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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew York bars wedding of a Brooklyn rabbi's grandson expected to draw 10,000 people
(CNN)A wedding at a Hasidic Jewish synagogue that was expected to draw up to 10,000 people has been barred by a New York state order, according to officials.
A grandson of the grand rebbe (rabbi) of Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar in Brooklyn planned to get married Monday, according to a statement attributed to the synagogue which CNN received from the Satmar Wedding Committee.
After an investigation into the planned wedding, New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker on Friday signed a section 16 order barring the event, Beth Garvey, special counsel to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday.
"It was outside the target red, or orange or yellow cluster zone, but the information that our investigation revealed was that upwards of 10,000 individuals ... planned to attend," Garvey said. .............(more)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/us/new-york-bars-hasidic-wedding-covid-19/index.html
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New York bars wedding of a Brooklyn rabbi's grandson expected to draw 10,000 people (Original Post)
marmar
Oct 2020
OP
dubyadiprecession
(5,624 posts)1. Covid isn't kosher folks!
Hekate
(90,202 posts)2. That action for public health takes political guts
cwydro
(51,308 posts)3. 10,000 people?
How ridiculous even in pre-Covid times.
Me.
(35,454 posts)4. They Better Check
because these people are trumpers and may break the law anyway. Also, a lot of anti-vaxers in that crowd.
Initech
(99,915 posts)5. I can't believe people are stupid enough to hold a 10,000 person event...
In the middle of a raging pandemic. But then again our president is setting such a fine example in this regard.