This is the Forward’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its affect on Jewish communities around the world.
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Life Is coronavirus a punishment from God? Dear Abbys answer this and other big questions
From its start in 1906, A Bintel Brief was a pillar of the Forward, helping generations of Jewish immigrants learn how to be American. In 2020, we are reviving the signature advice column, helping people navigate the complexities of being Jewish in this digital age. Send your questions to [email protected]. Reupholstering the future Dear Abbys,…
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Opinion Bibi’s ‘emergency government’ is a land grab disguised as a health crisis
When Donald Trump announced his “Deal of the Century” at the White House in late January with Netanyahu at his side, many in Israel and the US dismissed it as an PR stunt to boost his election campaign. With Palestinians outright rejecting the plan and the Israeli right up in arms over potential recognition of…
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Opinion Trust camps when they say it’s not safe. And it’s not safe.
I have a list of 20 names on my phone. It’s sacred to me, one of the most important artifacts of my life. I created it on June 29, 2013, the year I was Program Director at the Goldman Union Camp Institute. It was also the year three campers were sent to the ER after…
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Fast Forward Dr. Fauci: High Holiday services are possible, but many hurdles remain
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that it would be possible for people to gather in synagogues for the Jewish High Holidays in the fall if contact tracing is implemented to avoid a second wave of the pandemic. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the comments in a conference…
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Life Can you date in quarantine? Maybe. A few experts weighed in.
On Tuesday, May 5, the Forward hosted a virtual conversation on “Coupling in quarantine: distant dating and close cohabiting. ” Abby Sher, co-writer of the Forward’s Bintel Brief advice column, moderated a conversation including David Yarus, founder of JSwipe, the largest Jewish dating app; Rayna Greenberg, social influencer and podcast co-host of ‘Girls Gotta Eat’;…
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News (Not) all Jewish camps are cancelled (yet) (maybe). Here’s how some are trying to stay open.
After the Union of Reform Judaism, which operates North America’s largest network of Jewish summer camps, sent an email last week to thousands of families announcing that all its camps were cancelled, an independent camp in Pennsylvania issued an email announcement of its own. “Camp Zeke is not a URJ camp” it declared, in bold…
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Fast Forward She survived the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What is her secret?
(JTA) — After Marilee Shapiro Asher was admitted to the hospital in mid-April sick with COVID-19, her daughter got a call from the doctor telling her she ought to get down there right away. Her mother likely had only 12 hours to live. “Well, he doesn’t know my mother, does he?” Joan Shapiro said. What…
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Fast Forward Deep layoffs at organization tasked with helping Jewish nonprofits through the crisis
(JTA) – The nonprofit organization leading an emergency coalition to coordinate the Jewish response to the pandemic-induced financial crisis has itself slashed its staff. Jewish Federations of North America, an umbrella group of communal fundraising and programming organizations across the country, announced layoffs and executive salary cuts in a message to board members and federation…
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