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San Francisco native Cole is spending Passover on base. (COURTESY FIDF)
Posted inNews

Passover lockdown in Israel cuts ‘lone soldiers’ from Bay Area off from family

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 8, 2020April 13, 2020
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Pandemic ethics: Let immigrants in, or send them away?

Joel Kamisher by Joel Kamisher April 8, 2020April 8, 2020
Entrance to the Home of Eternity cemetery in Oakland. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area

Mourners no longer allowed graveside at Sinai Memorial Chapel funerals due to coronavirus fears

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 8, 2020September 3, 2020
A new wing under construction at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living. (Screenshot/Google Maps)
Posted inNews

S.F. Campus for Jewish Living ready to accept Covid-19 patients, per state order

by Gabriel Greschler April 7, 2020April 8, 2020
Dr. Michelle Roland (left) with patients at the Maipelo Free Clinic in Gaborone, Botswana, in 2019. (RICHARD MILES)
Posted inHealth

Doctor uses traumatic lessons from AIDS pandemic to fight coronavirus

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 7, 2020April 8, 2020
Jeremy Bruner, a senior at Bentley Upper School in Lafayette, with his dog Snowy. (EDEN BRUNER)
Posted inEducation

No graduation, no prom, no hanging out — tough times for Jewish high school seniors

by Gabriel Greschler April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Camp Ramah in the Rockies (Photo/Courtesy Ramah)
Posted inBay Area, U.S., Northern California, California, News

Ramah in the Rockies Jewish summer camp averts layoffs with a federal grant

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
A researcher studies samples of the coronavirus in a state-run laboratory in Pennsylvania. (Photo/Flickr-GovernorTomWolf CC BY 2.0)
Posted inPassover, Local Voice, Religion, Health, Holidays, Opinion

Passover, Covid-19 and the dangers of inhumane healthcare

Rabbi Jon Sommer by Rabbi Jon Sommer April 7, 2020April 7, 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

Israel declares complete coronavirus lockdown on eve of Passover

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 6, 2020
In lieu of gatherings to remember Holocaust victims and read aloud their names publicly, Yad Vashem is asking the international public to record themselves reading the names of Holocaust victims and share their videos on social media using the campaign’s hashtags , #RememberingFromHome #ShoahNames. (COURTESY YAD VASHEM)
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Yad Vashem to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with at-home name-reading videos

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

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