We created beautiful environments in those restaurants. Its hard to capture that in a paper bag. – Jewish Journal
admin | March 27, 2020
For restaurants and the people behind them, COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball.
Coronavirus in New Jersey: What concerts, festivals and shows have been rescheduled, canceled. (3/26/20) – NJ.com
admin | March 27, 2020
Heres a rundown of arts and entertainment events that have been canceled or rescheduled throughout the state to date. STATEWIDE Rutgers University announced all public events scheduled at the university through the month of May are suspended, including Rutgers Day and commencements at all campuses. Visit rutgers.edu for more information.
Siyum HaShas held in Pinsk, city where Nazis were once in control – The Jerusalem Post
admin | March 26, 2020
This weekend marks the last Siyum HaShas (celebration of the study of the 7 year cycle of Talmud) organized for the year by Dirshu, the worlds largest Torah organization. Dirshu has organized unprecedented Siyumim across the world since December, including an enormous Siyum featuring representation of the rabbinic leadership of North America at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, which was one of three Siyumim in that state alone! This Siyum has particular significance because it will take place in Pinsk, a city in Belarus with a significant amount of Jewish history and one for which many Jews today can trace their ancestry
Coronavirus in New Jersey: What concerts, festivals and shows have been rescheduled, canceled. (3/25/20) – NJ.com
admin | March 26, 2020
One of Central Jerseys biggest sports events fell victim to the coronavirus this week, as organizers of the annual Tour of Somerville bicycle race announced it was shelving this years event.
Virtual Prayer: How Synagogues Are WorshippingAnd Conducting FuneralsIn The Coronavirus Age – Forbes
admin | March 26, 2020
Shortly after California ordered its citizens to remain at home and closed many businesses, Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi, of Congregation Chevra Thilim in San Francisco, needed to tend to the most sobering part of his vocation: He had to conduct a funeral. An elderly woman in his synagoguethe oldest Orthodox congregation in the cityhad recently died from a stroke and in keeping with Jewish custom that burial should occur within the first few days, Rabbi Zarchi helped lay her to rest last Friday before the Sabbath began at sundown. He did so only after ensuring that all mourners remained an appropriately safe distance from one another.
Before the coronavirus, I hadn’t gone to synagogue in years. Now I’m more Jewishly connected than ever. – JTA News
admin | March 26, 2020
CREEDMOOR, N.C. (JTA) Are you going to the singing thing? my camp friend texts me
A quarter of coronavirus infections from synagogues, Health Ministry says – The Jerusalem Post
admin | March 26, 2020
One quarter of Israelis who have contracted the coronavirus in Israel have been infected through contact with another infected individual in a synagogue, figures released by an advisory group to the Health Ministry on Tuesday revealed.According to the newly released data, the most common place to contract COVID-19 in Israel is synagogues, where 24% of all infections to date have occurred, with another 5% contracted in yeshivas. Another 15% of infections were contracted in hotels, 12% in restaurants, 7% in supermarkets, 7% in other shops, 5% in medical clinics, 3% in educational institutions, 3% in old age homes, 3% in day care for children, 2% each in youth groups, events halls, clubs and shopping malls, and 1% each in gyms, mikvehs, election ballot stations and personal meetings, with the remaining 2% contracted elsewhere. The new figures prompted several groups to call on the chief rabbis to ban prayer in synagogues due to the clear evidence that communal prayer helps spread coronavirus
Passover services cancelled, but Seder observances will go on in homes around Staten Island – SILive.com
admin | March 26, 2020
With religious observances canceled or curtailed due to the coronavirus, Passover services ordinarily observed in temples and synagogues as a way to mark the eight-day Jewish holiday that begins on April 8 have also been suspended. According to Mendy Mirocznik, president of the Staten Island Council of Jewish Organizations (COJO), family Seders will go on as usual, hosted in individual homes.
In New Rochelle, coronavirus patients have been asymptomatic for weeks. Why they are still quarantined – Lohud
admin | March 26, 2020
A member of the New Rochelle synagogue with the first COVID-19 victims is still under isolation despite being asymptomatic for weeks. Rockland/Westchester Journal News Eli Epstein had a low-grade fever for a day or two in early March and tested positive for coronavirus as it spread through his neighborhoodin New Rochelle.
Zionism is Not a Spectator Sport Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News
admin | March 26, 2020
Theres an old Israeli platitude that goes like this: Well take your donations; but until you make the sacrifice to live here, you have no say in our affairs.
