Coronavirus

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

Services to resume in New Jersey county where rabbis were first to end communal prayer

“Minyan hopping” will be banned when services begin in early June.

By Philissa Cramer May 24, 2020 4:57 pm

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Missing local sports, Argentine soccer fans cheer goal by Argentine-Israeli player

Eial Strahman, who scored the goal, is Jewish with extensive connections to Israel.

May 24, 2020 3:22 pm

Synagogues demur as Trump demands that states let houses of worship reopen

Many synagogues have remained closed even as states have reopened.

May 22, 2020 5:28 pm

The fitness center at the David Posnack JCC has not yet been allowed to reopen, but when it does, equipment will be six feet apart and the center will be cleaned after each hour of use. (Courtesy of the David Posnack JCC)

A Florida JCC survived the pandemic with no layoffs. Now it’s reopening.

By Ben Sales May 22, 2020 5:00 pm

Dani Rotstein stands next to a monumnet commemorating the Jews of Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Europe, budding Jewish tourism businesses are teetering on the brink of closure because of COVID-19

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 22, 2020 3:57 pm

JDC aid organization lays off 53 staffers around the world

By Shira Hanau May 22, 2020 9:46 am

First Person Ideas

I was teaching abroad when the pandemic struck. Here’s why I chose to stay in Israel.

By Ziva Shapiro May 21, 2020 12:21 pm

Ban on non-Israelis entering the country extended to at least mid-June

By Marcy Oster May 21, 2020 11:09 am

Palestinians reject COVID-19 aid from UAE because it was coordinated through Israel

By Marcy Oster May 21, 2020 10:45 am

As colleges go virtual, students instead are heading to Israel on gap year programs

By Josefin Dolsten May 21, 2020 10:00 am

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