I am very sad to report we have seen an uptick in cases.
Nassau County was down to 25 cases a day; that has since doubled. The Five Towns has new cases, related to travel into …
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By Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau
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7/2/20
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In the backdrop of expanding Israel-Africa relations in recent years, Israeli organizations and startups are working to help countries on the African continent fight the coronavirus.
Magen David …
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By Eliana Rudee, JNS
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6/17/20
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In April, Rebeca Posternak and her parents went out for a sushi dinner to celebrate her 23rd birthday in Boa Viagem, a suburb of her native city of Recife, Brazil.
Throughout much of Brazil, …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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6/17/20
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The scene in Bethesda, Maryland, at a protest for Black Lives Matter looked like a religious service. That’s because it was. Throngs of people coming together, chanting and singing, engaged …
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By Bethany Mandel
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6/10/20
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Like many small business owners, Ian Yosef Hertzmark’s small flour operation saw a precipitous drop when the coronavirus pandemic hit the US in March. …
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By Ben Harris, JTA
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6/10/20
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For Sarit Haviv, 53, of Brooklyn’s Mill Basin neighborhood, the toughest part of having COVID-19 was seeing her beloved husband of 30 years, Shlomo Haviv, become ill …
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By Heather Robinson, JNS
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5/27/20
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About 120 research groups from various countries are racing to develop vaccines for COVID-19. Several formulations have already advanced to human safety trials. Although the frontrunners in this race …
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By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
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5/27/20
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When the coronavirus pandemic first descended on the United States in March, the Orthodox rabbis of Dallas shuttered their synagogues together in a remarkable show of unity.
In April, as the …
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By Shira Hanau, JTA
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5/20/20
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For weeks, the two boys studied at their home in Borough Park as their teachers lectured through a phone line.
But last Monday, one of the boys’ schools announced that classes would resume …
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By Shira Hanau, JTA
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5/20/20
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Agudath Israel of America issued this statement late on Tuesday.
Yesterday [Monday] a Jewish school in Brooklyn, NY was found hosting students learning in apparent violation of Governor …
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Agudath Israel of America
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5/20/20
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