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Friendship Circle program features celebrities the kids can relate to The three-month-long coronavirus lockdown has been tough on everyone, but perhaps more so for children with special needs and their families. In many cases, the quarantine has meant that they’re isolated from the social structure they’ve come to rely on. For many, that social structure […]
Need increases as effects of social distancing continue to ripple outward When Chicago went into lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Mark, a resident of the middle-class neighborhood of West Rogers Park, said goodbye to cooked food. Living alone below poverty level, the middle-aged Chicago native had always looked forward to Shabbat—the one […]
‘It’s a fun way to bring closure,’ says Chicago-area high school senior Hailey Jakofsky Eighteen-year-old Hailey Jakofsky says that attending a drive-in theater has always been on her “bucket list.” The problem is that the outdoor theater near her home in Skokie, Ill., had closed in the 1970s, along with most of America’s drive-in theaters, […]
Over a week has passed since houses of worship were approved to reopen with modifications, but in Beverly Hills, few have chosen to do so just yet. Of the City’s 18 faith-based organizations, just one told the Courier that it had reopened, with several others on the precipice of reopening. “Everyone was excited to get […]
1. A Kippah Is a Head-Covering A kippah is a head-covering traditionally worn by Jewish men and boys as a sign of reverence and respect to G‑d. 2. It Is Also Called a Yarmulke or Koppel Kippah (lit. dome) is the Hebrew word for skullcap. It is also referred to in Yiddish as a yarmulke, […]
Three more Omaha-area residents have died of COVID-19, Douglas County health officials said Thursday. The three were two men and a woman, officials said. One was older than 65 and the other two were between 50 and 64. The deaths bring to 45 the total number linked to COVID-19 in Douglas County. The total number […]
When the phone rang on the second day of Passover, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Levi Banon figured it must be an emergency. When the phone rang on the second day of Passover, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Levi Banon figured it must be an emergency. Electronic devices were prohibited during the holiday. Any call must be urgent. It was. Rabbi […]
As a lifelong nature lover, opening a bird rescue centre in the Scottish Highlands seemed a natural progression for Lady Hadassah Broscova-Righetti. But the pandemic has threatened the future of the Blue Highlands Raptor Rescue & Avian Conservation Centre, which is ineligible for coronavirus-related government support, having only recently applied for charitable status. Helped by […]
Why do just some people have blue threads? Is the Tallit actually a prayer shawl? Why do some people wear it under their garments? Where did the ‘barcode’ design come from?
Douglas County recorded two more deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday and 145 additional cases of the virus that causes the illness. The two additional deaths, a man and a woman both over age 65, bring the county to 39 deaths due to the virus since the outbreak began. Douglas County health officials offered condolences […]