At the end of last week they circulated guidance saying women, children and “elderly and weaker men with health disabilities” should not go to synagogues, but it did not extend the advice to healthy men.
Schools and places of religious education should shut, the guidance said.
Speaking to The Guardian on Tuesday, Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, who lives in Stamford Hill, said most people were heeding the messages about physical distancing.
“The issue I’m concerned about it is that the government is, to a certain degree, abdicating responsibility. People need to be told.”
He also admitted that some in the community were not following advice but added: "I’m not quite sure why attention is falling on us."
