Rabbi who recovered from COVID donates plasma in experimental treatment
Rabbi Daniel Nevins recovered from the coronavirus. Now he’s donating blood plasma in the hopes of helping others who are ill.
Conservative Movement leaders say virtual minyans are permissible during ‘crisis situation’
Leaders said that given the current public health crisis it’s permitted to constitute a prayer quorum via videoconference.
29 coronavirus cases confirmed at one New York Jewish school
SAR was the first New York Jewish day school to close as a result of the epidemic.
Families of Pittsburgh synagogue victims to get $3 million from donated funds
More than $5.4 million was collected in the months following the 2018 shooting that killed 11 at the Tree of Life synagogue.
Jeff Sessions Meets With JCC Leaders To Discuss Bomb Threats
— Representatives of the umbrella organization of Jewish community centers discussed recent bomb threats against their institutions with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Officials from the JCC Association of North America met with Sessions on Thursday, a week after an Israeli teenager was arrested on charges of calling in over 100 bomb threats to…
Israel Bars Entry To British Activist Because Of Boycott Support
Israel denied entry to a British pro-Palestinian activist a week after the Knesset passed a law banning entry to foreigners who support boycotting the Jewish state.
University Of Illinois, Ohio State Reject Divestment Measures
— Students at the University of Illinois and Ohio State University voted down measures urging their schools to divest from companies complicit in Palestinian human rights violations. The Illinois referendum was rejected late last week by a margin of 56.8 to 43.2 percent, according to media reports. The Ohio State measure failed by a…
Pope Francis Meets ADL Leaders, Condemns Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Pope Francis received a delegation from the Anti-Defamation League and said the church feels “particularly obliged” to help fight anti-Semitism. Francis met with the delegation Thursday at the Vatican, according to a report from Vatican Radio. “The Catholic Church feels particularly obliged to do all that is possible with our Jewish friends to repel anti-Semitic…
Israel Apologizes for Airport Questioning of New Israel Fund Leader
(JTA) — The agency that manages Israel’s border crossings apologized for any “anguish” caused by the questioning of the leader of the New Israel Fund at Ben-Gurion Airport. The Population and Immigration Authority said Thursday that its interim director general, Amnon Shmueli, had spoken to the New Israel Fund’s president after the group’s vice president, Jennifer Gorovitz,…
Islamic State Affiliate Claims Responsibility for Eilat Rocket Attack
(JTA) — An affiliate of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat. The Sinai Province group, which pledged its allegiance to ISIS in 2014, said Thursday it was responsible for the firing of four rockets from the Egyptian-controlled Sinai peninsula into Israel. Three of the rockets…
