This is the Forward’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its affect on Jewish communities around the world.
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Fast Forward London Rabbinical Court allowing some not kosher for Passover products due to coronavirus
(JTA) — Why will this Passover be different from all others? This year, the London Beth Din, or religious court, has created a list of permissible products not made under special supervision for Passover due to difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis. The Kashrut Division of the court developed the list, titled “Product guidelines in…
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Culture Daily distraction: Facebook Live concerts, unique coloring books and a Larry David sandwich
Welcome to your daily distraction, our recommendations for ways to stay engaged and entertained while we socially distance ourselves to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak. You can find our past recommendations here; many of the opportunities we’ve highlighted are ongoing. Good morning! I come bearing a new hand-washing song from the king of easy listening,…
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News ‘I hope I can get through this:’ Loan societies help people hurt by virus
Dasha Fishman works at a not-for-profit organization that provides services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. The job doesn’t pay much, around $33,000 – it’s not enough to cover the cost of her rent, utilities, or student loans, so she supplements her income by working directly with special-needs individuals in their homes after work….
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Fast Forward In Paris, a pillar of Jewish education dies from coronavirus
(JTA) — Andre Touboul, a rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement who led one of France’s most prestigious high schools, has died of the coronavirus in Paris. He was 64. Touboul led Beth Hanna, a Jewish institution of some 1,500 students whose high school was ranked the best in France in 2015 by Le Parisien…
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News How you can help this Jewish deli deliver chicken soup to health care workers
When Steve Israel was in self-quarantine in New York, he ordered some comfort food from Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers (“We Cure Our Own Corned Beef, Our Chicken Soup Cures Everything Else!”). While he was eating, a member of his family who is also a doctor told him that hospital staffers treating patients with…
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Fast Forward Hasidic man refused service by Toyota dealership ‘because you’re spreading the virus’
A Hasidic man was refused service at a Toyota dealership in New York Monday after being accused of “spreading the virus.” In several videos and voice notes shared on WhatsApp, the man described making an appointment at Johnstons Toyota, in New Hampton, N.Y., and then being asked to leave without having his car serviced, even…
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Fast Forward Fact check: Israel is not about to release a coronavirus vaccine
Despite rumors swirling online to the contrary, Israel has not developed and tested a vaccine for coronavirus. The rumor appears to have started with a Facebook post that read, “A vaccine for CoronaVirus has just been approved in Israel. It is being produced in hundreds of thousands as we speak and expected to be in…
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News To stay or go? For Millennials, a dilemma of being alone vs. risking infecting parents
I was in a new apartment, on a new block. I started noticing all the weird sounds of my building in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights – the clacking of the radiator, the groaning and banging of heating pipes. Out my window, I could see into other peoples’ lives, people like me who were…
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