Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews ignore Covid lockdown rules in Israel for Rabbi funeral
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated today in the funeral of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem, flouting the country’s ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. Photographs showed the funeral procession for Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, who died at age 99 and had recently suffered from Covid-19, winding its way through the streets of Jerusalem in … Read more