Walker: Minyanim in the time of the coronavirus
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“If the Jewish people has a holy mission to perfect the world, then we must start at home, and hold ourselves to the highest standard that we can.”
London rabbinical court allowing some products not kosher for Passover due to coronavirus
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The London Beth Din, or religious court, has created a list of permissible products not made under special supervision for Passover due to difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis.
At least 65 yeshiva students returning to Israel from Crown Heights test positive for coronavirus
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More than half of a group of 114 students who returned to Israel from a yeshiva near the Chabad world headquarters in New York have tested positive for coronavirus.
Coronavirus confirmed at Beth Chabad C.S.L
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Everyone who was at the Beth Chabad community centre and synagogue from March 14 has been asked to go into self-isolation after three confirmed cases of COVID-19 were traced to that place in Côte St-Luc, Que.
Open-air markets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv closed because of coronavirus
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Popular open-air markets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv reportedly were closed by police after the Israeli government decided to tighten the country’s coronavirus lockdown.
Tauben: A temple in technology
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A Toronto family moves their son’s bar mitzvah from Israel to the Internet.
Shefa: Love (and work) in the time of corona
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Sheri Shefa writes about how she’s coping with working from home while home-schooling her sons.
COVID-19 may entail a change in food options
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If you only have canned or dry foods available, Barbara Silverstein has some wonderful kosher recipes that you can make.
Jewish schools move learning online
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Fear of the coronavirus has led to the closing of public and private schools across Ontario, but a group of Toronto Jewish day schools have come up with a co-ordinated plan to continue educating their students online.
Jewish arts institutions battered amid virus chaos
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Michael Fraiman investigates how Jewish arts institutions are being affected by the coronavirus closures.