Purim guidance for shuls and communities<\/a> (February 2, 2021) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMoetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America<\/p>\n
\n- An urgent call<\/a> (May 27, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Rosh Hashanah<\/a> (undated, before September 14, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
National Association of Chevra Kadisha<\/p>\n
\n- COVID-19 guidelines for chevros kadisha<\/a> (March 25, 2020)<\/li>\n
- COVID-19 protocols for levayahs and cemeteries<\/a> (April 7, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Orthodox Union<\/p>\n
\n- COVID-19 and the Mikvah<\/a> (April 2, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Update on shuls and communities<\/a> (May 21, 2020)<\/li>\n
- OU\/RCA Guidance for shuls for Yamim Noraim (High Holidays)<\/a> (August 14, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Semichas Chaver Program: Laws related to Rosh Hashanah<\/a> (undated, before September 15, 2020)<\/li>\n
- OU\/RCA guidance for Succot and Simchat Torah<\/a> (September 30, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rabbinical Council of America: Ensuring everyone a safe Passover<\/a> (April 7, 2020)<\/p>\nConservative<\/h4>\n
Committee on Jewish Law and Standards<\/p>\n
\n- Guidance for coronavirus<\/a> (March 13, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Remote minyanim in a time of COVID-19<\/a> (March 17, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Recommendations for Passover 5780 in light of COVID-19<\/a> (March 25, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Livestreaming the Passover Seder<\/a> (March 25, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Mikvah guidance<\/a> (undated, before April 2, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Streaming services on Shabbat and Yom Tov<\/a> (May 13, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Triage and the sanctity of life<\/a> (May 13, 2020) [original version<\/a>, March 30, 2020]<\/li>\n
- Triage in the time of a pandemic<\/a> (May 13, 2020) [original version<\/a>, March 30, 2020]<\/li>\n
- Conversion in a time of COVID-19<\/a> (May 18, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Clergy and shelihei tzibbur [Prayer Leaders]<\/a> (May 26, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Choirs<\/a> (May 26, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Shofar blowing for Rosh Hashanah 5781\/2020<\/a> (May 26, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Services for children, teenagers, and families<\/a> (June 4, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Abbreviating prayer services for the High Holy Days of 5781\/2020<\/a> (June 12, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Counting a minyan under one roof, in separate rooms<\/a> (June 12, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Torah reading during COVID-19<\/a> (July 13, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Ethics of gathering when not all of us may attend in person<\/a> (July 22, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Washing on Yom Kippur<\/a> (August 31, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Advice for sukkah use and sukkah building in the time of COVID-19<\/a> (September 3, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Lulav\/Etrog during COVID-19<\/a> (September 3, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Sukkot and Simhat Torah: Liturgical considerations in the time of COVID-19<\/a> (September 25, 2020)*<\/li>\n
- Vaccination and ethical questions posed by COVID-19 vaccines<\/a> (Jan. 1, 2021)<\/li>\n
- Reading Megillat Esther under COVID precautions<\/a> (Jan. 25, 2021)<\/li>\n
- Updated guidance for High Holiday services for children under 12<\/a> (and their families) for 2021\/5782 (June 29, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Note: asterisked texts were written by individual members of the committee but are not official statements of the committee<\/em><\/p>\nConservative\/Masorti movement statement on gatherings and communal expectations of leadership<\/a> (March 25, 2020)<\/p>\nA counter-proposal to live-streaming for Conservative Judaism <\/a>(May 16, 2020)<\/p>\nRabbinical Assembly: Jewish values regarding physical reopening of our institutions<\/a> (April 28, 2020)<\/p>\nReconstructionist<\/h4>\n
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association: Statement on communal gatherings during COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> (March 26, 2020)<\/p>\nReconstructing Judaism: Reopening our institutions<\/a> (May 1, 2020)<\/p>\nReform<\/h4>\n
CCAR\/URJ guidelines on values-based decision-making: Returning to in-person gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> (May 12, 2020)<\/p>\nCentral Council of American Rabbis Responsa Committee<\/p>\n
\n- Virtual Minyan in time of COVID-19 emergency<\/a> (March 18, 2020)<\/li>\n
- B\u2019rit Milah during COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> (April 13, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah:<\/p>\n
\n- Coronavirus, halakhah, and the counsel of experts<\/a> (March 13, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Jewish law and priorities in the saving of life<\/a> (April 6, 2020)<\/li>\n
- COVID-19 as Sha`at Hadachak<\/em><\/a> (April 7, 2020)<\/li>\n
- On endangering oneself to save others<\/a> (April 13, 2020)<\/li>\n
- A wedding via Zoom?<\/a> (April 26, 2020)<\/li>\n
- The shofar via Zoom<\/a> (August 12, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Reform Jewish Movement\u2019s recommendations on COVID-19<\/a> (March 31, 2020)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transdenominational Guide to the considerations about re-opening synagogue buildings, published by a working group of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements Version 1 (June 19, 2020) Version 2 (July 16, 2020) Kavod v’Nichum: Taharah safety recommendations (March 8 and 24, 2020) T\u2019ruah, The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights I believe in the worth of every human life (March […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1764,"featured_media":0,"parent":41,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3157,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/3157"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}