Coronavirus

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

In New Rochelle, where NY’s outbreak began, my parents’ community yearns for normal

A member of the Young Israel of New Rochelle, the first synagogue to be shuttered in America due to the coronavirus, has been going house to house to photograph families in isolation. The trauma is visible in his portraits.

By Uriel Heilman June 1, 2020 2:52 pm

Thousands of students in dozens of Israeli schools sent home to isolation over COVID-19 outbreaks

Some schools completely shut down, others announced that they will reopen in several days.

June 1, 2020 10:19 am

Ideas

Israel has taken care of its citizens during the pandemic — but missed an opportunity to help Jews worldwide

In closing its borders and directing its efforts inward, Israel missed the chance to extend its solidarity to Diaspora Jewry.

June 1, 2020 5:00 am

With COVID-19 cases rising in Israel, Netanyahu tells citizens to follow rules or face new restrictions

By Marcy Oster May 31, 2020 10:16 am

A car belonging to the Dutch security forces guarding the Maimonides and Rosj Pina Jewish schools in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 25, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Jewish schools have reopened in the Netherlands, but some worry that their security is compromised

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 28, 2020 6:02 pm

A camper participates in Big Idea camp@home, a virtual Israeli tech camp. (Courtesy of Big Idea)

How some Jewish summer camps are going virtual this year

By Ben Sales May 28, 2020 2:29 pm

Israeli medical team comes to Sudan for lifesaving mission despite lack of diplomatic relations

By Marcy Oster May 28, 2020 9:56 am

The coronavirus didn’t just upend Broadway — it put indie projects in limbo

By Curt Schleier May 27, 2020 4:13 pm

Ideas

Those Jewish camps that are open this summer? This camp doctor and nurse think it’s a bad idea.

By Dr. Alison Spatz Levine and Heather Maiman May 27, 2020 3:38 pm

Masa participants will be able to enter Israel despite border closure due to the coronavirus

By Marcy Oster May 27, 2020 3:06 pm

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In New Rochelle, where NY’s outbreak began, my parents’ community yearns for normal

Thousands of students in dozens of Israeli schools sent home to isolation over COVID-19 outbreaks

Israel has taken care of its citizens during the pandemic — but missed an opportunity to help Jews worldwide

With COVID-19 cases rising in Israel, Netanyahu tells citizens to follow rules or face new restrictions

Jewish schools have reopened in the Netherlands, but some worry that their security is compromised

How some Jewish summer camps are going virtual this year

Israeli medical team comes to Sudan for lifesaving mission despite lack of diplomatic relations

The coronavirus didn’t just upend Broadway — it put indie projects in limbo

Those Jewish camps that are open this summer? This camp doctor and nurse think it’s a bad idea.

Masa participants will be able to enter Israel despite border closure due to the coronavirus

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