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News Scenes from ‘ground zero’: inside New Rochelle’s coronavirus containment zone
Patrick Vecchio was delivering kosher Chinese food to Jews quarantined in their homes in New Rochelle Tuesday afternoon when he heard the news: He was smack in the middle of the “containment zone” — a one-mile radius around an Orthodox synagogue in this New York suburb. Schools, places of worship and other large gathering areas…
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News Could the same man have brought coronavirus to both CPAC and AIPAC conferences?
The tens of thousands of devotees who attended last week’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference and the Conservative Political Action Conference at the end of February have all gone back home, bringing with them new ideas about U.S.-Israel relations and strategies for Republican victories in the 2020 election, respectively. Some have also brought…
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Yiddish אַלע וואָס קומען אין ישׂראל מוזן זיך שטעלן אונטער אַ קאַראַנטיןEvery new arrival in Israel must be quarantined
דער אָבליגאַטאָרישער 14־טאָגיקער קאַראַנטין וועט זײַן חל סײַ אויף אומקערנדיקע ישׂראלים, סײַ אויף אַלע אויסלענדער.
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Israel News Israel’s coronavirus quarantine means expats, tourists must cancel travel plans
Dana Naomy Mills is an Israeli academic living in Oxford, Great Britain. She makes a point to fly home every year for Passover. “Oxford has a tiny Jewish community, and so it’s hard to get matzot, and basic things to make you feel at home,” she said. “I’m a matzah brei addict,” she added, referring…
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Culture As coronavirus fears escalate, Broadway goes affordable
The spread of coronavirus has sent financial markets into turmoil, closed Harvard University and emptied supermarket shelves of surgical masks and hand sanitizer. It’s also forced Broadway to do something unprecedented: Sell reasonably-priced tickets. Scott Rudin, one of Broadway’s biggest producers, has slashed the price of all remaining tickets for his five Broadway shows to…
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Israel News Quarantine Diary Day 7: Israel, a country under quarantine
Z ack Dinerstein and Lisa Tauber, both 35, moved from Park Slope, Brooklyn, to Tel Aviv a year ago for her job at Fiverr, an online marketplace for freelance services (he is a web developer and former podcast producer). Newlyweds, they recently went for a romantic getaway to Paris — only to find on their…
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Opinion How my Jewish community has come together under quarantine
Last week, New York’s first cases of coronavirus started sweeping the state, with most of them consolidating themselves to my small Jewish community in Westchester county. As of today, Governor Andrew Cuomo has sent in the National Guard. But the truth is, he needn’t have. Our situation is unique. Once we in New Rochelle’s Orthodox…
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Culture What to watch if you’re quarantined with coronavirus
With coronavirus cases on the rise and over 2,000 people in quarantine in New York City alone, it’s looking increasingly likely that many of us will have to spend some quality time at home in the next few weeks. Wondering how not to go crazy while eating canned goods in your closet-sized bedroom? The answer,…
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