Coronavirus

All the latest on COVID-19 from across the Jewish world.

Buenos Aires stones memorial

To mark 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, Argentina turns to a Jewish cemetery tradition

Mourners frequently place stones on grave markers at Jewish cemeteries.

By JTA Staff August 20, 2021 10:05 am

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An illicit engagement party roils Australian Jews as new COVID-19 outbreak extends lockdown

A video of the party circulating online shows the groom joking about the event’s legality.

August 15, 2021 12:27 pm

Jewish funeral planned for Dick Farrel, prominent COVID skeptic who died of the virus

The talk show host, born Farrel Austin Levitt in Queens, New York, spent his final weeks privately telling friends to get the vaccine.

August 9, 2021 12:33 pm

Jewish Federations of North America cancels in-person General Assembly citing COVID

By Ron Kampeas August 4, 2021 5:17 pm

AIPAC cancels 2022 policy conference, citing lingering pandemic concerns

By Ron Kampeas July 12, 2021 5:31 pm

2 Republican state lawmakers liken coronavirus protections to Nazi laws

By Ron Kampeas July 1, 2021 11:24 am

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The holiness of returning to summer camp

By Eva Grossman June 16, 2021 3:23 pm

Federal judge throws out anti-vaccination lawsuit and calls its Nazi analogy ‘reprehensible’

By Ron Kampeas June 15, 2021 4:49 pm

Israel is ending its COVID restrictions and starting to allow tourists back

By Gabe Friedman May 24, 2021 3:47 pm

A survivalist summer camp for Orthodox Jews is planned for New York — and vaccinated folks aren’t invited

By Shira Hanau May 7, 2021 2:00 pm

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