New York City police break up another Orthodox funeral as crowds gather

Dozens of police officers directed a large group of visibly Orthodox Jews away from the area, many of whom wore masks and stood in the street. Some were crowded together behind yellow police tape.

Members of the Hasidic Jewish community walk through the Borough Park neighborhood, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., April 8, 2020

(photo credit: REUTERS/BRENDAN MCDERMID)

BySHIRA HANAU/JTA

MAY 1, 2020 07:17

New York City police break up another Orthodox funeral as crowds gather

Dozens of police officers directed a large group of visibly Orthodox Jews away from the area, many of whom wore masks and stood in the street. Some were crowded together behind yellow police tape.

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New York City police break up another Orthodox funeral as crowds gather

Dozens of police officers directed a large group of visibly Orthodox Jews away from the area, many of whom wore masks and stood in the street. Some were crowded together behind yellow police tape.

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