1,000 Jewish groups received at least $500 million in government loans. Some laid off staff anyway.
By BEN SALES (JTA) — More than 1,000 Jewish organizations received federal coronavirus relief loans totaling approximately $540 million to ...
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey supports reparations for African-Americans, ‘as a Jew’
By PENINA BEEDE (JTA) — Here’s a bit of news that has flown under the radar: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey ...
In Europe, budding Jewish tourism businesses are teetering on the brink of closure because of COVID-19
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Earlier this year, Dani Rotstein was earning a living doing something he’s passionate about: ...
Watching ‘Fauda’ requires suspending disbelief. But it’s worth it.
By BEN HARRIS Social distancing and staying inside is hard. Thankfully, accessing good things to watch during this time is ...
5 things to know as Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial gets underway, at long last
By MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — After more than three years of investigation, charges in three cases and three national ...
Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis
By BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — Two Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods that have been hard hit in the coronavirus pandemic ...
The coronavirus hasn’t stopped immigration to Israel
By SAM SOKOL JERUSALEM (JTA) — Aviva Karoly, an attorney originally from Queens, New York, and her husband, Tzvi, were ...
In the Boston area, two Jewish chefs team up to feed kids while schools are closed
By PENNY SCHWARTZ SHARON, Mass. (JTA) — When Neil Morris heard the news that his hometown schools were closing for ...
In a possible sign of what’s to come, this JCC has already laid off 176 people because of the coronavirus
By BEN SALES (JTA) — On Day 1 of the state-mandated shutdown in Pennsylvania, Amy Krulik tried to strike an ...
I’m a pediatrician who sees kids with coronavirus every day. It’s changed my whole way of life.
By DR. ALYSA FRENKEL-SCHICK NEW YORK (JTA) — I am a pediatrician who for 15 years has practiced in a medical ...
