Health

Dutch Reform rabbi says COVID-19 policies remind her of Nazi Germany

“[A]s a Jew, what happened in Nazi Germany is a warning to me. Those in power all had the best of intentions,” said prominent rabbi Tamarah Benima.

A Proud Boys-sympathizing rabbi in Florida has provided 200 vaccine exemption requests

The exemption letter puts Rabbi Asher Meza and his co-signers in conflict with the vast majority of rabbis, across denominations, who have urged their congregants and followers to get the vaccine.

Meet the Jewish couple funding Christian missionary hospitals in Africa

The CDC published a study finding that camp during COVID-19 can be safe. Its proof: Camp Ramah.

These Jewish NYC schoolteachers want a religious exemption from the city’s vaccine mandate

Jews pray on a street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2006. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Hundreds of pilgrims to Uman suspected of forging negative COVID tests

Birthright trips to resume in October without quarantines for the vaccinated

Orthodox rabbis encourage their communities to take the COVID vaccine ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Is it safe to attend Rosh Hashanah services? Should kids? Your COVID-19 High Holiday questions, answered.

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