Health

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

Once again, deciding how to observe the High Holidays involves calculating risk. We help you think through the considerations.

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Nitzan Horowitz

Israel will now let gay men donate blood

The change was spearheaded by Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, who is the first gay man in the position.

Buenos Aires stones memorial

To mark 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, Argentina turns to a Jewish cemetery tradition

Mourners frequently place stones on grave markers at Jewish cemeteries.

Students at SAR Academy during the 2020-21 school year.

Amid debates over vaccines and masks, Jewish day schools buckle down for a third year of COVID

Jewish funeral planned for Dick Farrel, prominent COVID skeptic who died of the virus

Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky offered advice to cope with COVID lockdowns. Now he’s recovering from the virus.

Jewish spaces should keep the resources offered during the pandemic — it’s a disability issue

Israel becomes first country to offer a 3rd COVID vaccine dose

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

Major Orthodox rabbis in Israel say everyone 12 and up should be vaccinated

Israel reintroduces mandatory face masks amid a rise in COVID-19 cases

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