Coronavirus

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

Israel’s National Library launches project to document impact of coronavirus on Jewish community

The Jewish Community COVID-19 Archive will be made up of “ephemera items” — materials not generally intended for long-term preservation that help scholars understand daily life and social trends.

By Marcy Oster March 29, 2020 9:53 am

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Haredi rabbinic leader calls on followers to pray alone

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsy said that refraining from praying with others is a matter of “pikuach nefesh,” or saving a life,

March 29, 2020 9:25 am

Daniel Azulay, renowned Brazilian artist and educator, dies of coronavirus at 72

Azulay was the creator of “Turma do Lambe-Lambe,” a group of children’s characters that starred in television shows that a generation of Brazilian children grew up watching.

March 29, 2020 9:17 am

Leading New York rabbi who recovered from coronavirus contributes to treatment experiment

By Ben Harris March 27, 2020 4:52 pm

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Grieving my husband prepared me for this pandemic

By Sari Kahn March 27, 2020 2:17 pm

A bingo game at the Kaiserman JCC outside Philadelphia in 2015. This week, nearly all of its employees were laid off due to the coronavirus. (Screenshot from YouTube)

In a possible sign of what’s to come, this JCC has already laid off 176 people because of the coronavirus

By Ben Sales March 27, 2020 12:57 pm

In a pandemic, lobbies move into the home office

By Ron Kampeas March 27, 2020 12:33 pm

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaking at American Friends Of Rabin Medical Center 2019 Gala at The Plaza Hotel on November 11, 2019 in New York City. (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Facebook map shows Lakewood, an Orthodox stronghold in New Jersey, spreading coronavirus

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 27, 2020 12:14 pm

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I almost never let my kids use the internet — until the coronavirus forced their Orthodox school online

By Leebah Stephens March 27, 2020 11:49 am

2 die of coronavirus in Israel, bringing death toll to 12

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 27, 2020 10:07 am

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