Coronavirus

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

Orthodox Jews walking on the street in Williamsburg on April 11, 2020. (John Nacion/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis

Borough Park and Williamsburg have seen more than a tenfold increase in cardiac arrest calls to the New York City Fire Department, according to statistics analyzed by Gothamist.

By Ben Sales April 17, 2020 4:58 pm

Ideas

Zoom is getting safer. Here’s how you can make your meetings even more secure.

We must act on multiple levels to ensure that we shut out haters trying to invade our communal and sacred spaces, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League writes.

April 17, 2020 2:39 pm

Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari lecturing at conference in Beijing, China on July 6, 2017. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Israeli historian donates $1 million to mitigate US suspension of WHO funding

Yuval Noah Harari and his husband donated the money amid criticism that the World Health Organization had helped China conceal the pandemic’s scope.

April 17, 2020 2:12 pm

Protest against Michigan stay-at-home order compares Democratic governor to Hitler

By Marcy Oster April 17, 2020 10:16 am

Colorado’s Jewish governor Jared Polis gets emotional when his stay-at-home order compared to Nazism

By Marcy Oster April 17, 2020 10:02 am

Ivanka Trump traveled to New Jersey for Passover, despite stay-at-home orders

By Marcy Oster April 16, 2020 9:04 am

Ideas

I chose not to join a Seder this year. Here’s why I’m embracing solitude, even though it pains me.

By Joanie Terrizzi April 15, 2020 11:00 am

32 residents die of coronavirus at 2 Massachusetts Jewish senior living facilities

By Penny Schwartz April 14, 2020 5:02 pm

Chinese-American groups return a Jewish message of solidarity by providing protective gear to agencies

By Ron Kampeas April 14, 2020 3:02 pm

Ideas

To give my Israeli synagogue a chance of surviving the pandemic, I had to quit my job as rabbi

By Rabbi Mikie Goldstein April 14, 2020 2:08 pm

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Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis

Zoom is getting safer. Here’s how you can make your meetings even more secure.

Israeli historian donates $1 million to mitigate US suspension of WHO funding

Protest against Michigan stay-at-home order compares Democratic governor to Hitler

Colorado’s Jewish governor Jared Polis gets emotional when his stay-at-home order compared to Nazism

Ivanka Trump traveled to New Jersey for Passover, despite stay-at-home orders

I chose not to join a Seder this year. Here’s why I’m embracing solitude, even though it pains me.

32 residents die of coronavirus at 2 Massachusetts Jewish senior living facilities

Chinese-American groups return a Jewish message of solidarity by providing protective gear to agencies

To give my Israeli synagogue a chance of surviving the pandemic, I had to quit my job as rabbi

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