Tag: #coronavirus
Three weeks after Purim, coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities hard
Ben Sales, JTAApr 08, 2020
NEW YORK — The day before the chasidic folk band Zusha performed before a crowd of 300 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights on the evening of March 9,...
In Israel: from missiles to ventilators
Yaakov Lappin, JNSApr 08, 2020
JERUSALEM — In ordinary times, Israel Aerospace Industry’s Systems Missiles Space group churns out advanced missiles, including interceptors used by the Arrow 2 and...
Celebrating Passover in a coronavirus world
Amy LedermanApr 08, 2020
Passover is the holiday when Jews come together for seder with families, friends and community to retell the core Jewish narrative which goes like this: We were slaves...
The Lag b’Omer of our time
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 08, 2020
On the second night of Passover we launched this year’s journey of counting the sefirah — the 49 days from Passover to the holiday of Shavuot, in preparation for...
So that it never happens again
IJN Editorial StaffApr 08, 2020
A headline under the byline of William A. Galston caught our eye: “Appoint a Coronavirus 9/11 Commission” (Wall Street Journal, April 1). National security...
Underlying biases in the coronavirus era
IJN Editorial StaffApr 08, 2020
Look at these diametrically opposed responses during the current pandemic: Response Number One: In Tennessee, there is apparently a higher rate of COVID-19 infections in...
Denver day schools stream along
Chris LeppekApr 02, 2020
the profusion of “new normals” imposed upon civilization by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s remarkable how much normalcy there still is. Technology — much of...
The wedding with no guests — and no rabbi (sort of)
Ben Harris, JTAApr 02, 2020
NEW YORK — Before everything changed, Jalna Silverstein and Asael Papour were planning a wedding much like many other Jewish nuptials. They had a band and caterer...
Italy: ‘Smell of death all around’
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 02, 2020
MILAN — At least twice a day, Micol Naccache breaks down in tears over what the coronavirus is doing to her city of Milan and its Jewish community. A high […]