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3 happy Jewish coronavirus stories to finish the week

After a work week unlike any we’ve experienced before.

Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur poses on December 7, 2015 in Paris, France. (Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

From Proust to puzzles: The coronavirus is shifting the focus of France’s star rabbi

Like many throughout Europe, Delphine Horvilleur is slowing down and spending more time with her family.

Fresh air for as long as it’s there: How the coronavirus is affecting a Jewish mother in Budapest

Zsuzsa Szilank runs a Jewish school and coaches her teen daughter, a professional water polo player trying to stay sharp with all public pools closed.

Why Jewish communities are keeping mikvahs open amid the coronavirus outbreak — for now

I’m staying sane during the pandemic by reclaiming an age-old Jewish tradition: baking bread

Chabad children in Argentina study in the movement's online school in 2007. During the new coronavirus outbreak, the school has offered guidance to other Jewish schools transitioning to remote learning. (Courtesy of the Nigri International Shluchim Online School)

Saying Kaddish from balconies and fasting: How Hasidic Jews are responding to the coronavirus

Jonny Daniels delivering groceries to a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland on March 17, 2020. (Courtesy of From the Depths)

Aging Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust are at risk from the coronavirus. So this Jewish group is delivering food to them.

Israel tightens emergency lockdown regulations — and Netanyahu vows they’ll be enforced

‘We’re not scared’: Some haredi Orthodox Jews in Israel are ignoring coronavirus social distancing rules

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attending a ceremony in Gibraltar on June 18, 2013. (Courtesy of Mirvis)

British chief rabbi orders synagogues closed over coronavirus

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