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BY SHIRA HANAU (JTA) – Just last week, a photo of a Hasidic rabbi from Borough Park wearing a mask outdoors went viral, even prompting one of New York City’s top health...

All New York City public schools located in the nine ZIP codes that have been deemed hot spots for rising COVID-19 cases will be closed, beginning October 6, New...

  It seems inevitable that Eli Hofstatter would create a cutting-edge Judaica shopping experience. As the source for all things sefarim-related, he has transformed his lifelong passion into an aesthetically...

  Yom Kippur is past, and it was as moving and inspirational as Rosh Hashanah. Something about davening outdoors with a small group results in an atmosphere charged with achdus....

  Introduction and Appreciation We find ourselves on the cusp of the Chag HaSukkos. We have thankfully just had Yomim Noraim in which we had many Minyanim and we are hopeful...

    I think we can all agree that year's election is important. The presidential candidates truly present a stark difference in their worldview, and the looming shadow of COVID-19 may...

BY SHIRA HANAU AND PHILISSA CRAMER (JTA) – In synagogues and in their parking lots, in backyard tent services and on Zoom, Jews around the world will spend the Yom Kippur holiday offering...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised alarm Monday about the emergence of a handful of coronavirus hot spots in New York, saying just 10 ZIP codes represented more than a quarter of...

NEW YORK (JTA) – After an initial first wave that devastated New York City’s Orthodox Jewish communities, the coronavirus is on the rise again. Meanwhile, Israelis are back under...

As we get into the fall, COVID-19 seems to be doing what other coronaviruses do. Most past coronaviruses tended to decrease in mid-spring, in May, and return in the...