Coronavirus

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

Reacting to packed Orthodox funeral, New York City mayor warns ‘the Jewish community’ and faces swift backlash

Bill de Blasio was accused of unfairly singling out the Jewish community in his response to a funeral that drew hundreds of Orthodox Jews into the streets of Brooklyn.

By Philissa Cramer April 29, 2020 8:59 am

When the Hebrew Free Burial Association put out a call for prayer shawls to use for burials, donations poured in

With the spike in demand for the society’s services caused by the coronavirus, the supply of the traditional wrapping ran low.

April 28, 2020 5:48 pm

The atrium at the Beth Shalom nursing home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (courtesy of BOP architecten)

Amsterdam’s Jewish nursing home has lost over 20% of its residents to COVID-19. Could it have done more?

Holland’s Health Ministry was asked to review “the possibility that mistakes were made” at Beth Shalom that led to the high death toll.

April 28, 2020 3:09 pm

Israel sending some kids back to school as coronavirus cases drop

By Marcy Oster April 28, 2020 2:09 pm

Israeli hospital partners with National Institutes of Health to study and combat the coronavirus

By Marcy Oster April 28, 2020 11:25 am

Will there be camp this summer? Three Jewish camps will decide this week, and likely delay.

By Ben Sales April 28, 2020 11:15 am

A Paris chef is making mouthwatering kosher meals for Jewish doctors and nurses — for free

By Josefin Dolsten April 27, 2020 5:04 pm

Hillel International lays off or furloughs 20% of staff amid coronavirus uncertainty

By Shira Hanau April 27, 2020 4:12 pm

Arab Israelis fear that Ramadan could bring a coronavirus surge

By Shira Rubin April 27, 2020 3:08 pm

Temporary OK for kosher slaughter in Cyprus runs into a snag

By Marcy Oster April 27, 2020 2:41 pm

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Reacting to packed Orthodox funeral, New York City mayor warns ‘the Jewish community’ and faces swift backlash

When the Hebrew Free Burial Association put out a call for prayer shawls to use for burials, donations poured in

Amsterdam’s Jewish nursing home has lost over 20% of its residents to COVID-19. Could it have done more?

Israel sending some kids back to school as coronavirus cases drop

Israeli hospital partners with National Institutes of Health to study and combat the coronavirus

Will there be camp this summer? Three Jewish camps will decide this week, and likely delay.

A Paris chef is making mouthwatering kosher meals for Jewish doctors and nurses — for free

Hillel International lays off or furloughs 20% of staff amid coronavirus uncertainty

Arab Israelis fear that Ramadan could bring a coronavirus surge

Temporary OK for kosher slaughter in Cyprus runs into a snag

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