Tag: #coronavirus
In the new COVID world, how did the holidays go?
Andrea JacobsOct 08, 2020
synagogues struggled well in advance of the High Holidays, with some racing right down to the wire, to develop meaningful Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services amid...
COVID and depression
Andrea JacobsOct 01, 2020
mid-July, 53% of Americans reported feelings of depression and-or anxiety directly related to COVID-19, according to a poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation....
Rabbi Chaitovsky covers terrain of High Holidays
Andrea JacobsAug 27, 2020
Yaakov Chaitovsky of BMH-BJ says that chesbon hanefesh (accounting of the soul), the introspective, preparatory process leading up to the High Holidays, might actually...
Synagogues prepare for unusual High Holidays
Andrea JacobsAug 20, 2020
that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are around the virus-embedded corner, synagogues prepare to welcome 5781 in ways undreamt of in modern Jewish experience. This High...
Reopening schools amidst a pandemic
Chris LeppekAug 13, 2020
well-worn phrase “back to school” — an inescapable part of our late summer ritual — might not be totally accurate in this strange year of 2020. In a week or two,...
What — still COVID?
IJN Editorial StaffAug 06, 2020
Perhaps more stressful than the COVID shutdown of virtually every institution and many businesses, and the de facto house arrest of millions, is figuring out what the...
COVID consequences: delay, denial
Andrea JacobsJul 23, 2020
sudden pain grabs your chest. Your arm goes numb. Although you know these are potential warning signs of a heart attack or stroke, you attribute the red flags to...
Sports angst in a pandemic
Chris LeppekJul 16, 2020
the summer simmers on, and the coronavirus pandemic only grows worse in the US, the wide world of sports is suddenly not looking so wide. Fans of major sports are facing...
Welcome back to shul — with new rules
Larry HankinJul 02, 2020
The past month or so has seen some Denver-area synagogues slowly reopening for limited daily and Shabbat services. The services don’t look like they did before the...
Emotional fallout
Amy LedermanJul 02, 2020
Since March of this year, we have been forced to reassess and restructure how we think about and interact with the world. From empty calendars and stockpiled closets to...
