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All the latest on COVID-19 from across the Jewish world.

Pandemic reinvigorates push to bar pre-Yom Kippur chicken-swinging ritual in NYC

The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos argues in the lawsuit that the animals could spread dangerous pathogens in the air during the ritual, just as scientists believe that animals in the wet markets of Wuhan, China began spreading the COVID-19 virus.

By Marcy Oster August 2, 2020 4:01 pm

As Israel expects 16,000 US students, COVID-19 czar warns that rule-breakers will be deported

Some 16,000 students from the United States alone are scheduled to enter Israel before Rosh Hashanah.

August 2, 2020 3:29 pm

Israel Museum in Jerusalem to reopen with $4 million grant from US supporters

The museum has been closed since the start of the coronavirus crisis due to the inability to pay its staff.

July 30, 2020 10:31 am

Sheldon Adelson pledges to pay Las Vegas casino employees despite pandemic downturn

By Marcy Oster July 30, 2020 10:15 am

Are families fleeing Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated.

By Ben Harris July 28, 2020 3:11 pm

Coronavirus patients should not fast on Tisha B’Av, Israel’s chief rabbi says

By Marcy Oster July 28, 2020 3:04 pm

Minnesota Republican group posts meme comparing mask requirement to Holocaust’s yellow Star of David

By Marcy Oster July 28, 2020 12:45 pm

Graduate students from India, some researching coronavirus, make it back to Israel on a special flight

By Marcy Oster July 28, 2020 11:11 am

There are 49 Jews left on the British island of Jersey. The pandemic has pushed their one synagogue to the brink.

By Jacob Judah July 24, 2020 12:59 pm

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Parents face impossible choices during the pandemic. We shouldn’t face school-shaming, too.

By Melissa Henriquez July 24, 2020 5:00 am

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Pandemic reinvigorates push to bar pre-Yom Kippur chicken-swinging ritual in NYC

As Israel expects 16,000 US students, COVID-19 czar warns that rule-breakers will be deported

Israel Museum in Jerusalem to reopen with $4 million grant from US supporters

Sheldon Adelson pledges to pay Las Vegas casino employees despite pandemic downturn

Are families fleeing Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated.

Coronavirus patients should not fast on Tisha B’Av, Israel’s chief rabbi says

Minnesota Republican group posts meme comparing mask requirement to Holocaust’s yellow Star of David

Graduate students from India, some researching coronavirus, make it back to Israel on a special flight

There are 49 Jews left on the British island of Jersey. The pandemic has pushed their one synagogue to the brink.

Parents face impossible choices during the pandemic. We shouldn’t face school-shaming, too.

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