Aharon Hadash was spiritual leader of world-famous Mir Yeshiva; institute said to have made deal with police on size of crowd but participants seen violating guidelines en masse

Israeli authorities regularly hold bodies of attackers in order to deter future attacks; police internal affairs says incident 'being examined,' but no investigation

2 arrested amid clashes with police, vehicle damaged as crowds congregate in violation of health rules; thousands also gathered in New York City to pay tribute to Orthodox leader

Rioters from Majdal Shams break into Safed medical center, where law enforcement had been holding body of community leader who died of COVID in effort to prevent large gathering

Gur Hasidic sect, which has been accused of flouting rules in the past, organizes rally against alleged incitement, keeping mask-wearing and distancing guidelines

Flag-draped casket draws members of Congress, military officials, friends and family to honor late justice; rabbi leading ceremony says RGB changed course of American law

David Jacobson's Gomle Fund buys $6,000 plot for Beth Salamensky, who died alone, far from locked-down family. Online service draws unexpected crowd of empathetic strangers

Tributes pour in for Israel Prize laureate and scholar credited with revolutionizing Talmud studies; funeral starts in Jerusalem at 2 p.m., is being livestreamed

Gutterman's Funeral Home director Dominic Carella says he's seen nothing like the recent doubling in deaths over his 30-year career, and he never wanted to

TV report: 7 relatives flew in 70-year-old woman's body, ignored requirement that they enter quarantine, went to funeral with 100 people, then on to synagogue; police investigating