Torah Trumps Life: Reflections on Uncivil Religion and Haredi Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

As if by design, crisis reveals basic structural fault lines. In the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, non-Haredi Jews expressed surprise and even outrage about the ultra-orthodox Haredi response to the pandemic. It was not understood how large-scale violations of public health protocols comported with...

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Main Author: Braiterman, Zachary J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 7
Further subjects:B Babylonian Talmud
B Haredim
B Covid-19
B Ritual
B Hasidism
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