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Passover demands we remember the Exodus. That means taking care of our most vulnerable.

In the holiday’s final days, we must shift our gaze to the profound, existential suffering of others, the metaphorical Egypt that requires urgent deliverance.

By Dr. Mijal Bitton April 14, 2020 1:25 pm

Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, right, speaking with other community leaders in London, the United Kigdom on June 5, 2017. (Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

Avrohom Pinter, a prominent London rabbi, dies of coronavirus

The longtime principal of a prestigious school built bridges across denominational and religious lines.

April 14, 2020 10:19 am

Haredi Jews walking in Antwerp, Belgium on March 16, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In some European Jewish communities, getting the coronavirus carries a stigma

In some Orthodox circles, the disease is seen as “something like AIDS, happening in the outside world.”

April 13, 2020 4:42 pm

Israelis again confined to neighborhoods under reinstated coronavirus regulations

By Marcy Oster April 13, 2020 3:16 pm

Elisha Nochomovitz standing on his balcony in Balma, France in March 2020. (Courtesy of Nochomovitz)

French-Jewish marathoner runs the entire race on his 7-yard-long balcony

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 13, 2020 3:00 pm

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, former chief rabbi of Israel, dies of COVID-19 at 79

By Sam Sokol April 13, 2020 2:33 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers confrence

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $1 million to fight coronavirus in Hawaii

By Marcy Oster April 13, 2020 11:49 am

Landing in Israel during the pandemic? You now must head straight for a state-run quarantine hotel.

By Marcy Oster April 12, 2020 5:37 pm

10 people attended a Jerusalem prayer service that usually draws tens of thousands. Even that was a crowd.

By Marcy Oster April 12, 2020 5:06 pm

Landlord to Scottish bagel shop owner: Coronavirus rent negotiation is ‘typical Jewish behavior’

By Marcy Oster April 12, 2020 2:54 pm

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Passover demands we remember the Exodus. That means taking care of our most vulnerable.

Avrohom Pinter, a prominent London rabbi, dies of coronavirus

In some European Jewish communities, getting the coronavirus carries a stigma

Israelis again confined to neighborhoods under reinstated coronavirus regulations

French-Jewish marathoner runs the entire race on his 7-yard-long balcony

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, former chief rabbi of Israel, dies of COVID-19 at 79

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $1 million to fight coronavirus in Hawaii

Landing in Israel during the pandemic? You now must head straight for a state-run quarantine hotel.

10 people attended a Jerusalem prayer service that usually draws tens of thousands. Even that was a crowd.

Landlord to Scottish bagel shop owner: Coronavirus rent negotiation is ‘typical Jewish behavior’

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