Haredi culture is resilient, cohesive and more self-critical than most outsiders realize, but its strengths became its vulnerabilities in the face of COVID-19

Ultra-Orthodox will continue to revere their rabbinic leaders despite belated response to virus threat, but Gilad Malach believes many 'will start making decisions for themselves'

The principal reason ultra-Orthodox politicians exist is to safeguard the well-being of their insular constituents. When that became a life-or-death mission, they let us all down

Insular NY communities are hard-hit by coronavirus due to communal lifestyle and lack of outside information, but leaders say the public safety message is now spreading quickly

Health Ministry data shows cities, home to large ultra-Orthodox communities, have highest numbers of coronavirus patients and much higher infection rates than national average

Chabad's Rabbi Masoud Tubul, 64, passes away from COVID-19 in Paris; Satmar's Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, 72-year-old head of world's largest Hasidic sect, is diagnosed with virus

New York religious leaders briefed by Avi Berkowitz, told to close any yeshivas and schools still open

Haya Valer, 22, was recently interviewed by Channel 12 about her experiences, including being put on anti-psychotic drugs after expressing doubts

Yeshiva University Prof. Moshe Krakowski believes that as regular physical and verbal violence against Jews continues, the media is as much to blame as the perpetrators

'The price to pay is so high' for openly rejecting religious life that many lapsed Haredim prefer to live a lie within their community, says head of support group