Covid-19

Jewish funeral planned for Dick Farrel, prominent COVID skeptic who died of the virus

The talk show host, born Farrel Austin Levitt in Queens, New York, spent his final weeks privately telling friends to get the vaccine.

By Ron Kampeas August 9, 2021 12:33 pm

KLM airplanes at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. (KLM)

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

The girls ate outside the designated meal times and refused to comply with requests to put away their kosher food, Delta said.

August 6, 2021 12:22 pm

To mitigate COVID-19 shortfall, Genesis Philanthropy Group donates $4 million to European Jewish institutions

Separately, the philanthropic organization has announced a focus on Spanish congregations, which it has credited with shaping Jewish life for centuries.

May 27, 2021 9:44 am

Eli Seliger looks at a baby in London, UK in April 2021. (Courtesy of Eli Seliger)

This Orthodox dad leaned on his Jewish community to survive a 2-month COVID coma

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 25, 2021 5:02 pm

Herzel Simon celebrates Hanukkah at his home in Mumbai, India on Dec. 29, 2020. (Courtesy of Simon)

Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while offering relief to the hardest hit

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 6, 2021 5:21 pm

Dutch party equates COVID measures to Nazism on national Holocaust remembrance day

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 4, 2021 11:38 am

Nearly half of violent antisemitic incidents in Canada were COVID related, watchdog reports

By Ron Kampeas April 27, 2021 9:46 am

A Bosnian War prosecutor from Boston is trying to help Sarajevo’s Jews survive a brutal COVID-19 surge

By Bette Keva April 26, 2021 3:48 pm

Supreme Court lifts California restrictions on at-home religious gatherings

By Shira Hanau April 11, 2021 12:40 pm

The aftermath of anti-Semitic vandalism at the synagogue of Larissa, Greece on Dec. 3, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Larissa)

Anti-Semitic assaults worldwide dropped 19% in 2020 due to pandemic, report says

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 7, 2021 10:56 am

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Jewish funeral planned for Dick Farrel, prominent COVID skeptic who died of the virus

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

To mitigate COVID-19 shortfall, Genesis Philanthropy Group donates $4 million to European Jewish institutions

This Orthodox dad leaned on his Jewish community to survive a 2-month COVID coma

Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while offering relief to the hardest hit

Dutch party equates COVID measures to Nazism on national Holocaust remembrance day

Nearly half of violent antisemitic incidents in Canada were COVID related, watchdog reports

A Bosnian War prosecutor from Boston is trying to help Sarajevo’s Jews survive a brutal COVID-19 surge

Supreme Court lifts California restrictions on at-home religious gatherings

Anti-Semitic assaults worldwide dropped 19% in 2020 due to pandemic, report says

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