Coronavirus

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

First Person

My husband and I are self-isolating separately. Here’s why.

COVID-19 has stopped visits to her long-term care facility — but they’re making the best of the situation.

By Shoshana Forester Smith March 25, 2020 3:24 pm

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Uniting in the coronavirus fight: 8 major Jewish groups team up to respond to pandemic

Jewish organizational leaders have predicted that the current economic downturn could trigger significant layoffs and fundraising challenges for nonprofits.

March 25, 2020 2:38 pm

Israeli internet usage is exploding, so Netflix is decreasing its traffic

The streaming service has developed a way to cut its traffic by 25 percent without harming the video resolution.

March 25, 2020 2:31 pm

Israel can track cellphones of citizens with coronavirus, its Supreme Court rules

By Marcy Oster March 25, 2020 12:10 pm

Gal Gadot’s ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ theater opening postponed due to pandemic

By Marcy Oster March 25, 2020 11:17 am

A Jewish man reads the Passover Haggadah during a seder in North York, Ontario, Canada on April 19, 2019. (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Some Orthodox rabbis in Israel approve use of video conference for seder

By Marcy Oster March 25, 2020 7:27 am

Yuli Edelstein, the speaker of the Israeli Knesset, shown on an official visit to Warsaw in 2017. (Maciej Gillert/Getty Images)

Explainer

Israel is going through a constitutional crisis

By Ben Sales March 24, 2020 5:32 pm

Larry Rasky, Biden confidant and Boston-area Jewish leader, dies suddenly at 69

By Penny Schwartz March 24, 2020 5:05 pm

Rabbi Romi Cohn, a Holocaust rescuer who delivered prayer in Congress, dies of coronavirus at 92

By Marcy Oster March 24, 2020 3:06 pm

First Person

The Netherlands is OK with citizens being exposed to the coronavirus. That’s both reassuring and terrifying to me.

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 24, 2020 2:45 pm

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Coronavirus

My husband and I are self-isolating separately. Here’s why.

Uniting in the coronavirus fight: 8 major Jewish groups team up to respond to pandemic

Israeli internet usage is exploding, so Netflix is decreasing its traffic

Israel can track cellphones of citizens with coronavirus, its Supreme Court rules

Gal Gadot’s ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ theater opening postponed due to pandemic

Some Orthodox rabbis in Israel approve use of video conference for seder

Israel is going through a constitutional crisis

Larry Rasky, Biden confidant and Boston-area Jewish leader, dies suddenly at 69

Rabbi Romi Cohn, a Holocaust rescuer who delivered prayer in Congress, dies of coronavirus at 92

The Netherlands is OK with citizens being exposed to the coronavirus. That’s both reassuring and terrifying to me.

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