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

Zsuzsa Szilank runs a Jewish school and coaches her teen daughter, a professional water polo player trying to stay sharp with all public pools closed.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 20, 2020 2:56 pm

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

Women’s ritual immersion has distancing built in, but the continued operation of the baths raises questions with nearly all public spaces closing temporarily.

March 20, 2020 2:36 pm

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I’m staying sane during the pandemic by reclaiming an age-old Jewish tradition: baking bread

Long a grounding force, the ritual of making challah can give us hope in these trying, solitary times.

March 20, 2020 12:57 pm

Chabad children in Argentina study in the movement's online school in 2007. During the new coronavirus outbreak, the school has offered guidance to other Jewish schools transitioning to remote learning. (Courtesy of the Nigri International Shluchim Online School)

Saying Kaddish from balconies and fasting: How Hasidic Jews are responding to the coronavirus

By Ben Sales March 19, 2020 4:45 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

Reporter's Notebook

‘We’re not scared’: Some haredi Orthodox Jews in Israel are ignoring coronavirus social distancing rules

By Sam Sokol March 18, 2020 4:16 pm

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attending a ceremony in Gibraltar on June 18, 2013. (Courtesy of Mirvis)

British chief rabbi orders synagogues closed over coronavirus

By Marcy Oster March 18, 2020 2:19 pm

This Orthodox Argentine was the only passenger on a flight from Israel to Spain

By JTA Staff March 18, 2020 11:59 am

Ideas

As a rabbi, how can I best serve my congregants when we can’t ‘be there’ for one another?

By Rabbi Aaron Brusso March 18, 2020 11:53 am

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

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

I’m staying sane during the pandemic by reclaiming an age-old Jewish tradition: baking bread

Saying Kaddish from balconies and fasting: How Hasidic Jews are responding to the coronavirus

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

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

‘We’re not scared’: Some haredi Orthodox Jews in Israel are ignoring coronavirus social distancing rules

British chief rabbi orders synagogues closed over coronavirus

This Orthodox Argentine was the only passenger on a flight from Israel to Spain

As a rabbi, how can I best serve my congregants when we can’t ‘be there’ for one another?

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