Health

Israel sending some kids back to school as coronavirus cases drop

Desks will be placed six feet apart and students will not be permitted to touch each other.

By Marcy Oster April 28, 2020 2:09 pm

Jewish hotel in Poland offers free rooms to doctors wary of exposing their families to coronavirus germs

The Jewish Theater in Warsaw is also chipping in by donating sewed face masks to orphanages and welfare homes.

April 28, 2020 12:49 pm

Arab Israelis fear that Ramadan could bring a coronavirus surge

Families often celebrate Islam’s holiest month together in the dozens or hundreds. Some leaders are making an unprecedented plea for more government help.

April 27, 2020 3:08 pm

In Germany, where coronavirus is at bay, synagogues prepare to reopen with precautions

By Toby Axelrod April 26, 2020 5:58 pm

US cancels work visa for Israeli who flew back and forth knowing he had COVID-19

By Marcy Oster April 26, 2020 12:24 pm

Relatives of Fieta Aussen getting ready to meet her from a crane outside the window of her Jewish nursing home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on April 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Riwal Holding Group)

At this Dutch Jewish nursing home, family visitors can be lifted by cranes to see their loved ones safely

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 24, 2020 3:40 pm

Ideas

Burial societies and funeral homes are overwhelmed. Cremation isn’t the solution.

By Rabbi Shlomo Brody April 24, 2020 3:08 pm

Some governors are letting houses of worship reopen. Synagogues aren’t going for it.

By Josefin Dolsten April 23, 2020 10:38 am

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Israel sending some kids back to school as coronavirus cases drop

Jewish hotel in Poland offers free rooms to doctors wary of exposing their families to coronavirus germs

Arab Israelis fear that Ramadan could bring a coronavirus surge

In Germany, where coronavirus is at bay, synagogues prepare to reopen with precautions

US cancels work visa for Israeli who flew back and forth knowing he had COVID-19

At this Dutch Jewish nursing home, family visitors can be lifted by cranes to see their loved ones safely

Burial societies and funeral homes are overwhelmed. Cremation isn’t the solution.

Some governors are letting houses of worship reopen. Synagogues aren’t going for it.

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