Some Orthodox Jews bristle at NYC's response to virus surge
Amid a new surge of COVID-19 in New Yorks Orthodox Jewish communities, many residents are reviving health measures that some had abandoned over the summer social distancing, wearing masks. The officials say worst-hit zip codes overlap with large Orthodox Jewish communities in the cityโs boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and in a couple of nearby counties. Last week, Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, worked with the Boro Park Jewish Community Council to distribute 400,000 masks. โThe Jewish community feels theyโre being singled out and thereโs some element of ant-Semitism,โ he said Monday. In 2018 and 2019, measles cases spread in Orthodox communities in New York as well as other regions.
Detroitโs Jewish community โcondemnsโ behavior, signage of โOperation Gridlockโ protestors
All rights reserved)DETROIT โ The Jewish Community Relations Council of Detroit (AJC) has publicly condemned the behavior and signage of protestors that participated in โOperation Gridlockโ on Wednesday. Thousands of Michigan residents swarmed the Lansing capitol to protest Michigan Gov. MORE: Thousands protest Michigan governorโs social distance orderPhotos and videos from the protest show individuals holding posters with swastikas, comparing Whitmer to Adolf Hitler. โRegardless of oneโs political views, the use of such imagery and symbolism is inexcusable,โ AJC said. โThe Nazi imagery is particularly galling as it comes only days before Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), which begins on Monday night.โAJC is requesting the protest organizers to condemn the behavior, as well.