admin | March 26, 2020
With religious observances canceled or curtailed due to the coronavirus, Passover services ordinarily observed in temples and synagogues as a way to mark the eight-day Jewish holiday that begins on April 8 have also been suspended. According to Mendy Mirocznik, president of the Staten Island Council of Jewish Organizations (COJO), family Seders will go on as usual, hosted in individual homes.
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admin | March 26, 2020
A member of the New Rochelle synagogue with the first COVID-19 victims is still under isolation despite being asymptomatic for weeks. Rockland/Westchester Journal News Eli Epstein had a low-grade fever for a day or two in early March and tested positive for coronavirus as it spread through his neighborhoodin New Rochelle.
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admin | March 18, 2020
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) As the sun set Friday in Jewish homes across the world, the faithful lit Sabbath candles to participate once again in Gods first creative act to bring light into the world. The world was filled with darkness and chaos when, as written in the Torah, God spoke the first words, Let there be light.
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admin | March 18, 2020
The Jewish community rallied to support isolated individuals through volunteering initiatives this week amid government advice on social distancing to lessen the chances of catching coronavirus. The United Synagogue set up a helpline operating between 9am and 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9-1pm on Fridays, while several shuls have set up live-streaming for those who cannot get to synagogue to watch and listen to Shabbat services
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admin | March 18, 2020
We live in a nice house on a pleasant street. What we particularly like about our neighbourhood is the eclecticism in the demographic
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admin | March 16, 2020
The National Guard has been deployed to New York to enforce a "containment area" around the Young Israel synagogue due to the coronavirus. Wochit NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.Young Israel of New Rochelle had an onlinePurim party because its members couldnt gather at their synagogue this week. The congregants check in on one another.
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admin | March 16, 2020
In the week prior to the three cases confirmed in Cuyahoga County, synagogues began releasing precautions to congregants, and advising them to use livestream options if they are feeling ill or are in vulnerable populations. A March 5 emailed letter to members of Park Synagogue opened with the traditional prayer for the body. At this time, we are not aware of any direct impact to the building or the communities within it, read the letter signed by Rabbi Joshua Skoff, president Susan Ratner and Executive Director Stuart Deicher
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admin | March 16, 2020
After a meeting that lasted several hours on March 12, at least 14 Five Towns rabbis decided to shut down the Orthodox synagogues.
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admin | March 16, 2020
I could quite easily be writing this sitting in quarantine.
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admin | March 16, 2020
As a freelance Jewish educator, musician, and consultant,Eliana Lightknows the coronavirus outbreak puts her line of work in a precarious situation. Instead of being hired to perform at synagogues, or getting invited to be an artist in residence at Jewish centers around the country, she will have to adapt as cities enact quarantine and social distancing policies and just like freelance performers and small businesses in other industries, she could lose a lot of her traditional business
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