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July 8, 2020, 12:07 pm
Jewish camp delays start date after counselor tests positive for coronavirus
By Ben Sales/JTA
Noa Niv of Livingston, center, participated in a recent Aardvark Israel program. Photo courtesy Aardvark Israel
July 8, 2020, 12:02 pm
Popularity of Israel programs spikes as Covid affects universities
Students switch gears to avoid missing the ‘full’ college experience
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Congregants socially distance in the parking lot of Beth El for Shabbat services on Friday, June 23. Beginning this month, all services are held indoors. Courtesy Beth El
July 6, 2020, 11:18 am
Synagogues consider stages of reopening
During pandemic, safety is the guiding principle
By Michele Alperin
Nurse Sue Pappano with Greenwood House resident Lucy J. Photo Courtesy Greenwood House
June 17, 2020, 12:23 pm
As restrictions ease, long-term-care residences assess damage
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Daniel Herscovici, who co-chaired the fund-raising committee with Don Lebowitz, was the marketing guru for the fund that to date has raised $105,000.
June 15, 2020, 12:17 pm
Federation fund assists ailing organizations
Rapid mobilization raises more than $100,000 for those hurt by pandemic
By Michele Alperin
Gladys Arismendi; her husband, Mike Cumberland; and her daughter, Paula. Photo courtesy Gladys Arismendi
June 10, 2020, 11:39 am
Immigrants denied pandemic relief money
Advocate calls ineligibility ‘punishment’ to those in need of aid
By Johanna R Ginsberg
Repair the World, a social justice group, received some of the initial grants from the so-called Jewish super fund. Repair the World/JTA
June 10, 2020, 11:15 am
A ‘super fund’ aims to keep Jewish nonprofit world afloat
How three foundation execs launched an unprecedented effort to save them and possibly reshape Jewish life
By Gary Rosenblatt
These days, Meir Panim volunteers are helping to cook the food and are packaging it for takeout, since dine-in is not an option yet. Photos courtesy of Meir Panim
June 3, 2020, 3:43 pm
Meir Panim Food Relief Provides a Lifeline During the Covid Crisis
The group’s global development director reflects on its work
By April Zion
Dr. Galia Barkai, left, Prof. Galia Rahav and Prof. Gili Regev-Yochay.
June 3, 2020, 3:33 pm
Three Real-life ‘Wonder Women’ Battling Covid-19 at Sheba Medical Center
By Ken Stephens
Designer Yoav Gati makes doodles out of discarded gloves. Courtesy of Yoav Gati/via JTA
June 3, 2020, 3:23 pm
How Tel Aviv Creatives Made Art Out of the Covid-19 Crisis
Designers, photographers, artists and storytellers have turned a crisis into an opportunity to delight and distract a socially distanced public.
By Karen Chernick
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow delivering a lecture at Bar Ilan University’s Azrieli School of Medicine. Photos courtesy of Tzohar
June 3, 2020, 2:59 pm
An Ethical Shoulder to Lean On
As the coronavirus crisis drags on, a prominent ethicist becomes the go-to person for doctors and others on a range of weighty issues
By Nathan Jeffay
Dr. Natalia Freund. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University
June 3, 2020, 2:47 pm
TAU Researchers Fighting Covid-19
U.S. patent for vaccine design and success in antibody-based therapies
By NJJN Staff
IDF soldiers delivering food to Israeli Arabs for Ramadan. According to polls, Israelis believe the coronavirus crisis has brought Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs closer together. Idf.il
June 3, 2020, 2:39 pm
Into the Brave New Post-Covid World
By Michele Chabin
Israeli students at the Orot Etzion school in Efrat wear protective face masks as they return to school in early May. Gershon Elinon/Flash90
June 3, 2020, 2:33 pm
A Reopening Riddled with Anxiety
Israelis caught between ‘letting society live’ and fear of moving too quickly to end the lockdown.
By Michele Chabin
Staff members at the Galilee Medical Center, a teaching hospital in Nahariya serving the western Galillee, monitor patient data at one of the center’s command-and-control posts. Roni Albert for the Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya
June 3, 2020, 2:16 pm
Spirit of Innovation Marks War Against Covid
Israeli hospitals teamed with the high-tech sector and the military to battle the virus.
By Doug Chandler
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