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April 13, 2020

How Ultra-Orthodox Attitudes toward the Israeli State and the Duties of Citizenship Shaped the Response to the Coronavirus

Public-health measures or religious repression?

In both Israel and the U.S., ḥaredi communities have been among those hit hardest by the current pandemic. Large and often multigenerational families, intense communal life, and high population density partly explain this fact, but so does the slowness of leaders to shut down schools and synagogues and discourage weddings and other public gatherings. The results have provoked resentment from outsiders, but also anger from within.

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