In the eye of NY’s coronavirus storm, ultra-Orthodox face rising anti-Semitism – Insular NY communities are hard-hit by coronavirus due to communal lifestyle and lack of outside information, but leaders say the public safety message is now spreading quickly | Timesofisrael

NEW YORK — Navigating through the adjoining New York State towns of Spring Valley and Monsey, ultra-Orthodox community advocate Rivkie Feiner narrated her drive via telephone to The Times of Israel, emphasizing the towns’ empty streets. For her, it’s certain proof that citizens are practicing social distancing in heavily ultra-Orthodox Rockland County.