Gov. Andrew Cuomo Calls On New York’s Orthodox Jews To Abstain From Large Religious Gatherings

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks to reporters in Albany at his daily news conference about the coronavirus crisis, March 29, 2020. (Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo)

NEW YORK (JTA) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Orthodox Jewish community to refrain from holding large religious gatherings, saying on Tuesday that the New York Police Department will “do what they need to do” to enforce his social distancing regulations.

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“I made it clear yesterday that these social distancing regulations are not just please, they are regulations that you can be fined for,” Cuomo said.

“I understand religious gatherings, I understand the Jewish Orthodox community. I’m very close to them and I have been for many, many years. But now is not the time for large religious gatherings. We’ve paid this price already. We’ve learned this lesson. That was New Rochelle in Westchester.”

COVID-19 spread through that New York City suburb in mid-to late March in large part due to Purim services and parties. The Jewish attorney at the center of the New Rochelle outbreak, who was released late last month from the hospital, infected those who attended a large funeral and Shabbat services.

Hundreds of Hasidic Jews attended a funeral on Sunday night for a local rabbi, taking over a street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn to pay their respects. Police broke up the gathering using sirens and their public address system. No arrests were made and no fines were issued, however.

On Sunday, there were at least two other funerals held by Hasidic Jews on the streets of Brooklyn, the New York Post reported.


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MrSmith
MrSmith
3 years ago

Hope there wont be anymore funerals in the Jewish community so we wont have to worry about this.

Judith
Judith
3 years ago

Magnanimous chilul Hashem by those idiots

CDE
CDE
3 years ago

He’s a communist antisemite. Funded by Soros.

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
3 years ago

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the Orthodox Jewish community to refrain from holding large religious gatherings

Large no but small yes. That makes sense to me. Plus wear masks and social distance more than you do by a grocery store. Keep it to outdoors as well. If you do all that its minimal risk at worse

Boroch
Boroch
3 years ago

Cuomo is right; in addition, the public burning of Chometz, which attracts large crowds, should be banned this year.

Boruch Schechter
Boruch Schechter
3 years ago

Seichel iz an aidele zogt.

anonymous
anonymous
3 years ago

Stop hocking Cuomo. Release hydroxy . NOW

Orthodox Jew
Orthodox Jew
3 years ago

Cuomo is a communist. He destroyed New York’s real estate industry and releases criminals to keep mugging our people. He is totally anti Religious.

Jake
Jake
3 years ago

Cuomo is many things but antisemite is not one of them. He may be a egomaniac and a poor Governor, and he is political in the extreme and an antiTrump Democrat and I do not like him but he is NOT an antisemite. Why do people have to say such nonsense.

Joy
Joy
3 years ago

I’m not mikabel, that there was a large gathering of jews, aren’t people aware of the chilul hashem this can make and the repercussions?

Joy
Joy
3 years ago

I’m not mikabel, that there was a large gathering of jews, aren’t people aware of the chilul hashem this can make and the repercussions? Don’t be surprised when the toyota dealers don’t want to service you!!

Es
Es
3 years ago

I am a very strong devoted Trump supporter but never would I label governor Cuomo anything other then a great gentleman & a strong Jew lover

Al Talana
Al Talana
3 years ago

Those Jews who went to illegal minyanim during the lockdown may be rotzchim as they put Jews at risk. Those shuls who are running to open up helter skelter are machmir on a d’rabbanan and ignore the Deoraisah of pikuach nefesh. How many Jews died because of the illegal minyanim? How dare they run to repeat?