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Israeli Police at a temporary checkpoint in Jerusalem, on Sept. 21, 2020, to help enforce a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel has nearly 7,000 violations of national lockdown over Rosh Hashanah

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 22, 2020
Ronit Sholkoff, a 20-year-old junior at UC Berkeley, says she has been feeling “powerless” and “overwhelmed.”
Posted inHealth

‘Pandemic blues’ hitting young adults especially hard

by Gabriel Greschler September 22, 2020September 29, 2020
a blond boy wearing a facemask
Posted inEducation

First day of school — a new state, new anxieties

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
The Rhoda Goldman Plaza reported new cases of coronavirus among its staff and residents this week. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inSeniors

New coronavirus cases reported at two S.F. Jewish senior homes

by Gabriel Greschler September 18, 2020September 25, 2020
a man in his 40s stands smiling in front of a Zoom sign
Posted inRosh Hashanah

How one Zoom employee saved High Holidays streaming for 300 synagogues

by Ben Harris and JTA September 18, 2020
a police officer in a facemask speaks to an orthodox man in black suit and black hat but no facemask
Posted inHigh Holidays

Israel enters second lockdown to stop record spread of coronavirus

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
Consul General Shlomi Kofman at a Jewish Family and Children's Services event distributing pandemic aid. (Photo/Courtesy S.F.-based Israeli Consulate)
Posted inOpinion

Shanah tovah from the S.F.-based Israeli Consulate

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman September 16, 2020September 16, 2020
Israeli police officers wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in the religious neighborhood of Meah Shearim, April 6, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israelis prepare for a second national lockdown to prevent spread of the coronavirus

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 15, 2020
Tashlich at Wilderness Torah's 2019 Rosh Hashanah retreat. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Tashlich ritual will give people a rare chance to gather together during pandemic High Holidays

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020
Israelis wear protective face masks in Tel Aviv, as the rate of newly infected increases, Sept 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster-Flash90)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Setting new one-day Covid records, Israel gears up for extended lockdown starting on Rosh Hashanah

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA September 11, 2020

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