday under radar
Scant few in hotspot Borough Park seen wearing masks as they head to synagogues for Simhat Torah eve, apparently choosing to violate guidelines beyond sight of few cops on patrol
By Jacob Magid
A Hasidic Jew walks past a closed synagogue in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, on October 9, 2020. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
October 10, 2020, 4:55 pm
In Brooklyn, ultra-Orthodox Jews defiant in face of virus shutdown
Borough Park residents vow to hold religious gatherings despite restrictions in NY areas with high infection rates; accuse Cuomo, De Blasio of singling them out for backing Trump
By Peter HUTCHISON
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