Coronavirus

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

Ideas

The upside to celebrating in isolation: This might be the holiest Passover ever

We didn’t just observe the mitzvah of telling the Passover story. We saved lives.

Hate messages against Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman painted in haredi Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood

The messages came after a special government decision to lock down areas in Jerusalem with high rates of the coronavirus infections, all haredi Orthodox neighborhoods.

Pandemic’s social isolation taking huge toll on Holocaust survivors, Jewish leader tells Trump

The head of the Jewish Federations of North America was among those on a call with the president about the coronavirus.

Global

Brazilian TV anchor ousted for proposal to house COVID-19 patients in a ‘concentration camp’

Culture

Idina Menzel, Ilana Glazer, Ben Platt and many more celebs to lead a ‘Saturday Night Seder’ to raise money for CDC fund

Ideas

Staying home will save lives this Passover — so spread the word

Culture

Marc Maron’s Netflix special Is prime pandemic comedy for stressed-out parents

Ideas

Israelis are suffering due to coronavirus. Haredim have been made the scapegoat.

United States

Shopping for Passover is different this year than all other years

Culture

No, your quarantine is not comparable to Anne Frank’s

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