COVID-19 hasn’t stopped one of Israel’s national passions: folk dance
by Marcus M. Gilban RAANANA, Israel (JTA) – Like all other mass gatherings now, Israel’s Karmiel dance festival, one of the largest of its kind…
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Brazil’s president criticized for coronavirus motto that recalls ‘Arbeit macht frei,’ the infamous Auschwitz gate sign
By Marcus M. Gilban, RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is being criticized for a new slogan about combating the coronavirus which…
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…
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…