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Fast Forward U.S. cancels visa for Israeli who flew back and forth knowing he had COVID-19
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The United States reportedly has cancelled a work visa for an Israeli man who flew home from Newark, New Jersey, despite knowing that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. The man did not notify the United Airlines crew that he had the virus when he boarded the fight, the Times of…
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Life There are heroes all around us. Meet some of them here.
We see them on social media and in family group chats. We hear about them when we call our friends or talk with a neighbor across the street. They’re churning out homemade masks on their sewing machines or babysitting the children of emergency responders. They’re delivering groceries to neighbors or risking infection to keep soup…
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Community The handshake is dead. Long live the…
I think I am in the minority here, but I happen to love to shake hands. The night before I left for college, my dad taught me how in our suburban New Jersey kitchen. “O.K., so what if the college president introduces himself to you? You need a good handshake,” he advised. “Look him right…
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Community How I got my family through COVID-19
I’ve felt weirdly calm during this COVID-19 pandemic, and that’s not because we’ve been untouched by it as a family. Our eldest son was hospitalized in Philadelphia in March with what turned out to be COVID-induced, multi-site pneumonia. It was a bit of a tense comedy trying to get him to tell us — the…
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News Devout Jewish town rejects rabbis’ plan to use wedding hall amid pandemic
Lakewood, N.J., is a famously devout and rapidly growing town centered around the biggest yeshiva outside Israel — Beth Medrash Govoha. Its citizens devote their lives to fulfilling the Torah’s dictates, including the one many consider to be the first: be fruitful and multiply. When the onset of New Jersey’s strict social-distancing rules meant to…
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News Letter from Las Vegas: Why reopening the Vegas Strip is a bad gamble
According to Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, the lockdown of her city due to coronavirus is “insanity.” To Her Honor, then, sanity is defined as completely reopening a city that depends on strangers from random cities gambling, dining and watching entertainment in close proximity, while in the throes of the deadliest and most contagious worldwide…
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Opinion ‘Here we sit. In limbo.’ A day in the life of a small business owner during a pandemic.
I’m up by 6:00 am, but my husband Daniel has already been up for hours. He gets up between 2:00 and 4:00 am to research financial markets and potential investments. We take that first hour before the kids stir to check in on the day. What has to happen? Who is working in the cidery…
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News Reopen Georgia? Atlanta’s Jewish community isn’t so sure
Georgia’s governor is in a hurry to reopen his state. Atlanta’s Jewish community, not so much. “No one is calling us frantic to reopen,” said Robert Wittenstein, president of Temple Emanu-el of Greater Atlanta. Earlier this week, Georgia’s Republican Brian Kemp announced he wanted Georgia to reopen—to the surprise of business leaders and mayors across…
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