How to explain the blinkered defiance and contempt among an extremist minority in the ultra-Orthodox community for humankind's efforts to thwart this pandemic, and how to tackle it

Journalist says he was hit, threatened, had his cellphone taken, and was told he could have been killed while reporting on illegal gathering

Controversial talk show host draws much support among ultra-Orthodox community, who feel voiceless, but others condemn him as a rabble-rouser, with tactics that lead to his arrest

Heshy Tischler, charged with inciting a riot, indicates former state assemblyman Dov Hikind helped spring him from jail after arrest stemming from attacks on Jewish journalist

Heshy Tischler, charged with inciting riot and unlawful imprisonment, released on bail, warned he will be rearrested if he contacts Jewish Insider journalist Jacob Kornbluh

JDCA, RJC leaders blast 'unconscionable' violence against Jacob Kornbluh by mob of Haredi extremists

Police block entrance to Jacob Kornbluh's building as ultra-Orthodox men chant insults at him, after Heshy Tischler arrested in connection with assault at earlier protest

Heshy Tischler also to be charged with 'unlawful imprisonment' over assault of Jewish journalist in Borough Park demonstration; accuses Cuomo, de Blasio of anti-Semitism

Heshy Tischler claims he will be 'taken in for inciting a riot,' following 2 nights of unrest, assault of reporter in Borough Park neighborhood

Bill de Blasio vows NYPD will have more effective response if unrest over COVID-19 restrictions again breaks out in Brooklyn