Covid-19

Pro-Israel attorney uses ‘lawfare’ to force $700K settlement from Jewish Voice for Peace

The anti-Zionist group will pay $678,000 to settle a claim, originating with a private citizen named David Abrams, that it violated the terms of a COVID relief fund.

Jewish groups slam Argentine president for repeatedly comparing number of COVID-19 deaths to the Holocaust

“We know that the pandemic has killed between one and two Holocausts,” President Alberto Fernández said for the second time in two months.

In Asia’s ‘zero COVID’ countries, Jews try to stay optimistic as they enter a third pandemic year — and a new wave

The virus is spreading with a vengeance that has made March 2022 look like March 2020 in parts of Asia.

Text Messages

Want to honor the pain and compassion we’ve felt during the pandemic? There’s a Torah portion for that.

New York

5 Orthodox New Yorkers sign on to a lawsuit challenging the city’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements

Global

Austrian artist under fire after posting star of David made of syringes

United States

Synagogues face tough COVID questions (again) as Omicron surges

Ideas

I am a rabbi in a hospital ICU. This is what the COVID surge looks like to our exhausted staff.

Culture

Jewish studies scholars gather under the shadow of Omicron, heartening many and rankling others

Global

Judge forces Dutch lawmaker to remove tweets likening Holocaust to COVID-19 measures

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