Health

Meet the challah-tinkering yeast scientist who’s helping pandemic bread bakers get a good rise

Sudeep Agarwala has inspired thousands with a Twitter thread. We chatted with him about his inspiration and approach to the yeast-free holiday of Passover.

Jews are vastly overrepresented in coronavirus deaths in the UK. Here are some theories why.

Jews account for only 0.3% of the U.K. population but make up about 2.5% of its total tally of COVID-19 deaths.

Jewish Canadians returning home from US cause spike in coronavirus rates

The snowbirds streaming back from Florida did not quarantine properly on arrival.

1 in 3 residents of Israeli city Bnei Brak tested for coronavirus are positive

A Jewish day school turns its art center into a medical face shield factory

Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songwriter, hospitalized with the coronavirus

Netanyahu limits gatherings in Israel to 2 people

Bucharest Jews can bury coronavirus dead on Shabbat to avoid cremation, a rabbinical authority rules

6 employees and 4 residents of Jewish-operated assisted-living facility in suburban Atlanta test positive for coronavirus

Cremation of first Jewish victim of coronavirus in Argentina stirs controversy

Sections

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox

Get JTA in your inbox