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London’s Jewish Chronicle saved from extinction

(JTA) – The Jewish Chronicle of London, the world’s longest-running Jewish publication, has been saved from liquidation and transferred to new owners.A consortium from the Jewish … more

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 4/30/20

Experiences are mixed for local business owners

As many of us stay at home to ride out the COVID-19 virus, Jewish Rhode Island wondered how local businesses were weathering the stay-at-home orders. We asked a few local businesspeople for their insights; here’s what they told us: more

JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF | 4/30/20

R.I. Jewish Historical Association is keeping busy so you can too

Although Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association’s office and archives are currently closed due to the coronavirus, Executive Director Kate-Lynne Laroche and Secretary Jaime Walden have been … more

4/30/20

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

Mayor de Blasio is no enemy of Orthodox Jews. But others are weaponizing the coronavirus to vilify our community.

NEW YORK (JTA) — Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been the attacks on haredi Orthodox Jews in both Israel and the United … more

Rabbi Avi Shafran | 4/30/20

Hundreds of prayer shawls have been donated to the Hebrew Free Burial Association since Sunday.

When the Hebrew Free Burial Association put out a call for prayer shawls to use for burials, donations poured in

(JTA) – Andrew Parver’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since Sunday. That’s when Parver, the director of operations at the Hebrew Free Burial Association in New York City, put out a call … more

Shira Hanau | 4/29/20

"Eliana Light... And Friends!" is a Jewish children's show that airs weekly on jewishLIVE.

From prayers to puppets: A one-stop shop for Jewish livestreams aims to outlast the pandemic

(JTA) — On Monday, there’s a Jewish space that hosts two Torah classes and the taping of a podcast. On Wednesday, the space offers a Jewish TV show for kids and a discussion of Jewish … more

Ben Sales | 4/27/20

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

Berlin Holocaust remembrance event hacked with anti-Semitic messages and images

(JTA) — An online Holocaust remembrance event coordinated by Israel’s embassy in Berlin was hacked with vulgar anti-Semitic images and messages.Monday evening’s memorial event, a … more

Toby Axelrod | 4/22/20

Israel will be under lockdown for Memorial and Independence Days

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel will go into emergency lockdown on the country’s Memorial and Independence days in an effort to tamp down the coronavirus crisis, raising an outcry from bereaved … more

Marcy Oster | 4/22/20

Businessmen, spin doctors and journalists make last-ditch bid to save UK Jewish papers

(JTA) – Two weeks ago, the owners of the United Kingdom’s top two Jewish newspapers described their plans to dissolve the publications as a sad, inescapable consequence of the coronavirus … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 4/22/20