A Jewish camp in Wisconsin has closed early due to a COVID outbreak
(TCJewfolk via JTA) — A Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin sent its campers and staff home three days early following a COVID outbreak affecting nine cabins.
Herzl Camp in Webster...
Study: Recovered COVID patients don’t benefit from vaccine
A new study on the effects of natural infection by the coronavirus suggests that there may be little to no benefit for recovered SARS-CoV-2 patients in receiving vaccines against...
To Provide Oxygen Concentrators For India As It Fights Pandemic Surge
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union
The people of this country are blessed. The unprecedented speed of development and deployment of the vaccine for COVID-19 has brought us...
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By Rep. Andrew Garbarino
Member of Congress
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have fought for the safety and wellbeing of Long Islanders by working with community leaders and...
Stress Eating in Response to COVID? Religious Belief May Help
February 24, 2021--Religion may offer protection against stress-related weight gain, according to a new study published in The Journal of Religion and Health. Touro College Graduate School of Social...
In study of 1,800 haredi Orthodox Jews in London, most have caught and beat...
(JTA) — In a study of 1,800 people from a single Jewish haredi community in London, 64% of those tested appeared to have contracted and beat the coronavirus, researchers...
Gurwin’s Assisting Living Facility Begins Roll Out Of Pfizer Vaccine
Residents and staff at Gurwin Jewish ~ Fay J. Lindner Residences assisted-living community, part of the Gurwin Healthcare System, received their first dose of the two-dose BioNTech Pfizer vaccine...
Netanyahu Reaches Out to Maran HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Following the uptick in the COVID 19 pandemic, Israel's Prime Minister reached out to Rav Chaim Kanievsky for assistance in stopping the spread of the Corona...
Opinion: CDC Vaccine Policy Could Kill 500 More People Per Day
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Currently, COVID-19 in America is killing 3,000 people every day. What follows is an analysis of the Center for Disease Control’s policy regarding who should be...
British Doctors Refute Conspiracy Theories on COVID-19
Jewish doctors warned against conspiracy theories claiming the COVID-19 vaccine causes infertility or contains products derived from pork.
Jewish News reported on Friday that the open letter, signed by more than 70 British-Jewish...
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Ukraine’s Jews prepare to commemorate the Holocaust as Russia’s war drums thunder
(JTA) — The military standoff between Russia and Ukraine is escalating as Jews in both countries prepare to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on...
Sheldon Silver, powerful Jewish NYC politician brought down in corruption scandal, dies at 77
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Sheldon Silver, who for two decades wielded enormous power as the speaker of the New York State...
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