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Fast Forward Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews are acting like they have herd immunity. Could they be right?
(JTA) – The front page of the June 26 issue of Der Yid, one of the most widely circulated Yiddish newspapers among New York’s Hasidic Orthodox communities, made the point loud and clear. “And so it was after the plague.” Those words, lifted from a verse in the Torah and printed alongside photos of large…
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News Which Jewish groups got the biggest coronavirus loans from the government — and why?
The Orthodox Union, the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, the Union of Reform Judaism, the Anti-Defamation League and Yeshivah of Flatbush are the Jewish groups that received the largest loans from the Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection program, according to data released this week by the SBA, the federal body responsible for distributing loans…
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Israel News Israel employs controversial tracking tool to fight surging COVID
A 27-year-old Pilates instructor was walking home from the beach in Jaffa on Saturday afternoon when she got an alarming text message. According to “an epidemiological investigation,” it said, she had been in contact with a Covid-positive person on the previous Saturday between 4 and 5 p,m., and now was “obligated to go into isolation…
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Community How Jewish organizations can financially survive the pandemic
This article is based on a presentation produced in partnership by the Union for Reform Judaism, National Association for Temple Administration, Women of Reform Judaism, and Women’s Rabbinical Network on behalf of the Reform Pay Equity Initiative with funding from the SafetyRespectEquity Coalition. Perhaps this is your congregation: It is currently OK financially, but your…
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Fast Forward Judge: Orthodox camps won’t be allowed to open
(JTA) – A last-ditch effort by Orthodox Jews in New York to clear the way for overnight camps this summer fell short Monday as a federal judge declined to intervene against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to keep the camps closed. The judge was responding to a lawsuit brought last month by the Association of Jewish…
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News As COVID-19 rages at San Quentin, a prison rabbi and activist offer comfort and support
Kat Morgan led her last Shabbat service inside San Quentin State Prison on March 13. At one point during that service, and her co-leaders divided the congregants into small groups to share things that bring them joy during darker moments. “These people are experts in resilience,” she said. “They shared gratitude for things like prayer,…
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Fast Forward GOP official apologizes for cartoon equating lockdown mask mandate with Holocaust
A rural Kansas newspaper owned by a Republican Party chairman retracted a cartoon, widely criticized as anti-Semitic, that equated the state’s lockdown rules to the Holocaust. The cartoon, posted to the Facebook page of the newspaper on Friday, depicted Kansas’ Democratic governor, Laura Kelly, wearing a face mask with a Star of David on it,…
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Community First COVID, then ICU delirium; Hatzalah founder calls for ICU mental healthcare
In March while I was in Miami, I contracted Covid-19. I was put into an induced coma on a respirator twice, for nearly 30 days total. But by far the worst part of my experience was the dreams I had while under, my emotional and mental reaction to the drugs used to put me into…
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