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Coronavirus: What will the seder be like?
Andrea JacobsMar 26, 2020
Passover, we are told to personally feel as though we escaped Egyptian bondage for freedom. On the evening of this coming April 8, when we open our Haggadahs, our...
‘Don’t travel for Passover’
Shana GoldbergMar 26, 2020
Local infectious disease specialist Dr. Daniel Mogyoros stated to the Intermountain Jewish News the importance of staying put. “If at all possible, do not have family...
Denver’s mikvehs remain open
Chris LeppekMar 26, 2020
the coronavirus’ virtually universal reach impacting just about everything — and closing everything from restaurants to synagogues to schools — it’s little...
Anguish of the times yields a trip to Washington state
Andrea JacobsMar 26, 2020
Editor’s note: As the situation around coronavirus is changing daily, it is important to check Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines before any travel...
In light of coronavirus, Passover needs multiply
Josefin Dolsten, JTAMar 19, 2020
NEW YORK — The run-up to Passover is the busiest time of the year for Masbia, a nonprofit that operates three kosher soup kitchens in Brooklyn and Queens. The...
Coronavirus: What’s on — or replaced
Larry HankinMar 19, 2020
These days, “business as usual” is anything but. This, of course, includes the organized Jewish community’s efforts to work within the Centers for Disease Control...
Coronavirus: New cycle for lifecycle events
Andrea JacobsMar 19, 2020
Just a few weeks ago, Denver’s Jewish community planned for Bar-Bat Mitzvahs and weddings under an illusion of normality. Torah portions came together. Invitations had...
Coping with coronavirus
Chris LeppekMar 19, 2020
Let’s face it — the last couple of weeks have been rough. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered an avalanche of ominous and downright bad news covering an almost...
Knesset sworn in, asked to topple Netanyahu
JNSMar 19, 2020
By Dov Lipman The COVID-19 pandemic cast a pall over the swearing in of Israel’s 23rd Knesset on Monday, March 16, with the Knesset’s 120 lawmakers being sworn in...
O the virus, o the guilt
TPSMar 19, 2020
JERUSALEM — Some 15 years after an Israeli stole a ballista stone from the archaeological site in the City of David, he decided this weekend to return the...
