[The Guardian] How a Haredi community in London is coping with coronavirus – photo essay

How a Haredi community in London is coping with coronavirus – photo essay

Photographer Grey Hutton has been documenting the Haredi Orthodox Jewish community in Stamford Hill as the lockdown has disrupted ways of life

Eli Sufrin was admitted to University College hospital with Covid-19 just before Passover. He was rushed there by the Jewish volunteer ambulance service, Hatzola, after they had called at his house to check up on him. While he was in hospital, another volunteer organisation took care of Eli’s family’s shopping for Passover as they were self-isolating. Twice, a local restaurant cooked and delivered supper for the family, and when Eli’s wife wanted to send him kosher food to eat and books to read, Lecheiris, a local volunteer group, took the package to the hospital for her.

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