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Overcast 6 frum groups, 1 message: ‘Stay safe, stay home’ this Pesach
OU, RCA, Agudah, others are ‘firm’ in their guidance
Leaders of six major Orthodox organizations urged in strong terms this week that observant Jews follow the advice of health officials and observe social distancing rules designed to fight the spread …
coronavirus
Achiezer providing steady updates, food delivery plan
Achiezer has been in high gear throughout the coronavirus crisis …
coronavirus
I got coronavirus on LI. Now I’m under Hadassah’s care.
In late February, I flew to Long Island to help my 77-year-old mom following her knee replacement surgery. I arrived in the United States …
coronoavirus
Israeli doc ready for months on the front line
When it became clear that the COVID-19 pandemic would reach Israel, Elli Rosenberg was one of a small number of medical professionals at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva to answer a …
viewpoint
Lies, transparency and pandemics
Has the world ever been this perfectly synchronized? Whether you wake up in an isolated hamlet in one part of the globe or a teeming city in another, whatever your language or your time zone, …
coronavirus
In coronavirus time, mourners sit shiva alone
After Shaul Moshi died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 94, over 100 people gathered at his home for the traditional shiva minyan. It was Wednesday night — before the …
coronavirus
Coronavirus effect: Dire squeeze for our nonprofits
Some 38,000 people work at Jewish community centers across North America, staffing preschools, camps, gyms, classes, activities for seniors and more. Because of the coronavirus crisis, a lot of them …
coronavirus
Message from Stuart Richner, president of Richner Communications
Stuart Richner is president of Richner Communications Inc (RCI), parent company of The Jewish Star. Richner is publisher of Herald Community Newspapers …
anti-semitism
Real history behind HBO’s ‘Plot Against America’
The new HBO show based on Philip Roth‘s novel “The Plot Against America,” helmed by David Simon, the Jewish creator of “The Wire,” has made a splash with …
coronavirus
UJA's pandemic response: $23-million
The UJA-Federation of New York has pledged more than $23 million in immediate financial assistance to help New Yorkers affected by coronavirus. The grants …
coronavirus
Anti-Israel NGOs exploit COVID-19 to spread hatred
For anti-Israel NGOs (non-governmental organizations), the COVID-19 pandemic’s domination of the global news cycle poses a significant challenge — the world now has real problems to …
coronavirus
Pandemic Pesach: Solo seders, broken traditions
Rena Munster was looking forward to hosting a Passover seder for the first time. In past years, her parents or another relative hosted the meal. But this year she had invited her parents, siblings …
israel
Orthodox slates post gains in Zionist vote
The two Orthodox lists surged in the hotly-contested U.S. portion of the World Zionist Congress elections. 123,000 American Jews voted, a record since balloting was open …
This week in Torah
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When small is great
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Jewish people and Shabbat miracle
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Acknowledging the fallibility of our leaders
I was wrong. I am sorry. Please forgive me.” These are rare words indeed, but I heard them pronounced clearly by a woman I once worked for, and whom I still admire. She was the …
Kosher Bookworm
‘At the Maggid’s Seder’
This year, once again Rabbi Paysach Krohn has lifted his gifted pen in the service of the Pesach Hagaddah. The commandment of Sipur Yetzias Mitzrayim, to recount the miracles of our Exodus …
Who's in the Kitchen
Time to let go! Cleaning house, baking frittata
Sorry for being MIA recently. Aside from having the flu and bronchitis, I had lots going on. My son, daughter-in-law, adorable 2-year-old granddaughter and their English cocker spaniel are moving …
Kosher Kitchen
Stuffing potatoes and Passover kugels — oh my!
My grandmother made a potato kugel that I can still taste — maybe because of the copious amounts of gribenes and chicken fat she used in the mix. Whatever it was, the kugel was delicious, …
View from Central Park
How about the permanently quarantined?
Bidud. Bedidut. Hitbodedut. These Hebrew words overlap as they are all rooted in the Hebrew letters bet, daled, daled …
Viewpoint
Lies, transparency and pandemics
Has the world ever been this perfectly synchronized? Whether you wake up in an isolated hamlet in one part of the globe or a teeming city in another, whatever your language or your time zone, …
Politics to Go
Purim, a festival for political junkies
Next Monday evening, Jews across the world will begin to celebrate Purim, which commemorates a victory of the Jews over the man Haman. More than a Jewish Holiday, Purim is …