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"Noah's Ark" (1846) by Edward Hicks
Posted inJewish Life

Ark, who goes there? It’s us, Noah’s fellow quarantiners

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf October 28, 2022October 27, 2022

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Noach Genesis 6:9–11:32 This year, my Rosh Hashanah sermon reflected on 2½ years of isolation. […]

Birthright Israel participants at the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve in Israel. (Photo/Melanie Fidler-Flash90)
Posted inNews

After summer trips canceled, Birthright back in fall for the vaxxed

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA September 8, 2021
Arrivals from a flight from England get to the Dan Panorama Hotel used as a quarantine facility, on Dec. 20, 2020. (Photo/JTA- Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel nixes quarantine hotels after some inside try to escape and others cause uproar

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 29, 2020
Chairs commemorating the Israeli deaths from the coronavirus set up in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, Sept. 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

More restrictive lockdown set for Israel as coronavirus cases remain at record levels

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 24, 2020
a police officer in a facemask speaks to an orthodox man in black suit and black hat but no facemask
Posted inHigh Holidays

Israel enters second lockdown to stop record spread of coronavirus

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
Israelis wear protective face masks in Tel Aviv, as the rate of newly infected increases, Sept 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Alster-Flash90)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Setting new one-day Covid records, Israel gears up for extended lockdown starting on Rosh Hashanah

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA September 11, 2020

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