Covid-19

Ideas

Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested New York’s COVID restrictions hold back Orthodox Jewish women. The truth is far more complicated.

Rather than supporting Jewish women, Gorsuch’s offhand line in agreeing with the decision is likely to harm our religious liberty.

Montreal Jewish nursing home hit hard by COVID infections in 2nd wave

The public facility, in the predominantly Jewish suburb of Cote St. Luc, is suffering from acute staff shortages.

For Jewish schools, Thanksgiving presents a new test of COVID rules and parent trust

“I’m going to trust that this is a community that’s going to look out for each other,” one mother said, hoping other parents take the pandemic as seriously as she does.

Global

Prominent rabbis pray for Ukrainian President Zelensky, who is recovering from COVID-19

Health

Jewish day schools and yeshivas remain open as NYC public schools close

Politics

Orthodox group asks Supreme Court, with its new conservative majority, to block restrictions on synagogues

Health

‘It’s knocking on everyone’s doors’: Chicago’s Jewish community is battered by second wave of coronavirus

Global

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tests positive for COVID-19

Ideas

Saying Kaddish helped me mourn my father. During the pandemic, it helped me build a community.

Health

The Jewish Faucis: Orthodox doctors battle COVID — and disinformation — in Orthodox communities

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