Posts Tagged: Jews coronavirus
The New York Times: 128 Years of Blaming Jews for Spreading Deadly Disease
The New York Times home page has been featuring a small Covid-19 graphic with a list of “where cases per capita” are highest. When I...
An Honorable Orthodox Response to Coronavirus
He looks earnestly at the camera, and falteringly begins his statement: Klal Yisrael (“the Jewish people”) and the entire world are now confronted by a medical...
Jewish Congregations Challenge ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ New York Coronavirus Restrictions
Three Jewish congregations on Thursday filed a lawsuit claiming that New York's coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings violated their First Amendment religious rights under the US Constitution. The...
Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief: Singling Out of New York Orthodox Jews Is ‘Damaging’ and ‘Counterproductive’
The singling out of Orthodox Jews by New York state and city officials amid the coronavirus pandemic is "damaging" and "counterproductive," the editor-in-chief of The...
New York Times Flunks Again in Coverage of Jews and Coronavirus
Double standards. Factual errors. Disproportionate coverage and lack of context. Conflicting information. The problems that consistently afflict New York Times coverage of Jews and Judaism, particularly...
Cuomo Threatens to Shutter Synagogues Ahead of Meeting With Chassidim on COVID Spike
JNS.org – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he will meet with leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community on Tuesday in the hopes of...
‘Turning Tragedy Into Hope’: NBC’s ‘Today Show’ Highlights Orthodox Jewish Plasma Donors Helping Fight Against Coronavirus
NBC’s “The Today Show” featured a segment on Monday highlighting Orthodox Jewish plasma donors helping the effort to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the clip below: An...
Now Is Time to Double Down on Israel-Diaspora Relations for Young Jews
JNS.org - Israel is a land of opportunity. As young people now face uncertainty on a multitude of levels, long-term experiences in Israel offer them a...
In a Time of Need, Jewish Teens Give Back
JNS.org - Tutor a kid in math. Paint a community center. Distribute challahs to the homebound. Raise money for trees in Israel. Upgrade your school’s...
Israel-Haters Can’t Resist Antisemitic Slanders on COVID-19
JNS.org - Tens of thousands of Arab citizens of Israel serve as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals. Arab Israelis comprise 17 percent...
Frida Wattenberg, French Jewish WW2 Children’s Rescue Hero, Dies From Coronavirus
A French Jewish woman who risked her own life to save Jewish children from the clutches of the Nazis has died from the coronavirus at...
Hitler as Plague Doctor
Hermann Esser was a second-tier Nazi and friend of Hitler. He has made a recent internet list of “Ten Dead Nazis You’ve Never Heard Of.” Starting...
Antisemitism Is Thriving, and Coronavirus Will Fuel Its Growth
I got called a lampshade on Twitter the other night. I was called this hateful epithet by an anonymous defender of Giovanni Gasparro, the Italian artist...
Jewish Responsibility to Support Asian-Americans During Coronavirus Crisis
In recent weeks, we’ve seen an unprecedented epidemic of the coronavirus spread across the world. Unfortunately, we’ve also seen a spike in anti-Asian violence and...
