As life returns to something like normal for many Beit Shemesh residents like me, some of the town's Hasidic residents find themselves under a government lockdown

Curfew goes into effect from Sunday at 6 a.m. and will last at least 5 days after these areas see spike in infections; IDF to ensure residents have access to food, basic services

Beit Shemesh, Elad and Modiin Illit each have more cases than Israel's second-largest city despite having an aggregate population just over half its size

Some railing against government coronavirus guidelines closing synagogues and yeshivas, liken their treatment by authorities to persecution of Jews under totalitarian regimes

Man was part of group of ultra-Orthodox residents who gathered near a synagogue against health restrictions; he is accused of refusing to disperse, cursing and spitting at officer

Cities with large ultra-Orthodox populations see big jump in new diagnoses; police minister says cops carrying out 'unprecedented enforcement' in Bnei Brak

With several leading rabbis reluctant to comply with Health Ministry orders to shut down schools and yeshivas, many students believe they are not at risk from coronavirus pandemic

Father of the groom, an American citizen, was meant to be in self-isolation, but attended along with some 150 participants

Police arrest one participant who violated a quarantine order, potentially infecting dozens of people at the event in Beit Shemsh

Police say sappers called to central moshav of Mesilat Zion; Hebrew media reports explosives and a small Palestinian flag attached to balloons