Health

After dramatic rise in COVID-19 infections, Israel halts reopening plans

The Education Ministry said that 130 schools and kindergartens have been closed in the past 10 days due to new student and staff infections.

By Marcy Oster June 8, 2020 3:39 pm

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Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner

England is allowing places of worship to reopen for individuals, but synagogues won’t open yet

“Jews prioritize communal prayer rather than individual prayer, and we prioritize the sanctity of life,” said the country’s senior Reform rabbi.

June 8, 2020 2:33 pm

Rabbi Gilberto Ventura, right, and volunteers prepare to dispatch food packages to a needy residents of Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 27, 2020. (Courtesy of Sinagoga sem Fronteiras)

As COVID-19 puts Brazil’s poverty issues into sharp focus, Brazilian Jews rush to help favelas

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 5, 2020 12:48 pm

Knesset shuts down as lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19

By Marcy Oster June 4, 2020 11:30 am

How Philadelphia’s creative Jews are handling the coronavirus pandemic

By Stephen Silver June 3, 2020 4:42 pm

Thousands of protesters defying social distancing measures at a protest over the death of George Floyd on Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on June 1, 2020. (Robin Utrecht/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Dutch chief rabbi slams Amsterdam mayor for ignoring social distancing at mass Black Lives Matter protest

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 2, 2020 11:43 am

After German Jewish groups raise concerns, Munich bans display of yellow stars at coronavirus protests

By Toby Axelrod June 1, 2020 5:20 pm

Neighborhood farmers’ markets, to-go cocktails and online art: Tel Aviv’s very Israeli response to staying at home

By Shira Rubin June 1, 2020 4:59 pm

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