Around 2,000 Hasidic Jews have gathered at Ukraine’s border with Belarus where their annual pilgrimage has been barred due to coronavirus restrictions. Kiev has accused President Alexander Lukashenko of manufacturing the crisis by giving the pilgrims hope that they could cross the frontier in retaliation for Ukraine’s support for the recent pro-democracy protests. Despite Ukraine’s … Read more
Pictures have emerged of a Hasidic rabbi who was stabbed in broad daylight on a London street today in a suspected hate crime before two heroic builders tackled the knifeman to the ground. Yaakov Schlesinger, a senior rabbi and teacher from the Satmar sect in his 50s, was stabbed multiple times after he was approached by … Read more
Police swoop on London street as Hasidic Jew in his 50s is victim of ‘hate crime’ stabbing before builders wrestle knife suspect to the floor Witnesses said the man was knifed on Stoke Newington High Street, Hackney A friend of the victim described seeing blade wounds to the victim’s skull The victim was able to … Read more
Hasidic Jews ignore social distancing rules during coronavirus lockdown as hundreds gather to mark festival despite previous Covid-19 rates being six times higher among Jewish people Crowd of around 300 were spotted marking Lag BaOmer in Stamford Hill Comes despite PM saying one person can only meet on other outside household Last month, police broke … Read more