First Person

The Netherlands is OK with citizens being exposed to the coronavirus. That’s both reassuring and terrifying to me.

JTA’s chief European correspondent reflects on life in Holland, where the government has opted against the imposition of full-scale social distancing.

First Person Ideas

My kids’ Jewish school closed. But here’s why my family’s coronavirus quarantine hasn’t been so bad.

I’m so grateful my children are engaged in online learning while we wait out the virus, a mother writes.

First Person Ideas

My family is among the 80,000 Israelis living in quarantine. This is our story.

Our flight back from Italy landed an hour after quarantine regulations went into effect in Israel.

First Person

I’m a rabbi with the coronavirus whose congregation is quarantined. It’s bringing out the best in us.

Men wearing a haredi Jews suit with an ant's abdomen and legs at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium on Feb. 23, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

First Person

I enjoyed the Belgian carnival that featured anti-Semitic floats. Then I searched for homes in Israel.

First Person

As a queer Jew, learning Anne Frank was bisexual is a game-changer

First Person

How going to synagogue regularly turned me into a dumpster diver

First Person

This Daily Ritual Brought Me Closer to My Special Needs Child

First Person

The fast train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv isn’t fast and doesn’t go to Tel Aviv. I took it so you don’t have to.

First Person

I don’t believe in God — but this is why I’m having an Orthodox wedding

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