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Chief rabbis worldwide launch unity Shabbat in response to coronavirus

Make this “a Shabbat of kindness, a Shabbat of prayer and a Shabbat of connection to the Divine,” they implore.

By Marcy Oster April 2, 2020 10:58 am

Robert Kraft sends Patriots team plane to China to pick up masks for medical personnel in Massachusetts

Kraft and his son also agreed to pay $2 million, or approximately half the cost of the masks.

April 2, 2020 10:01 am

UJA-Federation of New York providing more than $34 million in assistance due to pandemic

The grants will help organizations providing food relief and social services, as well as single parents, low-income college students, and families struggling to provide dignified Jewish burials.

April 2, 2020 8:06 am

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tests positive for coronavirus, sending Netanyahu back to quarantine

By Marcy Oster April 2, 2020 7:46 am

Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songwriter, dies from coronavirus at 52

By Ron Kampeas and Emily Burack April 1, 2020 7:00 pm

Judith Lowin, 76, was a retired nurse and proud Hadassah member

By Uriel Heilman April 1, 2020 5:26 pm

Rabbi Neil Kraft, left, with wrestler Crusher Curtis in London. (Courtesy of Crusher Curtis)

Rabbi Neil Kraft, 69, was beloved by Londoners from all walks of life

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 1, 2020 5:21 pm

Shoshana Davis, 35, was a wife and mother who loved to travel

By Philissa Cramer April 1, 2020 5:14 pm

Maurice Berger, 63, was a curator and historian who decried racism

By Philissa Cramer April 1, 2020 4:59 pm

Ruben Bercovich, 59, sports lover who ran a family business in Argentina

By JTA Staff April 1, 2020 4:52 pm

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Chief rabbis worldwide launch unity Shabbat in response to coronavirus

Robert Kraft sends Patriots team plane to China to pick up masks for medical personnel in Massachusetts

UJA-Federation of New York providing more than $34 million in assistance due to pandemic

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tests positive for coronavirus, sending Netanyahu back to quarantine

Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songwriter, dies from coronavirus at 52

Judith Lowin, 76, was a retired nurse and proud Hadassah member

Rabbi Neil Kraft, 69, was beloved by Londoners from all walks of life

Shoshana Davis, 35, was a wife and mother who loved to travel

Maurice Berger, 63, was a curator and historian who decried racism

Ruben Bercovich, 59, sports lover who ran a family business in Argentina

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