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August 8, 2021, 11:35 am
18 Orthodox girls taken off New York-bound flight in dispute over virus rules
Police at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport removed 18 Orthodox Jewish girls on Friday allegedly because they failed to comply with COVID-19 measures about eating at proscribed times.
By JTA
A poster encouraging people not to get COVID-19 vaccines in an Orthodox neighbourhood of Brooklyn.
May 9, 2021, 11:51 am
The strictly-Orthodox summer camp where vaccinated children are banned
Anti-vaccination misinformation reaches new heights in American Jewish communities where non-compliance with public health regulations has been relatively high.
By Shira Hanau (JTA)
Workers wearing protective suits disinfect a bus as a preventive measure amid fears over the spread of the coronavirus
February 5, 2021, 12:33 pm
A cure for Covid? Israeli team claims new drug has 96% success rate
Researchers at Tel Aviv’s biggest hospital report what could be a game-changer in the fight against the pandemic.
By Jenni Frazer
This week's front page alongside last week's JN investigation
February 4, 2021, 10:13 am
Voice of the Jewish News: Are we sorry for doing our job? Absolutely not
News, as we all know, can be both good and bad, and we do not look away when bad things happen. Nor would you expect us to.
A Jewish man with his son walk along Oxford Street while while wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Coronavirus.
February 1, 2021, 11:13 pm
Two thirds of London Charedim had Covid last year
Government-funded study shows strictly-Orthodox community had one of the highest rates in the world in March 2020 - but lockdown led to steep fall
By Adam Decker
January 30, 2021, 8:24 pm
Stamford Hill campaign to boycott Jewish News for exposing lockdown criminality
Sections of the strictly-Orthodox Jewish community launch campaign to boycott this newspaper for exposing extensive and potentially deadly lockdown breaches.
By Adam Decker
January 28, 2021, 9:45 am
JN Investigation: ‘For months they’ve broken every rule in the book’
Lookouts hired, cash set aside for fines, a bride with Covid and another large wedding THIS WEEK – the extent of potentially deadly lockdown breaches in Stamford Hill revealed.
By Ellie Jacobs
Donald Trump Photo credit: Matt Cardy/PA Wire
October 2, 2020, 11:03 am
Trump has coronavirus – Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were with him this week
Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive and will begin quarantining. Several Jewish White House officials are among those who may now also be infected.
By JTA
Piers Corbyn (2nd left) the brother of former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, speaking at a Stop New Normal protest at Portobello Green in London.
August 31, 2020, 10:19 am
Piers Corbyn fined £10k for organising anti-lockdown demo featuring David Icke
Brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn hailed the anti-lockdown protest in central London an “epic success”.
By Jewish News Reporter
Picture: Twitter
August 30, 2020, 1:45 pm
David Icke, who claims ‘Rothschilds planned virus’, addresses anti-lockdown demo
Conspiracy theorist who also says the world is run by giant shape-shifting reptiles appeared on stage with Jeremy Corbyn's brother.
By Jewish News Reporter
View of the Westren Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem, August 25, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** חרדי ירושלים העיר העתיקה כותל כתל מתפלל יהודים
August 27, 2020, 1:30 pm
The Western Wall as you’ve never seen it before
A place many have been but a sight few have seen – this is the Kotel this week, eerily free of visitors, with queues and social distancing marked and enforced by barriers.
By Jewish News Reporter
Face coverings should be worn by secondary pupils and staff in local lockdown areas of England, and at the discretion of post-primary schools across the country, the Government announced in another policy U-turn.
August 26, 2020, 11:50 pm
Staggered starts, year capsules and new schedules among ‘immense’ school changes
Jewish schools outline their plans for the new term as government advises students in areas under local lockdown to wear face masks.
By Mathilde Frot
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez (Wikipedia/Ministry of the Presidency. Government of Spain)
May 14, 2020, 4:58 pm
Spain extends deadline for Sephardic Jews to claim citizenship
The country will extend the time limit for descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from the country more than 500 years ago to acquirie Spanish citizenship.
By Jewish News Reporter
May 8, 2020, 4:09 pm
The 107-year-old who survived 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and COVID-19
Marilee Shapiro Asher contracted the Spanish flu aged six in 1918 and COVID-19 in April. The acclaimed artist is one of only a handful of people to overcame both deadly pandemics.
By Ben Harris (JTA)
Rabbi Neil Kraft with his family. Picture courtesy of Elie Kraft's social media.
March 28, 2020, 6:25 pm
‘Adored’ Edgware and Hendon Reform shul rabbi dies from coronavirus
Rabbi Neil Kraft spent 17 years leading the community and had been due to retire in a matter of weeks.
By Adam Decker
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