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Coronavirus and cold protection (Includes kapele)

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A view of Madrid, Spain. Credit: Falco via Pixabay.

In devastated Spain, Jewish leaders look to optimistic future

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Spain’s ambassador to the United States and the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain discussed the challenges of, and response to, the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in that country in an online...
JDC volunteers safely deliver matzah to elderly Jews in locations around the former Soviet Union, including in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, home to the country's largest Jewish community, April 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

JDC deploys digital Passover resources to connect global Jewish communities

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To connect the global Jewish community for its first Passover in the age of social distancing, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC, is deploying special online and digital holiday tools to help...
The Hungarian Jewish community will supply tens of thousands of packages of poultry to Jewish communities in France, England, Germany and Austria In light of a growing shortage of kosher meat among European Jewish communities due to the coronavirus pandemic, April 2, 2020. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

Hungary to supply packages of kosher poultry to Jewish communities of Europe

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In light of a growing shortage of kosher meat among European Jewish communities primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hungarian Jewish community announced on Thursday that it will begin supplying tens of thousands...
The Great Synagogue of Constanța in Romania. Credit: Wikipedia.

Romania Jewish community given rabbinical permission for Shabbat burials

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The Jewish community of Bucharest, Romania, received a rabbinical exception to bury those who have died as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Shabbat to help bypass Romanian government orders on Friday that such victims...
A general view of Rome on Feb 09, 2018. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

IsraAID partners with Rome Jewish community to help frontline workers, volunteers

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The Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAID is providing support to frontline medical professionals and volunteers in the organization’s emergency units responding to the coronavirus crisis in Italy with the launch of webinars on stress...

YIVO goes live on Facebook! Here’s this week’s schedule

Monday, March 30, 1:00pm (EST): Ben Kaplan (Director of Education) and Stefanie Halpern (Director of the YIVO Archives) discuss our online class, Oh Mama, I'm in Love! The Story of the Yiddish Stage Tuesday, March 31, 1:00pm (EST): Stefanie Halpern (Director of...
Synagogues and Jewish agencies and institutions closed while the coronavirus rages through America is already causing financial panic. Credit: PIxabay.

Impact of closures in Jewish community wreak havoc with food and finances, institutionally and...

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The worldwide pandemic COVID-19 is wreaking havoc in its relentless sweep across the planet, not only in terms of health needs and care, but in economic terms as well. It has quashed the booming...
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AJC starts #BeAMensch initiative to promote and encourage kindness

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The American Jewish Committee launched a new initiative on Thursday called #BeAMensch to encourage and showcase “acts of kindness and decency” during the coronavirus pandemic. Mensch is Yiddish work that means “a person of integrity and...
Barkai Center for Practical Rabbinics and Community Development volunteers organize the delivery of food packages in Modi'in, Israel, March 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Rabbinical organization in Israel forms food-distribution system for elderly amid virus

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An Israeli rabbinical organization has created what it claims is a unique volunteer system for the distribution of food and basic necessities to the elderly and other homebound Israelis amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. The...