Coronavirus

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

The best Jewish movies and TV shows to stream in quarantine

A new weekly series to help you escape the COVID-19 woes.

By Gabe Friedman April 8, 2020 12:05 pm

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Blazing Saddles

‘Blazing Saddles’ still stands as one of the great comedies — and the Mel Brooks film teaches lessons, too

Native Americans speaking Yiddish? Some of the greatest Jewish comedy talents? It’s all here and more.

April 8, 2020 12:04 pm

Residents and employees at the Beth Shalom Jewish old-age home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Courtesy of Beth Shalom)

Coronavirus kills 15 at Amsterdam’s Jewish old-age home

The infection occurred last month before a lockdown was imposed at Beth Shalom, where children from a Jewish school visited on March 4.

April 8, 2020 10:58 am

Cast of ‘Shtisel’ offers video Passover greetings from their homes

By Marcy Oster April 8, 2020 10:06 am

A screenshot of the Jewish Chronicle announcement on its liquidation on April 8, 2020.

Britain’s leading Jewish newspapers to shutter as consequence of coronavirus

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 8, 2020 9:40 am

Hasidic community near Montreal under lockdown demonstrates against police

By Marcy Oster April 8, 2020 9:22 am

Trump removes inspector general who was to have overseen the $2 trillion pandemic stimulus package

By Ron Kampeas April 7, 2020 5:47 pm

Employees of the Airports of Regions firm preparing meals for Russian over 65 on March 31, 2020. (Courtesy of Airports of Regions)

Russian-Jewish businessman donates 3,000 meals daily to senior citizens under lockdown

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 7, 2020 3:56 pm

Sun Valley, Idaho, a celebrity destination, is a coronavirus hot spot. Here’s how the local Jewish community is coping.

By Penny Schwartz April 7, 2020 3:53 pm

As Germany’s number of coronavirus cases grows, so do levels of anti-Semitism

By Marcy Oster April 7, 2020 2:41 pm

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