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A FBI officer arrives at the scene of an active shooting in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 10, 2019.

With white supremacists driven online by the pandemic, anti-Semitism trackers watch for new threats

WASHINGTON (JTA) — For the folks who monitor anti-Semitism, a pandemic-induced nightmare nearly became real this month. A Massachusetts man was arrested for trying to set off a firebomb near … more

Ron Kampeas | 4/24/20

A view of orthodox jewish men wearing mask during Passover in Williamsburg in Brooklyn New York USA during coronavirus pandemic on April 11, 2020. (Photo by John Nacion/NurPhoto)

Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis

NEW YORK (JTA) – Two Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods that have been hard hit in the coronavirus pandemic have seen a sharp rise in people dying at home, according to a new data … more

BEN SALES | 4/20/20

This year’s Celebrate Israel parade is called off as New York City cancels events through June

(JTA) – Among the many signs of summer that the coronavirus pandemic is silencing: the annual parade that draws tens of thousands of supporters of Israel to New York City’s Fifth … more

SHIRA HANAU | 4/20/20

Rabbi Danny Burkeman has seen a big turnout at virtual services, which he leads from home.

With services online, many synagogues are seeing greater attendance

(JTA) – Mike Finesilver started attending daily services for the first time since his bar mitzvah shortly after joining Congregation Beth El in 2012. Praying every day with the same small … more

JOSEFIN DOLSTEN | 4/20/20

The rabbi logged on to Zoom: A bride and groom were waiting

BY BEN HARRIS (JTA) – Before everything changed, Jalna Silverstein and Asael Papour were planning a wedding much like many other Jewish nuptials on the Upper West Side of … more

BEN HARRIS | 4/5/20

Sudeep Agarwala is a yeast scientist and challah enthusiast whose guidance for home bakers has taken off online.

Meet the challah-tinkering yeast scientist who’s helping pandemic bread bakers get a good rise

(JTA) — Few people have any great solutions for this difficult moment in human history, but Sudeep Agarwala is one of them. As a yeast scientist, Agarwala spends much of his time thinking … more

Philissa Cramer | 4/1/20

Larry David wants ‘the idiots out there’ to stay home and watch TV

(JTA) — Comedian Larry David called on “the idiots out there” to stay home and watch TV in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.David’s 90-second rant is a new … more

Marcy Oster | 4/1/20

Fashion writer Randi Bergman is still deciding whether or not to venture to her parents' house for a Passover seder.

For young Jews away from their families, the coronavirus puts Passover in jeopardy

(JTA) — Randi Bergman isn’t sure of her Passover plans yet, but there’s a good chance she’ll be spending the holiday alone. Bergman, a 34-year-old freelance fashion writer, lives alone in … more

Gabe Friedman | 3/31/20

Attorney at center of New Rochelle coronavirus outbreak wakes from coma

(JTA) — The attorney at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York, has emerged from his coma. Lawrence Garbuz “is awake and alert and seems to be on the road to full … more

Marcy Oster | 3/18/20

The coronavirus epidemic is depriving Jewish mourners of the community baked into the religion's rituals.

With communal mourning a health hazard, grieving Jews must sit shiva alone

(JTA) — After Shaul Moshi died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 94, over 100 people gathered at his home for the traditional shiva minyan. It was Wednesday night — before the synagogues … more

Ben Harris | 3/18/20