Appropriate conduct during a pandemic (published in English July/August 2020; original publication date unlisted)… Read the rest
Category: Public Health (Page 3 of 15)
Join me in a thought experiment:
What if we decided and announced right now that we will not have large gatherings for the High Holy Days this fall?
We know that for many of our people it will not be safe to be out in public in September.… Read the rest
Last week, the Conservative Movement approved a responsum permitting the livestreaming of religious services on Shabbat and holidays (with several caveats and constraints, and with the acknowledgement that the COVID-19 crisis accelerated the urgency of a question that was already being studied.)… Read the rest
Over the past few days a large collection of Orthodox doctors from across the country issued a statement explaining why, based on their medical expertise, the Orthodox community should maintain strict social distancing standards and refrain from minyan, weddings, funerals, etc.
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Originally published by Sojourners.
A white pastor I know was recently hospitalized with COVID-19, but not until after he had served communion to his mostly African American congregation — a population that has suffered more severely from the disease due to ongoing racial disparities in U.S.… Read the rest
Gathering Together Again (undated, before August 3)… Read the rest
.אין כל דבר עומד בפני פיקוח נפש
Nothing takes priority over safeguarding life. (Talmud, Yoma 82a)
.תלמוד תורה כנגד כולם
Study of Torah is the most fundamental obligation. (Talmud, Kiddushin 39b)
These teachings illustrate the profound importance that the Jewish tradition places on learning and on health.
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July 31, 2020 (New York, NY) — Across the nation, states continue to evaluate different stages and phases for reopening public life during the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis.
As of this week, more than 4.3 million Americans have tested positive for COVID-19, with more than 154,000 deaths since January.… Read the rest
To mask or not to mask? That is the question, to paraphrase the Bard, that has our attention for the foreseeable future. Of course the crazy thing about the mask controversy is that it has turned — as nearly everything does these days — into a political statement.… Read the rest
