Israel's ultra-Orthodox have come under heavy criticism for flouting pandemic restrictions, and holding large weddings and funerals that have brought clashes with police and unprecedented public anger toward the religious community. By @IlanBenZion. [_link]

— AP Middle East (@APMiddleEast) February 10, 2021

In New York

$15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests | New York Times - Nov. 24, 2020 |

In The Netherlands Bible Belt cities ...

Mass testing starts in Bible belt village and a typical Dutch town | Dutch News |

Bij the Dutch Reformed it's not the adults and church gatherings, more the stubbornness of the youth in former fishing communities as in the village of Urk.