Jewish World

Jewish group reports that Deliveroo drivers decline to take food to Jewish customers. Deliveroo spokesman: Anti-Semitic acts, like all racist acts, are unacceptable.

The coronavirus pandemic is transforming the isolationist ultra-Orthodox community as Haredim rush en masse to get Internet and stay updated on the news.

"It is not anti-Semitism to criticize a government. I'm fine with BDS, as long as it's clear that you are boycotting a government and not a people," Sarah Silverman says on social media.

In addition to purporting a false link between vaccines and homosexuality, Rabbi Daniel Asor also claims that both the virus and the vaccines are the work of a "global malicious government" trying to "establish a new world order."

Brooklyn Rabbi David Cohen permits the use of a special helpline on Shabbat for community members who are struggling with mental issues, and the response is overwhelming. 

"It is a necessary and valuable tool for all governments," says Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, director of American Jewish Committee Europe.

Activists argue the measure will reduce the suffering of the livestock, but Jewish and Muslim critics of the regulation point out that it curbs religious freedom.

Jewish University of London students cited as complaining of anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist harassment.

As a result of nationwide lockdowns, IDF soldiers spend time in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods to enforce the Health Ministry guidelines. The two groups being exposed to each other has led to a better mutual understanding.