Timofey myself me saw the blue pizzelle
this area is mashaa rim it's one of the
big ultra-orthodox neighborhoods of
jerusalem the ultra-orthodox community
make up around 12% of Israel's
population but their accounting for a
far greater proportion of coronavirus
cases we spoke to some of the major
hospitals in Israel who told us that of
the virus patients they are treating
between 30 and 50 percent come from the
ultra religious communities sometimes
it's hard because they want to talk with
their rabbis and we have to wait for an
answer to know what what's the next step
but the Orthodox community wants to know
more and wants to help with the disease
the people here religious study prayer
gatherings are really a way of life but
so too often is a deep distrust of
outside Authority of the state itself
it's really the word of rabbis that cuts
through rather than politicians
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these are some of the most densely
crowded neighborhoods in Israel people
often live in very very big families
people for religious reasons won't
necessarily have televisions or radio or
access to the Internet and so for that
that reason it's been much harder for
the authorities for the states to get
its message across very hard fast city
we're always together we try to do the
best even if it's much more harder than
other places there's long been tension
between some secular and religiously
conservative Israelis and all that has
been exacerbated over these last week's
much of the risk from the virus for
residents here is added to by levels of
poverty and being in big families where
it is hard to distance his roles Prime
Minister says there has been a very
positive change and social distancing is
now happening a lot of changes a lot of
changes people like understand how
dangerous the situation there are by
stopped from all the synagogue's to be
open know where these even bar mitzvahs
people didn't celebrate the bar
Mitzvahed Israel's ultra-orthodox fan
eyes are suffering disproportionately
with coronavirus cap on delay that will
be art there's a new public health video
in Yiddish the language spoken by many
and now a major operation to help the
sick evolving the army and charities the
military is helping evacuate over 80s
from one sealed off city while more
areas may be shut down