Month: May 2020 (Page 6 of 7)

Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia: Updated Guidelines for Funerals during the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

Dear Chevra,

We hope that this update finds you well – healthy, and taking care of yourselves, your families, and your communities and institutions. These challenging times have certainly reminded us how critical our work is as rabbis.

Since we initially distributed funeral guidelines in late March, medical experts and public-health officials have learned much, and societal norms in combating COVID-19 have evolved.

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Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal: Jewish Values Regarding Physical Reopening of Our Institutions

published on ejewishphilanthropy.com

As the weeks of mandated physical separation continue there is a growing and understandable desire around the world to reopen businesses and other institutions as quickly as possible.

Failing economies and ballooning job loss create tremendous economic pressure on our families and threaten the viability of our institutions.… Read the rest

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