Coronavirus

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

Israel cordons off heavily infected Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak

The coronavirus has an unusually high prevalence in the city, which has a heavily haredi Orthodox population among its nearly 200,000 residents.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 3, 2020 10:42 am

The Tell

The pandemic, and how the Jewish community survives it

Nonprofits gamble on an existential question: Lay off employees now, or try to weather the pandemic.

April 3, 2020 8:54 am

Two Orthodox men wear facemasks in New York City on March 31, 2020. The new coronavirus has spread at an especially high rate through Orthodox neighborhoods in New York. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Brooklyn’s Orthodox neighborhoods have especially high rates of the coronavirus

Borough Park has the highest rate of positive tests in the borough, while Crown Heights, Williamsburg and Midwood are also well above the average city rate.

April 2, 2020 5:50 pm

Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, left, and Alain Soral arriving at the Paris courthouse on March 12, 2015, for Soral's trial for inciting hatred against Jews. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)

An unwanted symptom of the coronavirus crisis in France: Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 2, 2020 5:42 pm

A Hasidic family, dressed up for Purim, crosses the street on March 10, 2020 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images)

‘I would have canceled’: 3 weeks after Purim celebrations, coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities hard

By Ben Sales April 2, 2020 5:02 pm

For Jewish law authorities, the coronavirus has caused an unprecedented flurry of questions

By Ben Harris April 2, 2020 4:43 pm

Ideas

What happens when we run out of ventilators? Jewish law and state guidelines may have different answers.

By Ira Bedzow April 2, 2020 2:53 pm

Empire Kosher closes chicken processing plant for 2 weeks after employees test positive for the coronavirus

By Marcy Oster April 2, 2020 1:49 pm

Ronald David Bayfield, his wife, Seila and their great grandchildren in 2017. (Courtesy of the Bayfield family)

Ronald David Bayfield, 95, survived Normandy to die alone in a London hospital

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 2, 2020 1:37 pm

2021 Maccabiah Games postponed by a year

By Marcy Oster April 2, 2020 1:31 pm

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Israel cordons off heavily infected Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak

The pandemic, and how the Jewish community survives it

Brooklyn’s Orthodox neighborhoods have especially high rates of the coronavirus

An unwanted symptom of the coronavirus crisis in France: Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

‘I would have canceled’: 3 weeks after Purim celebrations, coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities hard

For Jewish law authorities, the coronavirus has caused an unprecedented flurry of questions

What happens when we run out of ventilators? Jewish law and state guidelines may have different answers.

Empire Kosher closes chicken processing plant for 2 weeks after employees test positive for the coronavirus

Ronald David Bayfield, 95, survived Normandy to die alone in a London hospital

2021 Maccabiah Games postponed by a year

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