Health

COVID is spreading again in Orthodox communities. Why are people still not wearing masks?

“We all had it already,” one Brooklyn man in Williamsburg says, echoing the prevailing belief of immunity.

By Shira Hanau September 24, 2020 3:12 pm

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Shulem

Trump administration drafts Hasidic singer Shulem Lemmer to bring awareness to COVID crisis in Orthodox communities

Parts of his interview Thursday with the U.S. assistant secretary of health about the coronavirus will be shared with Jewish media outlets.

September 24, 2020 11:12 am

The Jewish Museum in New York City.

NYC’s Jewish Museum to reopen Oct. 1 following 6-month closure due to coronavirus

Visits will be free through the end of December, but the capacity will be reduced to 25%.

September 24, 2020 9:39 am

Israel hits daily record of nearly 7,000 new coronavirus cases as government debates tighter restrictions

By Marcy Oster September 23, 2020 9:47 am

NYC health department warns of ‘significant concern’ about COVID-19 rise in largely Orthodox neighborhoods

By Shira Hanau September 22, 2020 7:40 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first Jew and first woman to lie in state at the Capitol

By Ron Kampeas September 21, 2020 1:29 pm

Montreal Jewish school is shut down for 2 weeks over coronavirus outbreak

By David Lazarus September 21, 2020 11:47 am

New York state issues guidance for High Holiday services

By Shira Hanau September 17, 2020 2:53 pm

Eyeing Rosh Hashanah as a virus tipping point, 26 Jewish schools unite to exhort families to play it safe

By Shira Hanau September 17, 2020 10:47 am

Kiryas Joel Satmar rabbi to skip Rosh Hashanah in Brooklyn because of rising COVID cases in his town

By Shira Hanau September 16, 2020 10:14 pm

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