1,000 Jewish groups received at least $500 million in government loans. Some laid off staff anyway.
By BEN SALES (JTA) — More than 1,000 Jewish organizations received federal coronavirus relief loans totaling approximately $540 million to...
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Steve Simon: Please vote by mail
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is encouraging Minnesotans to vote by mail for...
Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis
By BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — Two Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods that have been hard hit in the coronavirus pandemic...
In the Boston area, two Jewish chefs team up to feed kids while schools are closed
By PENNY SCHWARTZ SHARON, Mass. (JTA) — When Neil Morris heard the news that his hometown schools were closing for...
In a possible sign of what’s to come, this JCC has already laid off 176 people because of the coronavirus
By BEN SALES (JTA) — On Day 1 of the state-mandated shutdown in Pennsylvania, Amy Krulik tried to strike an...
Speed bump or momentum killer? Bloomberg takes a beating in his debate debut.
By PHILISSA CRAMER (JTA) — It was a rough welcome for Mike Bloomberg. The one-time Republican took a beating Wednesday night...
Is 2020 really the year for America’s first Jewish president?
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders and Mike Bloomberg have much in common besides running for the Democratic...
Hebrew language classes in public schools are rare — but they’re on the rise in Chicago’s suburbs
By BEN SALES DEERFIELD, Ill. (JTA) — Nathan Rosen’s favorite day in Hebrew class is culture day. Every Friday, the...
Jersey City’s Jewish mayor didn’t wait to call the kosher store shooting an anti-Semitic attack. Here’s why.
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop was one of the first New Jersey officials to describe...
A Guatemalan asylum seeker is being sheltered in a Washington state synagogue
By BEN SALES (JTA) — In a few weeks, the congregants at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Wash., will gather...