Coronavirus

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

With services online, many synagogues are seeing greater attendance — at least for now

The increased accessibility and Jews seeking solace amid the deadly coronavirus have more congregants joining prayers.

By Josefin Dolsten April 20, 2020 3:30 pm

This year’s Celebrate Israel parade is called off as New York City cancels events through June

Organizers are working on a virtual event in lieu of one that typically draws tens of thousands of Israel supporters to Fifth Avenue.

April 20, 2020 12:42 pm

Joseph Feingold, 97, a survivor who famously brought a violin from Germany to the Bronx

NEW YORK (Forward via JTA) — Joseph Feingold, a Holocaust survivor, architect and memoirist whose gift of music brought a unique friendship to a South Bronx community died April 15 of pneumonia and COVID-19. He was 97. Jozef Fajngold was born to socialist parents on March 23, 1923, in Warsaw. His father, Aron, a carpenter, […]

April 20, 2020 12:30 pm

Anti-Semitic hate speech has risen sharply since pandemic and must be rejected, UN official says

By Marcy Oster April 20, 2020 12:17 pm

Anti-lockdown protests spawn more anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust imagery

By Marcy Oster April 20, 2020 10:01 am

High death toll at Jewish Long Island, NY, facility part of report on the COVID-19 ‘horror’ at nursing homes

By Marcy Oster April 20, 2020 9:23 am

Jewish nonprofits are struggling. How should donors try to rescue them?

By Ben Sales April 20, 2020 8:01 am

‘Remembrance is constantly evolving’: This year’s Yom Hashoah Holocaust memorials are forced online by the coronavirus

By Toby Axelrod April 19, 2020 1:21 pm

Israel begins to relax coronavirus restrictions

By Marcy Oster April 19, 2020 1:16 pm

After the first round of pandemic loans, success for some Jewish groups and confusion for many

By Ron Kampeas April 17, 2020 6:05 pm

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With services online, many synagogues are seeing greater attendance — at least for now

This year’s Celebrate Israel parade is called off as New York City cancels events through June

Joseph Feingold, 97, a survivor who famously brought a violin from Germany to the Bronx

Anti-Semitic hate speech has risen sharply since pandemic and must be rejected, UN official says

Anti-lockdown protests spawn more anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust imagery

High death toll at Jewish Long Island, NY, facility part of report on the COVID-19 ‘horror’ at nursing homes

Jewish nonprofits are struggling. How should donors try to rescue them?

‘Remembrance is constantly evolving’: This year’s Yom Hashoah Holocaust memorials are forced online by the coronavirus

Israel begins to relax coronavirus restrictions

After the first round of pandemic loans, success for some Jewish groups and confusion for many

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