Rochel Berman News Today

The latest installment of The New York Times' reporting on Hasidic schools is facing backlash with accusations that it is fueling antisemitism towards Orthodox Jews.

A Topsy-Turvy Purim I remember Purim last year, when we all sat in shul listening to the Megillah. No one thought about “social distancing” as we broke our fast together in packed social halls. The term hadn’t been invented.. Those successive urgent email messages from the Agudath Israel hadn’t begun yet either. And masks and gloves were still primarily worn by doctors and nurses. But before too long, the world as we knew it had completely changed, and we started to wonder when it woul...