This is the Forward’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its affect on Jewish communities around the world.
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News Letter from Mexico City: ‘We barely recognize one another’
At first, things were very calm. Nobody seemed to be worried. The crisis was happening at the other side of the planet, very far away, in China, and starting to hit Italy, but in Mexico City we were safe. There were 7 people sick with coronavirus. Mexicans were special and would not to be harmed….
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Fast Forward Jewish group launches page to report COVID-related hate crimes against Jews, Asian-Americans
The Anti-Semitism Accountability Project and the America China Public Affairs Institute have created a portal to report coronavirus-related hate speech and bias crimes against minority groups. Victims of bias-crimes can report them through an online form on ASAP’s website. The results will be used to “identify trends and raise awareness of this growing crisis among…
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Fast Forward Virus outbreak in black-Jewish Baltimore neighborhood leads to anti-Semitic blame game
An African-American radio host’s public blaming of Jews for Baltimore’s coronavirus outbreak led to an accusation of anti-Semitism, particularly since data shows that the city’s COVID-19 hotspots include neighborhoods popular with both Jews and black residents. “There are a lot of Jewish people moving down here from New York City,” the host, George Mitchell, said…
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Community Why on this night do we sit when we could be dancing?
As I sat down for my family’s teleseder this year, the parallels between slavery and the physical confinement of quarantine were irresistible. We discussed how Pharaoh was or wasn’t like an oppressive pandemic, or how the virus is or isn’t like a plague. And while I appreciate those questions, I would also like to bring…
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News Rabbis gave this mental health hotline special dispensation. Hundreds have called it.
A single mother, laid off because of coronavirus, asks how to manage her anxiety. A domestic violence victim wonders how to protect herself in quarantine. A father working at home seeks anger management tips. These are just a sample of calls to a recently-created hotline for Jews struggling with mental health issues during the coronavirus…
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Fast Forward 32 residents die of coronavirus at 2 Mass. Jewish living facilities
BOSTON (JTA) – Thirty-two residents at two Jewish senior living facilities that are part of the same nonprofit network have died from COVID-19, and scores of other residents and staff have tested positive for the virus. Eleven residents of Chelsea Jewish Life Care, across its three Boston-area locations, and 21 residents at JGS Lifecare in…
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News Zoom adds new security features to stop anti-Semitic trolls
The videoconferencing company Zoom has made security changes to prevent outsiders from hijacking users’ chats, according to a webinar Thursday featuring staff from Zoom and the Anti-Defamation League, which collaborated on the update. The new development came after the ADL received more than 100 reports of “Zoombombing,” when unwelcome participants shared anti-Semitic, pornographic and racist…
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Community Meet the guy keeping your synagogue running during the coronavirus crisis
A lot of you don’t know me… I’m usually busy behind the scenes. But allow me to introduce myself. I’m a producer. A director. A tech expert. A monitor of social media chat. I’m on seven days a week, mornings, nights, candle lightings, havdalahs, minyans, meet-ups, adult ed sessions, parent talks and preschool classes. I’m…
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Music Remembering Ozzy Osbourne’s Jewish vow renewal
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Opinion American Jews were played — now what?
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Fast Forward Cuomo says key factor in his primary loss was Mamdani’s support from young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters
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Nazi collaborator monuments Nazi streets found in Canada
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Fast Forward Columbia reaches $221M settlement with Trump administration over antisemitism allegations
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Fast Forward Billy Porter sparks controversy while promoting his ‘Cabaret’ cast: ‘Black people have replaced the Jews’
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