New Jersey Rabbis Decide to Shut Down Religious Programming
(JTA) — Larry Rothwachs, a rabbi in Teaneck, New Jersey, walked into the meeting Wednesday night between local Jewish leaders and health officials with one set of ideas about...
Netanyahu Gets Second Coronavirus Scare This Week
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday after his health minister was diagnosed with it, officials said, the 70-year-old leader’s second infection scare this week.
As...
Heshy Tischler Arrested; Supporters Protest at Reporter’s House
(JTA) — A dispute that has roiled Borough Park, an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn, took a dark new turn Sunday night after Heshy Tischler, the man who led protests against...
Jewish Cosmetics Magnate Donates 1.7 Tons of Gel Alcohol to Fight Virus
BY MARCUS M. GILBAN
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Brazilian cosmetics giant owned by the billionaire son of Holocaust survivors donated 1.7 tons of gel alcohol, which can be used...
Chicago’s Jewish Community Battered by Coronavirus
(JTA) — When Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and her colleagues gathered in a backyard earlier this month to sing together, they knew it would likely be the last time for...
Halachic Musings: Is the Pandemic Over?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
“Can we go back to shul now?”
“Do we really need that mask and “Safer Torah Shield?”
“Is it still safek pikuach nefesh?”
These questions and more are being...
NY Jews React to Unrest in Borough Park
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — When he looks at the protests rocking the Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park, Matt Nosanchuk is conflicted.
He’s anxious that COVID-19 rates will continue to spike...
Lawrence Releases Update on Coronavirus Threat
Dr. Marc J. Sicklick, a specialist in allergy, asthma, and immunology, has been advising the Village of Lawrence during the novel coronavirus outbreak. This is his latest advisory.
I’m writing this...
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...
Jewish Community Seeks to Reaffirm Jewish Values in Face of Coronavirus
Last month, rabbis from around the world joined together to launch the #KeepingItTogether campaign, calling on all Jews to unite against coronavirus. This declaration represents a concerted effort to...