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osher food pantries have spent months preparing for Passover, a pricey holiday during which many Jewish New Yorkers need some extra help putting food on the table. But with coronavirus taking a toll on family finances, those pantries are seeing a rapid increase in demand for their services. The Forward wrote about the challenges food […]
A Jewish day school in Los Angeles donated 2,000 N95 face masks to a local medical center and to local police. The de Toledo High School in the West Hills neighborhood said in a statement that while doing a thorough cleaning of the campus, it found boxes of the masks purchased for the school community […]
As the coronavirus continues to spread, synagogues, Jewish centers and other organizations that serve as gathering places for the community around the world have closed. But even while communities cannot come together physically, some are still organizing projects to provide support to those who are suffering or at perilous risk amid the pandemic. From phone […]
We had just completed an inspired community Passover Seder. Most of the 135 guests who enjoyed the meaningful Seder had left, and the last few people were lingering and schmoozing. It was past midnight but we couldn’t just go to bed. After reading about the fifteen steps of freedom, we were awake and energized. Something […]
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(JERUSALEM, ISRAEL) In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel is currently in the midst of an indefinite lock-down. Only stores that sell food and pharmaceuticals are open. But what about those who can’t afford food? For them, the government has issued food stamps. There’s just one problem: The government doesn’t have the infrastructure to distribute […]
As the holiday of Passover rapidly approaches, rabbis and Jewish community members across the globe are navigating the process of procuring holiday essentials, especially matzah, concerned both about its availability and how to safely distribute the matzahs to the millions who are homebound as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Most matzah bakeries have […]
Life isn’t normal. New disruptions to all aspects of our lives have become the only normal that we can expect. A few weeks ago, as more and more of the coronavirus craziness began to hit home, I was thinking that at least I didn’t have to worry about one thing: going to the mikvah. For […]
On the Seder nights, those of us who are alone will be facing a unique challenge, many for the very first time. We will be eating matzah and marror, drinking wine and reading the Haggadah, as usual, but the prospect of doing so all alone is uniquely challenging. If this is what you will be […]
The following is a partial list of victims Niftar from the COVID-19 pandemic just from Tuesday morning until 9:00PM. Unfortunately, there are many more, but YWN does not have all the information. YWN has only published the names we were given. If you have any info to add, please contact YWN with the info. While many […]