This is the Forward’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its affect on Jewish communities around the world.
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Opinion Holocaust trivialization at protests isn’t just offensive. It threatens democracy
In response to stay at home orders imposed by local governments across the nation to protect American citizens from the deadly and contagious coronavirus, a wave of protests has broken out. These have been attended by an amalgam) of right wing interests, among them hard core white nationalists. We know because they brought their signs….
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Fast Forward Anti-lockdown protests spawn more anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Holocaust imagery
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust imagery continue to be mainstays at anti-lockdown protests against governors and in state capitols. A placard at an anti-lockdown protest held Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, in front of the state capitol bore the image of the body of a rat standing on its hind legs with a Star…
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Fast Forward High coronavirus death toll at Jewish Long Island facility
(JTA) — The scene at the Parker Jewish Institute, a Jewish nursing home in Long Island, New York, is scary: nurses are wearing trash bags as protective gowns and reusing masks due to equipment shortages, and deaths have risen rapidly and may be underreported. The facility is part of a report on the “coronavirus horror…
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Culture Coronavirus has made flaunting wealth taboo. What’s an influencer to do?
When Arielle Charnas developed symptoms of the novel coronavirus in mid-March, she found herself in the same boat as many New Yorkers: Sick, and scared. What happened next was less common. While the city’s medical system was even then stretched thin and tests for the virus were — as they remain — hard to come…
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News Scuffle disrupts compromise with police at Chabad headquarters around prayer, social distancing
A gathering of young men in front of the Chabad movement’s Brooklyn headquarters led to a scuffle with police, who have been permitting prayer services there for a month despite the ban on gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. The incident highlighted the attempts by law enforcement to balance the devout community’s spiritual needs with safety…
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News Jewish nonprofit best practices are no match for coronavirus
T’ruah, a nonprofit that trains Jewish clergy to work on human rights campaigns, has a somewhat unusual funding structure. A third of its annual revenue— about $1.4 million in 2018, according to tax filings — comes from foundations, which normally make up a larger portion for Jewish organizations of its size. The rest comes from…
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News I went on Holocaust pilgrimage as an adult. A virtual March of the Living isn’t enough.
Through the dark forest, my parents and I inched our way over rocks and twigs, to a clearing surrounded by a short fence edged with unlit candles and flowers, some fake, some wilting. My feet pressed into the spongy weeds as our group gathered to hum a niggun, then say Kaddish. Huddled near my parents…
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Life Everyday Heroes: They’re taking care of grandparents — dozens of them.
The Forward asked readers to tell us about the “everyday heroes” in their lives, people doing 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. Names: Rabbi Shimon Andrusier and Rebbetzin Liba Andrusier Who they are:…
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Opinion Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point
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News They texted about Torah and mitzvahs. Feds say they were insider trading
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Culture At Eurovision, Israel’s near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
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Opinion I run The Jewish Theological Seminary. Here’s the real story about President Isaac Herzog speaking at our commencement
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