admin | April 14, 2020
The Seder was different for everybody this year. Gatherings were smaller, some were live-streamed, others had empty seats where family members should be sitting
admin | April 14, 2020
Herman Schafer brought his bride, Rosa Goldsmith, to their home in Mount Airy in 1888, they were the only Jewish couple they knew of in the county. The nearest Jewish synagogue was in Statesville so Rosa instructed her sons and, eventually, other Jewish children and a few Christian children in the tenets of the faith. The Schafer boys are seen in this 1910 photo
admin | April 14, 2020
The Passover Hagada from the Guenzburg collection of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books is pictured at the Russian State Library in Moscow, Russia November 7, 2017. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters) A morbid joke has circulated here in Israel, where the government has imposed a strict lockdown for Passover evening, barring all vehicular traffic and prohibiting pedestrians from straying more than one hundred meters from their homes: Like our ancient forebears, contemporary Israelites hunker down in our homes tonight, hoping the plague will indeed pass over us.
admin | April 13, 2020
MONTREAL -- The global COVID-19 pandemic began in January with China, Italy, Iran and Korea being hit hardest first. The entire world was soon engulfed in the pandemic that forced the shutdown of institutions, businesses, schools and most of society within months.
admin | April 11, 2020
As galleries across the globe continue to roll out online viewing rooms and introduce new digital platforms amid the coronavirus pandemic, Hauser & Wirth announced the launch of ArtLab, the gallerys new research and innovation arm, which will focus on projects at the intersection of art and technology. The initiative, which was conceptualized in the summer of 2019 as a way to reduce the gallerys carbon footprint and address issues of accessibility and sustainability, will include a digital residency program at the gallerys LA outpost and will unveil its first project, a virtual reality modeling tool called HWVR, later this month. The software will allow the gallery to create a VR experience of its location in Menorca, which is currently being restored by the Paris-based, Argentinean architect Luis Laplace and will open in 2021
admin | April 10, 2020
April 7, 2020 Community News QUIETIf you havent been underground in a while, or north of Vestry, this is both a trip down memory lane from last year last month, and haunting evidence of how the virus has shut down the city.
admin | April 10, 2020
Wellstar Health Systems Dr. Danny Branstetter raised quite a few eyebrows last month when he told the Cobb Board of Commissioners that 80% of people would get the coronavirus. Eighty percent of people standing in this room will get COVID-19 no matter what action you take today, he warned commissioners.
admin | April 10, 2020
Researchers at the University of Louisville have processed more than 2,000 coronavirus test kits, less than a month after developing the ability to test samples for the virus. Dr. Kenneth Palmer, director of the university's Center for Predictive Medicine for Bio-defense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, said the center has sidelined most of its other research to study COVID-19.
admin | April 2, 2020
Divrei Chizzuk During the Time of CoronaInspiration from Members of the Touro Family April 01, 2020 As all Americans face the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, the Jewish community has the added stress of the upcoming Pesach holiday, a time normally shared with family and friends that many of us must now celebrate quietly and alone. In this series of videos, noted lecturers and rabbis from across the Touro family provide inspiration, chizuk and Pesach resources to better help you and your family remember hope during this bewildering time.
admin | April 2, 2020
Due to the coronavirus shutdown, Carolyn Dorfman Dance has had to postpone its May 2 Performance and Gala Benefit at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, but still has devised a way to keep its patrons on their toes. The Union-based dance company has begun offering free Together! contemporary modern dance technique classes via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays.
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