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News Your coronavirus Jewish resource guide
With rabbis and public health officials warning against participating in Jewish life activities due to the spread of coronavirus many are wondering how to have an active Jewish life amongst the many cancelations and advisories. We will be updating this guide with resources as they become available. (Last updated 3/16 2:11 p.m.) As a public…
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News Live coronavirus coverage: Chabad of West Side confirms diagnosis
We are closely monitoring the coronavirus outbreak within the Jewish community in New York and beyond, and are posting updates as they happen here. If you are being affected by the virus we would like to speak to you, please email our news director at kunza at forward.com. 3:35 p.m. | Coronavirus confirmed at Chabad…
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News Live coronavirus updates: AIPAC says 2 conference attendees tested positive for coronavirus
We are closely monitoring the coronavirus outbreak within the Jewish community in New York and beyond, and are posting updates as they happen here. If you are being affected by the virus we would like to speak to you, please email reporter Ari Feldman at feldman[at]forward.com. Has the spread of #coronavirus made you change your…
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Culture WATCH NOW: Virtual Conversation: Look to the Helpers: Caring for Vulnerable Populations
This event has already taken place. Watch the video recording here. On Passover, it is tradition to practice ma’ot chitim, providing the poor with matzah. This feels especially relevant this year amid a pandemic that is causing economic hardship and a public health crisis. How can we help our community in this critical time while…
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Culture WATCH NOW: Virtual Conversation: A Plague of Our Own
This event has already taken place. Watch the video recording here. What do the Ten Plagues from the Book of Exodus have to teach us about the pandemic we are experiencing? And how can the coronavirus crisis deepen our understanding of the Ten Plagues? As we all think about how to do Seders in this…
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Culture WATCH NOW: Virtual Conversation: Parenting in a Pandemic
This event has already taken place. Watch the video recording here. Join our live panel discussion, “Parenting in a Pandemic: Home-schooling, canceled B’nei mitzvah and what will happen to camp?” Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, will host a conversation about how Jewish parents are approaching and adapting to this new reality featuring David Bryfman,…
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Culture March 25: Forward Archivist to join “The Fire of a Movement” Livestream
Forward Archivist, Chana Pollack will join the live broadcast of an episode from “The Future of America’s Past” that features The Forward’s treasured archives. This special livestream event recognizes the 109th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City. Join us to watch “The Fire of a Movement,” an episode about the…
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Culture WATCH NOW: A Fraught Conversation: Racism and Anti-Semitism in Politics
This event has already taken place. Watch a recording here Please join Forward Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren as she moderates “A Fraught Conversation: Racism and Anti-Semitism in Politics”. Panelists include Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and served in the White House as special assistant to President Obama and director of the Office of Social…
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