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  I’m a doctor on the front lines of coronavirus. We’ve thrown out the rule book.

  I work as a hospitalist at the New York Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan. For those who are not familiar, a hospitalist cares for patients who, upon coming to the emergency room, are deemed sufficiently sick to require admission to the hospital. Hospitalists, along with pulmonologists and infectious disease physicians, are the group of doctors…

  By Raphy Rosen

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  Letter | Sheldon Adelson’s supposed generosity

  Dear Editor, The Forward recently published an article about billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s “generosity.” I felt compelled to respond. Tell me how much he is going to get from the recent emergency stimulus packages — and then let’s discuss how generous he is. Tell me how much he pays in federal and state taxes — and…

  By Toby T. Gati Apr 2, 2020 | < 1 min read
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  Thank you, Sheldon Adelson

  If you had told me two weeks ago that Sheldon Adelson would emerge from the coronavirus crisis a hero, I would not have believed you. A casino mogul worth close to $40 billion, Adelson is most famous for funding Republican and right-wing political campaigns and movements; he was the largest single donor in both the…

  By Batya Ungar-Sargon Apr 2, 2020 | 4 min read

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  ‘Is Hashem upset at you? Is that why you’re davening at home?’ The challenges of teaching Jewish values during a pandemic

  My kids have been wondering why I’m around this much. They have always watched me going to yeshiva to study and teach. They’ve seen me go to synagogue three times a day for their entire young lives. My wife and I have tried to explain this unique situation to them, but they’re still a little…

  By Eliezer Brand Apr 2, 2020 | 4 min read
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  My occupier is my responsibility: Being Palestinian during coronavirus

  The entirety of Palestine is now under threat. Everyone — Jew and Arab alike — must submit to the new set of rules that this new occupation has laid down. Now, we all have curfews, we all have checkpoints, we all have the same limitations to our movement and our lives. Before the outbreak of…

  By Kefah Abukhdeir Apr 1, 2020 | 3 min read
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  ‘Please let it be a migraine’ – chronic illness is the age of COVID-19

  A dull ache creeps into my neck, working its way down my back, spreading rapidly through my limbs until they’re heavy and useless. Next comes a sharp pain directly between my eyes, burrowing into the depths of my skull as if trying to drill straight through the bone. I yearn for the cool burn of…

  By Sophie Vershbow Apr 1, 2020 | 4 min read
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  ‘How we will feed our children?’ Israel’s asylum seekers are on the brink

  In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Israel has already been on lockdown for two weeks. But while the country has shifted very quickly into emergency mode, this situation will not affect everyone equally. As a public service during this pandemic, the Forward is providing free, unlimited access to all coronavirus articles. If you’d like to…

  By Tamara Newman Apr 1, 2020 | 5 min read
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  Jewish community has gone virtual. But it’s my neighbors I’m discovering and leaning on.

  Earlier this week, I received a WhatsApp message from a neighbor. She was at the supermarket and wanted to know if I needed anything. The message might seem prosaic and mundane, but I would never have received anything like it even a couple of weeks before. Although my family and I have lived on the…

  By Keith Kahn-Harris Apr 1, 2020 | 4 min read
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  We are the Egyptians now

  BG IMG LINK Previous Article Next Article And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. (Exodus 17:23-24) What did Pharaoh tell his people?…

  By Daniel Kahn Mar 31, 2020 | 3 min read
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  As plagues go…

  BG IMG LINK Previous Article Next Article As I write these words, I am lying on a hammock, next to a fire burning in an outdoor fireplace on my porch. A glass of single-malt Scotch is in my hand. The Mozart second horn concerto is playing in the background. As plagues that shut down society…

  By Benjamin Wittes Mar 31, 2020 | 3 min read
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  The invisible plague: grief

  BG IMG LINK Previous Article Next Article If you’ve never sat in an eerily empty subway car amid a global pandemic, while reading a novel about a strain of influenza wiping out 99% of the world population — well, I don’t recommend it. But that was a few morning commutes for me as the novel…

  By Seth Mandel Mar 31, 2020 | 3 min read