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After selling his company in 2018 for $1.9 billion, Walder and his wife established a family foundation supporting the sciences and religious initiatives
Despite the passage of time, he seems to be falling deeper into this dark mode Moderated by Faigy Peritzman My son-in-law is a sweet, unassuming guy, whom we love and admire. He comes from a very well-known family of askanim, people who are well-meaning, yet strong minded and action-oriented. We’ve always been impressed how he’s developed a strong self, despite family pressure and prominence. It’s essential to him to be independent, and we respect that need. Recently, his rosh yeshivah, a great talmid chacham and an incredible individual, was niftar. While we all mourned his passing, my...
324 shares An Orthodox Jewish wedding taking place in contravention to COVID-19 restrictions at the Hilton Chicago Northbrook hotel, December 2, 2020. (Screen capture: CBSN Chicago) JTA — Officials in the Chicago area are struggling to uncover whether an Orthodox Jewish wedding that violated public health restrictions led to new COVID-19 cases in the hard-hit city. About 150 guests attended the wedding in a Chicago suburb on December 2 at a time when 14.8% of COVID-19 tests in the surrounding county were coming back positive. The wedding made local news as the latest in a series of e...
An oversized wedding in Chicago has divided Orthodox Jews and foiled contact tracers December 15, 2020 5:32 pm Workers test residents for COVID-19 and its antibodies at a mobile test site in Chicago, Dec. 12, 2020. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — Officials in the Chicago area are struggling to uncover whether an Orthodox Jewish wedding that violated public health restrictions led to new COVID-19 cases in the hard-hit city. About 150 guests attended the wedding in a Chicago suburb on Dec. 2 at a time when 14.8% of COVID tests in the surrounding cou...