Coronavirus

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

Services to resume in New Jersey county where rabbis were first to end communal prayer

“Minyan hopping” will be banned when services begin in early June.

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Missing local sports, Argentine soccer fans cheer goal by Argentine-Israeli player

Eial Strahman, who scored the goal, is Jewish with extensive connections to Israel.

Synagogues demur as Trump demands that states let houses of worship reopen

Many synagogues have remained closed even as states have reopened.

The fitness center at the David Posnack JCC has not yet been allowed to reopen, but when it does, equipment will be six feet apart and the center will be cleaned after each hour of use. (Courtesy of the David Posnack JCC)

United States

A Florida JCC survived the pandemic with no layoffs. Now it’s reopening.

Dani Rotstein stands next to a monumnet commemorating the Jews of Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Feb. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

In Europe, budding Jewish tourism businesses are teetering on the brink of closure because of COVID-19

United States

JDC aid organization lays off 53 staffers around the world

I was teaching abroad when the pandemic struck. Here’s why I chose to stay in Israel.

Israel

Ban on non-Israelis entering the country extended to at least mid-June

Israel

Palestinians reject COVID-19 aid from UAE because it was coordinated through Israel

Lifestyle

As colleges go virtual, students instead are heading to Israel on gap year programs

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