Community update from Calgary Jewish Federation
(Calgary) – On Friday March 27, 2020, Yannai Segal, President of Calgary Jewish Federation and CEO Adam Silver sent this community update. Good morning: We…
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Forced to leave school, Jewish college students are uniting in Zoom University Hillel
by Deanna Schwartz (This story originally appeared on Alma.) At Zoom University Hillel, there are no comfy places to study or free snacks. There’s no…
‘Painful and deep’: Jewish nonprofits face dire economic prospects during and after coronavirus
by Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Some 38,000 people work at Jewish community centers across North America, staffing preschools, camps, gyms, classes, activities for…
My husband and I are self-isolating separately. Here’s why.
by Shoshana Forester Smith This story originally appeared on Kveller. Since the coronavirus has effectively shut down life across the globe, a lot of us…
Conservative movement leaders say virtual minyans are permissible during ‘crisis situation’
by Ben Harris (JTA) — The leaders of the Conservative movement’s Jewish law committee issued a crisis declaration allowing the recitation of the Mourner’s Kaddish…