Reform movement cuts staff by 20%, citing existential threat – Forward
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Sam Kestenbaum Temple Emanu-El, a mammoth synagogue overlooking Central Park, is widely seen as the liberal heart of the Reform movement.
Efry Levy Azizoff, 66, Milan, Italy – The man with the ‘warm smile’ at the Noam synagogue – Chabad.org
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Efry Levy Azizoff passed away on March 30 after contracting COVID-19. From a young age, Azizof forged his own path
Artistic Notecards Keep People Connected and Fight COVID-19 Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News
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Jodi Beals describes herself as an energetic people person with a commitment to career, community and hands-on artistry. That explains how she came up with the idea for her latest project note cards. I love art, and I painted a colorful heart design with acrylics on canvas, Beals told the Jewish News.
EU official warns of extremists exploiting virus outbreak – CityNews Edmonton
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BERLIN The European Unions counterterrorism official is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is being used by extremists as an opportunity to spread their message and could be exploited to carry out attacks.
Never Again Education Act passes Senate, goes to Trump for expected signature – Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
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Draft plan lays out possible regulations for Ohio schools to reopen: The Wake Up for Thursday, May 14, 2020 – cleveland.com
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Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.coms free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Today's Wake Up newsletter is longer than usual because it includes every coronavirus story from the last 24 hours
Wed. 5/20, 7 p.m.: A Conversation on Covid-19 and the Hasidic Community – The Jewish Standard
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On Wednesday, May 20th, at 7 PM eastern,Jewish Currentswill host a livestreamed discussion of how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting Hasidic Jewish communities in Brooklyn and elsewhere. Moderated byJewish CurrentsEditor-at-Large Peter Beinart, this event will feature Blima Marcus, an oncology nurse practitioner, Frieda Vizel, a former member of the Satmar Hasidic community and a tour guide in Hasidic Brooklyn, and Dr. David N.
After Dangerous Talk, an Attack on Jewish Mothers and Children in Brooklyn – National Review
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According to this report in the New York Daily News, there was a cruel and vicious attack on Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn on Sunday: A husband and wife face hate crime charges after jumping out of their car in Brooklyn and attacking a group of Hasidic Jews, pulling protective masks from the victims faces and blaming them for spreading coronavirus, police said Monday. Paulo Pinho, 35, and his wife, Clelia Pinho, 46, pulled up in their vehicle at Bedford Ave.
Jewish Americans Say They Are Scapegoated For The Coronavirus Spread – NPR
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Hassidic Jews Socially distancing on a Willamsburg street during Saturday morning shabbat prayers on May 2. David Dee Delgado/Gothamist/WNYC hide caption Hassidic Jews Socially distancing on a Willamsburg street during Saturday morning shabbat prayers on May 2
Police called after hundreds gather at Jewish festival in London – The Independent
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Police were called after hundredsof orthodox Jews ignored social distancing restrictions to gather for a religious festival celebration in London. Pictures and videos shared online show members of the Hasidic Jewish community gathering in large crowds around Stamford Hill, in Hackney, despite strict rules to stay two metres apart and not mix in groups outside of households. Residents took to Twitter to complain about loud music lasting into the night and bonfires being lit as hundreds of people reportedly poured into streets and housing estates around the area to mark the end of Lag BOmer on Tuesday.
