Coronavirus

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

‘It’s too early,’ Des Moines rabbi tells Mike Pence about resuming religious services

One Iowa rabbi told the vice president that he thinks it’s too soon to return to public worship.

By Marcy Oster May 10, 2020 7:29 pm

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Wait to resume services, then proceed carefully, Orthodox Jews are told

One guide instructs synagogues to wait at least two weeks after services are legally possible to hold them.

May 10, 2020 7:18 pm

This Jewish lawyer is dressing as the Grim Reaper to protest Florida beach reopenings

Daniel Uhlfelder says his family’s Holocaust history inspired him to take a stand.

May 8, 2020 4:37 pm

Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s wife and Pence’s spokesperson, tests positive for coronavirus

By Ron Kampeas May 8, 2020 3:37 pm

Showtime’s president of entertainment is a cantor on the side. He’s had to adapt to singing on Zoom.

By Curt Schleier May 8, 2020 2:07 pm

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The minyanim happening in our community are a dangerous violation of Jewish law

By Rabbi Hershel Billet May 8, 2020 11:30 am

A picture of Herbert Max Fraenkel that a team of volunteers studying his ancestry found in January at him home in London, UK. (Courtesy of The Jewish News)

London city worker secures Jewish funeral for 95-year-old man who died alone

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 8, 2020 10:59 am

A poster promoting a benefit for COVID-19 victims in Israel. (Migdal Ohr) concert by

Jewish music stars to hold Lag b’Omer benefit concert for Israeli COVID-19 victims

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 8, 2020 10:58 am

Eric Zemmour signs books

Paris man suspected of spitting on influential Jewish intellectual

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 8, 2020 10:57 am

At least 1,300 French Jews have died of COVID-19

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 8, 2020 10:42 am

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