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With familial connections to numerous famed rabbinic dynasties, Rabbi Kanievsky was long respected but rose to new heights during the pandemic.

A Conversation with Dr. Irving Lebovics of Am Echad United

In my opinion, the future of the Jewish People will be played out in Israel.

Gabby Deutch is joining Jewish Insider full time as our new Washington correspondent covering key stories and figures from the capital. She was previously NewsGuard’s Washington correspondent and a contributing writer at JI. She’s also an alum of The Atlantic, CNN and The Toledo Blade. Welcome Gabby! The White House hosted a virtual Purim gathering on Friday afternoon for approximately 30 administration staffers. Along with a message from Rabbi Levi Shemtov, several participants shared t...

ksuadminFebruary 18, 2021 12 The crowd grew and moved like waves in the sea. Hundreds of men pressed together stretched out their arms towards the rabbi’s body, trying to touch the coffin in an expression of religious devotion. It was the highlight of the third lockdown in Israel, and the location was an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood near central Jerusalem. Meetings were prohibited. The use of a mask was mandatory. Coronavirus infection rates were on the rise, especially among ultra-Orthod...

Jan. ’21 By The New York Times·Sources: Israeli Ministry of Health (cases); Israel Democracy Institute and Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (population) Rivka Wertheimer, a 74-year-old Haredi homemaker, was among the most recent wave of infected people. Late one recent night, she was close to death. Two ambulances were parked outside her cramped apartment in north Jerusalem, ready to rush her to the hospital. Two paramedics were inside, ready to lift her onto a gurney. A nurse at he...

Dont show me this message again✕ On holiday: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky reads the book of Esther in a rare visit to a local synagogue for the feast of Purim two years ago (AFP via Getty) C haim Kanievsky can’t use a phone, rarely leaves his house, has never made a cup of tea  successfully and doesn’t know the name of Israel’s prime minister, according to those who know the rabbi who studies the Torah for 17 hours a day, give or take. Yet despite his seeming detachment from worldly life, Ka...