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589 shares David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. He is the author of "Still Life with Bombers" (2004) and "A Little Too Close to God" (2000), and co-author of "Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin" (1996). He previously edited The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011) and The Jerusalem Report (1998-2004). Ultra-Orthodox Jews carry the body of Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik during his funeral in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. The mass ceremony took place despite the country's health regulations banning large public gatherings, during a nationwide lockdown to c...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Police on Monday summoned for questioning the apparent organizers of two mass funerals of ultra-Orthodox rabbis that took place in Jerusalem the previous day, according to a television report. The funerals, which were each attended by thousands of people, took place in defiance of the lockdown rules aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19. Both rabbis had died of the coronavirus. Following intense criticism of police’s failure to prevent the mass crowds, the force is now making a specific effort to investigate the people behind the call...

1,257 shares Ultra-Orthodox men attend the funeral of late Rabbi Yitzchok Sheiner, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Thousands of people on Sunday night joined the funeral procession of a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi in Jerusalem who died of the coronavirus, in defiance of the lockdown rules, hours after another burial in the capital drew a massive crowd. Though officials said earlier that fewer people were expected to attend Rabbi Yitzhok Scheiner’s funeral than the 10,000 who packed the earlier funeral of another top ultra-Orthodox rabbi, footage from Jerusa...