This is the Forward’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its affect on Jewish communities around the world.
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Community In the wake of the pandemic, the Jewish community is inspired to serve
Just as we began to adjust to our new shelter in place routines, Repair the World Brooklyn volunteers put on their protective masks and gloves to deliver food packages to isolated Holocaust survivors in South Brooklyn, with our partners at MET Council. This hands-on effort helped seniors, amplified the incredible work of MET Council, and…
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Fast Forward NY man charged with harassment for claiming Jews responsible for coronavirus
(JTA) — Claiming Jews are responsible for the coronavirus, a New York City man has been charged with bias intimidation and harassment following two confrontations with a Jewish man at a Dunkin’ Donuts in New Jersey. Afrim Haxhaj, 30, of Queens, told the Jewish man at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Fort Lee on Monday to…
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Life Everyday Heroes: She’s sourcing masks from every corner of Facebook
The Forward asked readers to tell us about the “everyday heroes” in their lives, people extraordinary things in this extraordinary time. If you know someone acting heroically right now, let us know — we’ll be adding to the collection in the coming days. Name: Rena Leinberger, artist How she started: What she’s doing: An artist…
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Opinion The dreadful loneliness of Ramadan during coronavirus
Every year, I await Ramadan’s colorful yet reverent atmosphere and touching spirituality. Islam’s holiest month has always been a time of kindness, self-reflection, and communal solidarity. Daytime would be filled with worship, reciting Quran, contemplation and charitable work. In my family, iftar, the breaking of fast, always meant gatherings of relatives and friends for a…
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Opinion Want to protest COVID safety measures? Waive your right to medical care
Throughout my career as a physician and public health administrator, I experienced how different countries responded to a global public health crisis. Some of these countries demonstrated enormous political will to address the AIDS pandemic, while others did not. In the absence of coordinated political efforts, death tolls climbed and what’s known as “illness burden”…
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Community Coronavirus, an accident and a journey toward gratitude
On that Friday night all those weeks ago when all students received the email to leave Stanford University as soon as possible, I was unsettled by the idea that my sophomore year could face such dramatic change so quickly. I left campus a few days later to head home, but the surprise of sudden upheaval…
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News Orthodox Jews are donating plasma by the thousands to fight COVID-19
Read this article in Yiddish Well before the rest of the world was talking about blood plasma and its use in fighting coronavirus, Dr. Shmuel Shoham knew all about it — and where he could probably get a lot of it. By early March, Shoham, an expert on infectious diseases in transplant patients at Johns…
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Community The power of spiritual community in a chaotic world
March 15th is a day etched in my memory. That Sunday evening, the minyan at my Conservative shul went virtual. Earlier in the day, our Massachusetts governor, Charlie Baker, had limited gatherings to 25 people. Later that month, full-fledged social distancing and sheltering at home would go into effect. That evening, I also decided to…
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