Health

Mayor of Teaneck, NJ, calls on all residents to self-quarantine

Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin said residents should go out only if they “absolutely have to,” but the self-quarantine is not mandatory.

By Marcy Oster March 15, 2020 11:45 am

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Jewish Agency sending teen emissaries back to Israel, and to quarantine

The “shinshinim” will spend two weeks in quarantine before joining their families for Passover.

March 13, 2020 1:43 pm

Brazilian Jewish schools close to prevent coronavirus infections

No cases have been documented in the Jewish community, but schools are shutting down anyway.

March 13, 2020 12:22 pm

Rabbi at large London synagogue ill with coronavirus after Morocco trip

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 13, 2020 9:41 am

To stop the coronavirus, New Jersey rabbis decide to shut down their Jewish community

By Josefin Dolsten March 12, 2020 7:28 pm

Ideas

We asked rabbis for their spiritual guidance in handling the coronavirus crisis. Here’s what they said.

By JTA Staff March 12, 2020 5:00 pm

‘The worst situation we have faced since World War II’: Rome’s Jewish community responds to the coronavirus

By Philissa Cramer March 12, 2020 11:01 am

Preparing for the ‘worst-case scenario’: Jewish aid groups scramble amid the coronavirus outbreak

By Josefin Dolsten March 11, 2020 4:00 pm

When coronavirus comes to my New York Jewish community

By Shuli Karkowsky March 11, 2020 12:45 pm

Man and woman standing outside the Milan Cathedral with protective masks and sanitizing gels in Milan, Italy on Feb. 23,2020 (Andrea Diodato/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

‘It’s separating families’: How the unprecedented coronavirus lockdown is affecting Italy’s Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 10, 2020 12:25 pm

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