Religious leadership is also to blame for COVID-19 crisis in Israel

How can religious leaders committed to a Torah that commands, “Choose life” and prohibits behaviors that harm people preach and give rulings that multiply the ravages of coronavirus?

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men arrive to pray on the banks of the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv during the ritual of Tashlich on October 07, 2019.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men arrive to pray on the banks of the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv during the ritual of Tashlich on October 07, 2019.

(photo credit: FLASH90)

ByYITZ GREENBERG

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 21:44