This is the Forward’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its affect on Jewish communities around the world.
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News David Axelrod wants to save Manny’s Deli
David Axelrod has a clear memory of the roasted turkey leg he received in a care package at the White House. “It was the size of a war club,” he said. A friend had shipped it to Axelrod, then senior advisor to President Barack Obama. He figured Axelrod missed the Wednesday Turkey Leg special offered…
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Opinion What victories for BDS in Congress means for American Jews
It’s hard to know when the wave began, but there can be no doubt that it’s gaining strength. In a series of primaries across the nation, progressive challengers have succeeded in ousting incumbents in Democratic primaries. These incumbents have included some of the most pro-Israel stalwarts in government. Their ouster suggests a much bigger story:…
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Opinion How wins for BDS can be wins for American Jews
The results of two Democratic primaries yesterday spell out an important message, not just for American politics but for American Jews. The victories of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush of Missouri, both of whom have voiced support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel, will force…
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News Separation of church and state group raises alarm on government aid to religious schools
A new report argues that private schools, including Jewish ones, received an outsized amount of federal coronavirus aid compared to the number of students they serve. The report, by the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State, calculated the amount of federal dollars received by religious, secular private and public schools and divided…
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News She needs a kidney. The pandemic is in her way.
The coronavirus got to Rachel Bialer’s kidney before she could. Earlier this year, the Port Washington, Long Island woman had hoped that a 27-year-old social worker in San Diego, Calif., might be a compatible kidney donor for her. But surging coronavirus infections in San Diego make it unlikely the social worker will be able to…
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Life How these strong Jewish women survive the Covid-19 pandemic
It has been more than 130 days since schools across the country have closed. The situation escalated so quickly that no parent could have prepared. I remember standing in my daughter’s preschool classroom with her, holding her pink nap mat with gold stars, shell shocked. Moms around the country were standing with me, stunned by…
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Fast Forward Syrian-Jewish real estate family to host Trump at $250K-per-seat fundraiser
President Trump is scheduled to attend a fundraiser in New Jersey next week hosted by the family of Stanley Chera, a friend of his who died earlier this year from COVID-19, Hamodia reported. Chera, a real estate developer and a prominent leader of the Syrian Jewish community of New York and New Jersey, died in…
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Opinion My fellow Orthodox Jews: Start fighting for the Uyghurs
The Chinese concentration camps for Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities should strike fear into Jew's hearts
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News An Israeli restaurant chain said it closed due to boycotts. Protesters are celebrating.
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Opinion It’s time for the pro-Palestinian movement to make a radical change
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News Should synagogues remove the Israeli flag from bimahs now? How a New York shul made the decision
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Opinion Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here’s why they shouldn’t be
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Opinion Does that Trump Time Magazine cover really reference a Nazi war criminal?
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Opinion Demanding loyalty of the U.S. military, Trump hungers for ‘the kind of generals that Hitler had’
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Culture Leonard Bernstein wrote a love song to the White House; now it’s an elegy
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Fast Forward As 1000+ rabbis sign anti-Mamdani letter, others decry mounting ‘red lines’ in Jewish communities
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