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A man rests after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a coronavirus vaccination center set up at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, March. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
December 28, 2021, 12:35 pm
Hard-hit by first waves of COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get vaccinated
Bnei Brak mayor says city ‘going on the offensive’ to get shots into people’s arms; officials deploying mobile vaccination units to Haredi areas while fighting misinformation
By Tia Goldenberg
A bus set alight by an ultra-Orthodox mob in the city of Bnei Brak, January 24, 2021. (Israel Police)
January 25, 2021, 10:51 pm
Police, firefighters stood by for an hour as ultra-Orthodox mob torched bus
Ignoring pleas by Bnei Brak residents, fire crew stationed down the street refused to intervene, citing police orders; fire burned through power lines, approached buildings
By ToI Staff
A bus set alight by an ultra-Orthodox mob in the city of Bnei Brak, January 24, 2021. (Israel Police)
January 25, 2021, 6:28 am
Driver recounts ‘nightmare’ after Haredi mob torches his bus at lockdown protest
Says 200 rioters ‘tried to lynch me’; blazing vehicle burns through power cables; mayor blames police for violence, is also attacked by crowd
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters set a bus on fire during a protest against the enforcement of the coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Bnei Brak, January 24, 2021 (Screencapture/ Twitter)
January 24, 2021, 11:50 pm
Fresh clashes in Bnei Brak as Haredi leaders blame police for violence
Fireworks launched toward officers, buses attacked and burned, as rioting again breaks out in ultra-Orthodox city where many are breaching and opposing national COVID lockdown
By ToI Staff
A man dressed as an employee of Israel Railways prevents an ultra-Orthodox couple from boarding the train, in an elaborate PR stunt by the Bnei Brak municipality, sparking a  backlash. (Twitter)
September 10, 2020, 8:56 pm
Bnei Brak pays man to keep ultra-Orthodox off trains, in PR stunt
Video showing man dressed as railway employee preventing couple from boarding a train meant to highlight ultra-Orthodox city being left out of Tel Aviv metro plans
By ToI Staff
Police officers close synagogues and hand out fines to Haredi Jews in Jerusalem's Bukharim neighborhood, following government restrictions imposed as part of the effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, April 6, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 6, 2020, 5:04 pm
Netanyahu cancels cabinet vote on local lockdowns as Haredim threaten rebellion
In unprecedented letter, 4 ultra-Orthodox mayors accuse PM of turning their community into national ‘punching bag,’ say they won’t cooperate with new restrictions
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Bnei Brak Mayor Avraham Rubinstein during a ceremony to mark Israel's Memorial Day, April 27, 2020. (Ynet)
April 28, 2020, 1:33 am
Bnei Brak mayor thanks soldiers for their help during virus lockdown
Avraham Rubinstein, head of ultra-Orthodox city hit hard by outbreak, expresses appreciation in Memorial Day speech for troops who supplied residents during quarantine
By ToI Staff
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