Jewish Leaders Hit by Coronavirus

Jewish Leaders Hit by Coronavirus | Coronavirus Bill May Violate Jewish Burial Laws | Emmy Rossum Plans to Focus on Shabbat

Daily Edition March 22, 2020 WORLD ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST OPINION CULTURE FEATURES Top NewsCoronavirus Takes Heavy Toll on Prominent Jewish Leaders in US, Israel, Europeby Benjamin KersteinThe coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll on prominent Jewish leaders, with several dying of the disease and others seriously ill. The head of Israel’s…MoreLeading UK Jewish Group Expresses Concern Coronavirus Bill Will Violate Jewish Burial Lawsby Benjamin KersteinA leading UK Jewish organization expressed concern on Sunday about a proposed bill granting the government emergency powers to fight the coronavirus…MoreHead of British Foreign Office’s Coronavirus Operations Condemns ‘Sad, Hateful’ Pandemic-Related Antisemitismby Algemeiner StaffThe head of the British Foreign Office’s coronavirus operations denounced antisemitism connected to the pandemic on Sunday. “So much of this…MoreAn Israeli Hospital Set Up a Covid-19 Emergency Care Ward in 72 Hoursby Amir KurtzIsrael’s hospitals are preparing for an influx of severe coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. The Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer, in the greater Tel…MoreAmid Coronavirus Crisis, Jewish Actress Emmy Rossum Shares Plans to Focus on Shabbatby Shiryn GhermezianJewish actress Emmy Rossum told her Twitter followers on Friday about her plans to take Shabbat seriously this weekend, seemingly in light of the coronavirus…More Opinion Ensuring Food Security in Israel During Coronavirusby Yoel ZilbermanThe entire world is in crisis, and Israel has not been spared. In addition to the economic and social cost of the coronavirus pandemic, we are facing the crucial challenge of providing food security here…More The Coronavirus Is No Reason to Let the Iranian Regime Off the Hookby Jonathan S. TobinThe whole world is dealing with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but among the countries that have suffered the worst is Iran. And as far as some critics of the Trump administration are…More Lies, Transparency, and Pandemicsby Ben CohenHas the world ever been this perfectly synchronized? Whether you wake up in an isolated hamlet in one part of the globe or a teeming city in another, whatever your language or your time zone, whether your country has a functioning health…More