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How Do We Care For The Nation?

July 19, 2020 Reverend Eric Hall 1

This guest blog post originally appeared on the Spiritual Care Association website and is republished here with the kind permission of Reverend Hall. [Read more…]

Don’t Sink the Boat

July 19, 2020 Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss 1

“I would have to say that it is un-Jewish not to wear a mask when doing so puts others at risk,” writes Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss in this commentary. [Read more…]

Downsizing into COVID-19

June 23, 2020 Rabbi Richard Hirsh 1

Rabbi Richard Hirsh describes the challenges of downsizing and planning a retirement during a pandemic lockdown. [Read more…]

Gratitude

May 18, 2020 Rabbi Stephen Karol 1

Rabbi Stephen Karol finds elements of gratitude in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, through the thanksgiving prayers of the Jewish liturgy. [Read more…]

JSA Contributor Rabbi Dayle Friedman Published in Times of Israel’s Blogs

May 8, 2020 Webmaster 0

JSA Contributor Rabbi Dayle Friedman is a regular blogger at the Times of Israel website. Read her latest essay, “Forsake us not: Toxic ageism in the COVID pandemic.” [Read more…]

Goals of Care Coalition of NJ Offering Free Daily Webinar on Coronavirus

April 2, 2020 Webmaster 0

The Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey is offering a free daily webinar on the COVID-19 pandemic wiht founder and medical director Dr. David Barile. [Read more…]

"Fire," by Ian Barbour, via Flickr.com under Creative Commons License

Tzav in the time of COVID-19

April 2, 2020 Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC 0

In this guest d’var torah, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff sees the fire that should not go out as our personal passion to do good. [Read more…]

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (CDC Photo/Alissa Eckert, MS, Dan Higgins, MAMS)

Guest Commentary: COVID-19 pandemic no laughing matter

March 16, 2020 Marc Blesoff 2

Guest contributor Marc Blesoff offers some suggestions on how to cope with emotional and physical stress during the coronavirus shutdown. [Read more…]