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Positive test rate highest in months, as officials make grim prediction of major outbreak in spring despite vaccination campaign

Top rabbi Chaim Kanievsky reportedly approves move amid soaring virus case numbers and deaths; more institutions said likely to join in coming days

Police say residents of Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhood threw rocks, bags of trash at officers; educational institutions around country reported to breach virus rules

Canadian citizen Zalman Zirkind faces up to 14 years in American federal prison on charges; says little secular education led to financial desperation in supporting large family

11 demonstrators arrested for assaulting officers; 3 cops and 2 city inspectors injured during rioting outside extremist sect's educational institution

Trick exposed after other newspapers publish original photo of ultra-Orthodox leaders violating government virus guidelines

Following criticism, grandson of Chaim Kanievsky tells Netanyahu influential leader has ordered educational institutions temporarily shuttered amid surging cases

Hundreds attend events in Beitar Illit, where positive test rate is highest in Israel at 26%, and Bnei Brak, where police are reportedly ordered to let wedding go on

Israel Democracy Institute study finds community suffered worse employment setback due to coronavirus than rest of workforce, wage-earners moving from jobs in education to commerce