1 in 73 haredi Orthodox Israelis over age 65 has died of COVID - report
The report by Shomrim, an Israeli investigative journalism nonprofit organization, found that 1.3% of haredim over 65 had died of COVID.
THE FUNERAL of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, on Sunday, in Jerusalem. The failure of haredi communities to come to terms with COVID-19, leading to extraordinary high rates of illness and death, requires soul-searching both internally and externally.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH 90)BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
