The latest news from the New York Jewish Week.
Jewish leaders from around the world convened a videoconference yesterday to prepare for when the crisis ends, JTA reports. The leaders of 30 regional umbrella organizations held a roundtable forum convened by The Jewish Agency for Israel and Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs to assess the devastating implications of the coronavirus on the communities and […]
Iiron only when absolutely necessary. But washing the white button-down shirts my husband wears to synagogue on Shabbat is a household chore I enjoy. There’s quick gratification in Shout-ing out the stains like Wonder Woman, and an ease to smoothing out wrinkles (remove the shirts from the dryer while still damp and hang immediately) that […]
(JTA) — A school in the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel in New York was ordered to close after it was found operating with hundreds of students in its building. Orange County said in a statement that officials visiting the school last week “found what appeared to be hundreds of students inside, not wearing personal […]