Canadian scientist, Talmud Torah alum, UCLA professor addresses pandemic concerns
By Irwin Block (The Senior Times – Montreal) – The “enemy” ravaging the world and taking its heaviest toll among seniors is a tiny organism…
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Baking is a blessing at Edmonton’s Bliss Baked Goods
By Daniel Moser (AJNews) – Social distancing, and cleanliness are the new driving forces in our day to day lives, but the more things change…
From the sources: Notes from outside the camp during a pandemic
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – As I sit here at home in self-isolation, following my return to Canada from an abbreviated visit to Israel, I…
Jerry Stiller, longtime comic who won fame on ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 92
by Mary Oster (JTA) — Jerry Stiller, the longtime Jewish comic who became best known for playing the belligerent character Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld,” has…
Fauci to Orthodox Jews: Ease into communal prayer as gatherings become possible
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, who directs infectious disease research for the federal government, advised Orthodox Jews to phase in communal…