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I’m an Orthodox sociologist. Social distancing will take a toll on the Orthodox community.

In the Orthodox world, in which community itself is sacred, the consequences of pulling apart may be devastating.

By Samuel Heilman March 20, 2020 4:15 pm

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3 happy Jewish coronavirus stories to finish the week

After a work week unlike any we’ve experienced before.

March 20, 2020 3:28 pm

Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur poses on December 7, 2015 in Paris, France. (Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

From Proust to puzzles: The coronavirus is shifting the focus of France’s star rabbi

Like many throughout Europe, Delphine Horvilleur is slowing down and spending more time with her family.

March 20, 2020 3:03 pm

Fresh air for as long as it’s there: How the coronavirus is affecting a Jewish mother in Budapest

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 20, 2020 2:56 pm

Why Jewish communities are keeping mikvahs open amid the coronavirus outbreak — for now

By Josefin Dolsten March 20, 2020 2:36 pm

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The real reasons coronavirus is spreading in my Hasidic community

By Meyer Labin March 20, 2020 1:52 pm

Haredi Jews walking in Antwerp, Belgium on March 16, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Antwerp Jewish community braces for 85% infection rate and hundreds of deaths from coronavirus

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 20, 2020 11:22 am

‘I’m mentally preparing for a few months’: Meet an Israeli doctor on the coronavirus front lines

By Uriel Heilman March 19, 2020 5:48 pm

Jonny Daniels delivering groceries to a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland on March 17, 2020. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Aging Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust are at risk from the coronavirus. So this Jewish group is delivering food to them.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 19, 2020 4:28 pm

Israel tightens emergency lockdown regulations — and Netanyahu vows they’ll be enforced

By Marcy Oster March 19, 2020 4:01 pm

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