I couldn’t go back to school. So I started a farm to connect with my Jewish values.
By REMI WELBEL This article first appeared on Alma. After being sent home from school, a life of relative COVID-ignorant bliss, I
Returning to synagogue on Shavuot? Jews feel mix of apprehension and renewed hope
By Dovid Zaklikowski (JNS) – Standing on his deck in Lakewood, N.J., Motti, an Orthodox Jew who did not want to
IDF records zero positive coronavirus cases for first time since onset of pandemic
(JNS) – The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday, May 2, that for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic
Israel to allow vaccinated tour groups in May
By BEN SALES NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Israel will be reopening its gates to fully vaccinated tour groups on May
Israel’s first black Cabinet member knows the aliyah struggle. It’s why she has kept immigration open during COVID.
By RON KAMPEAS NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – To immigrate to Israel from Ethiopia, Pnina Tamano-Shata’s family had to trek on
Colel Chabad ups the ante to help fight poverty in Israel
By DEBORAH FINEBLUM (JNS) – All who are hungry, come and eat. All who are needy come and celebrate Passover. Each year,
Israeli researchers develop cheap, rapid test for coronavirus variants
By NAAMA BARAK (Israel21C via JNS) – Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev recently developed a rapid and cost-effective test
Get vaccinated now; The Torah commands it!
By Rabbi DAVID LAU (JNS) – During my visits to coronavirus wards at hospitals across Israel, I encountered a most worrying
One Dallas kosher grocer removed the mask requirement. Then came the backlash.
By SHIRA HANAU NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced that he would end the state’s
Their writing may have helped us make sense of a pandemic that was just beginning. Here’s what they’re thinking about as we enter year two
By LAURA E. ADKINS NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – What’s most heartbreaking about reading the essays published in March 2020 was