Today’s Daily Briefing
HEALTH
Prayer services get the OK in New York, but some Orthodox rabbis say to wait
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ISRAEL
As colleges go virtual, students instead are heading to Israel on gap year programs
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 CULTURE
You’re invited! Play JTA’s quiz show, ‘You Call That News?!?,’ every Thursday evening on Zoom
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UNITED STATES
Add them to the list: 2 Orthodox camps cancel summer 2020 due to COVID-19
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HEALTH
Orthodox doctor who promoted coronavirus cocktail is leaving the community where he tested his treatment
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 BONDS OF LIFE
Lee Kozol, 87, Boston attorney who represented the Patriots
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UNITED STATES
Former Iranian intelligence chief ‘involved in’ deadly bombings of Jewish targets is hit with US sanctions
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POLITICS
Jewish Republicans tackle a thorny question: What to do about Republicans like Steve King?
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OPINION
To accurately count Jews of color, we need to radically change our assumptions about Jews
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 UNITED STATES
With a woman taking charge of the Conference of Presidents, 250 Jewish leaders press for sexual harassers to be barred
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CULTURE
These 10 Yiddish words will get you through quarantine
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HEALTH
Religious services can resume in New York with 10 or fewer people, Cuomo says
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ISRAEL
7-year-old Israeli girl who violated school dress code spent day in her underwear
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HEALTH
Most Israelis infected with COVID-19 had strain that originated in US
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CULTURE
How the director of ‘Circus of Books’ turned the lens on her controlling mother
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BONDS OF LIFE
Suzy Levy, 66, dedicated nurse who refused to retire
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GLOBAL
Objects hidden by Auschwitz prisoners discovered during restoration work
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CULTURE
British teen who had virtual ‘Friends’ bar mitzvah gets video visit from Courteney Cox
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BONDS OF LIFE
Robert Ullian, 75, peace advocate who spray-painted route of the Green Line across Jerusalem
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ISRAEL
Israeli synagogues reopen with requirement that ‘corona official’ enforces the rules
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