Today, August 3rd teachers in Knoxville, Tennessee report to work. Despite climbing COVID rates and fears and anxieties of teachers, parents and students, the superintendent of Knox County schools has not backtracked from his plan to reopen schools. Knoxville, a liberal bastion in a red state, has not broken rank from the likes of Governor […]
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“It felt like the world stopped”: A Hasidic Jew’s perspective on COVID-19 in Brooklyn
Recently, much controversy has arisen regarding Orthodox Jewish communities in NYC and the COVID-19 virus. Early in the pandemic, a media narrative emerged that Orthodox communities in Brooklyn neighborhoods were disproportionately violating social distancing measures. Many argued this was false, exaggerated, and/or betrayed an outsized media focus on these communities, leading to antisemitism. Recent data […]