Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated today in the funeral of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem, flouting the country's ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. Photographs showed ...

Leaders in the ultra-Orthodox community have, over the years, discovered the power they wield through coordinating a “bloc vote.” Politicians were quick to pick up on it, and in each election, a ...

Faigy Mayer — a 30-year-old aspiring tech entrepreneur who fatally leaped from a New York rooftop bar — was given an Orthodox Jewish funeral Tuesday from her family’s Hasidic community, even as ...

JTA — Two days after New York City’s mayor called out “the Jewish community” when vowing to crack down on gatherings, city police intervened in another funeral in a Jewish neighborhood, resulting in a ...

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio was forced to apologize Wednesday after he singled out the Jewish community for attending a large orthodox funeral in Brooklyn. The lawmaker on Tuesday said he had ...