Coronavirus

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

Jewish Brazilian cosmetics magnate donates 1.7 tons of gel alcohol to fight coronavirus

Miguel Krigsner, a Jewish biochemist and environmentalist, donated it to the city of Curitiba’s municipal health department.

Ideas

I’m a pediatrician who sees kids with coronavirus every day. It’s changed my whole way of life.

The few extra days it took for people to take the coronavirus seriously resulted in enormous community spread, writes a Jewish physician in Williamsburg.

Israel records first coronavirus death

Israel’s number of infected has reached 705.

Ideas

I’m an Orthodox sociologist. Social distancing will take a toll on the Orthodox community.

United States

3 happy Jewish coronavirus stories to finish the week

Lifestyle

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

Ideas

The real reasons coronavirus is spreading in my Hasidic community

Rabbi Shimon Freundlich speaking at Family Hospital in Beijing, China in 2018. (Courtesy of Chabad China)

Global

China rabbi says synagogue shutdowns shielded congregants from coronavirus

Ideas

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

Haredi Jews walking in Antwerp, Belgium on March 16, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Global

Antwerp Jewish community braces for 85% infection rate and hundreds of deaths from coronavirus

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