Coronavirus

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

A Jewish man reads the Passover Haggadah during a seder in North York, Ontario, Canada on April 19, 2019. (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Passover in a pandemic: Families on Zoom, solo seders and broken traditions

With all the restrictions in place, here’s how Jews are adjusting their seder plans amid the pandemic.

Ideas

I can’t see my son who has autism in person because of the coronavirus

“I can’t locate the words to describe the way my heart is breaking and that a pit in the bottom of my stomach hasn’t left since I got this news,” a mom says.

Ideas

What American Jews can learn from my Italian Jewish community’s response to the coronavirus

Canceling every social gathering, working from home, closing schools and testing aggressively are the best weapons we have against the coronavirus.

Israel

Israeli man thinks coronavirus means ‘end of the world is near.’ So he returned antiquity he stole 15 years ago.

Bonds of Life

Former leader of Milan Jewish community dies of coronavirus

Analysis

Trump and Netanyahu have handled the coronavirus outbreak in totally different ways. Here’s why.

Israel

Israeli government moves to allow tracking of cell phones to fight coronavirus

Israel

Haredi Orthodox yeshivas remain open in Israel, gathering in classes of 10 students

Israel

Rabbi asks worshippers not to kiss stones of the Western Wall

Israel

With most flights canceled due to coronavirus, a chartered airlift is bringing US teens home from Israel

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