Health

‘Big Brother’ Israel contestants are just being told about the extent of the coronavirus pandemic

The show is a quarantine of sorts itself, locking contestants in a house and denying them access to the news of the outside world.

Ideas

I can’t see my son who has autism in person because of the coronavirus

“I can’t locate the words to describe the way my heart is breaking and that a pit in the bottom of my stomach hasn’t left since I got this news,” a mom says.

Former leader of Milan Jewish community dies of coronavirus

Michele Sciama was 79 and is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Trump and Netanyahu have handled the coronavirus outbreak in totally different ways. Here’s why.

With most flights canceled due to coronavirus, a chartered airlift is bringing US teens home from Israel

Mayor of Teaneck, NJ, calls on all residents to self-quarantine

Jewish Agency sending teen emissaries back to Israel, and to quarantine

Brazilian Jewish schools close to prevent coronavirus infections

Rabbi at large London synagogue ill with coronavirus after Morocco trip

To stop the coronavirus, New Jersey rabbis decide to shut down their Jewish community

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