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Embrace Your Mask

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My Battle with Covid-19 My Battle with Covid-19

My Battle with Covid-19

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Unemployment and Your Marriage

Unemployment and Your Marriage
A Life Full of Uncertainty

A Life Full of Uncertainty
A Different Shavuot This Year

A Different Shavuot This Year
New York City Serenade

New York City Serenade

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Blowing my shofar to our suffering city from my balcony.

The Jewish Response to COVID-19

The Jewish Response to COVID-19

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Stay Safe. Stay Kind: A small sampling of the outpouring of kindness amongst Jews around the world.

Stop Judging How Others are Responding to the Pandemic

Stop Judging How Others are Responding to the Pandemic

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We should be coming together during this time, not splitting apart.

The Power of a Hug

The Power of a Hug

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Look 4 the Good

Look 4 the Good

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The pandemic has shown that we can help each other in a crisis. How can we make our unity last.

Running Uphill

Running Uphill

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Sometimes running uphill is the only way to see the view.

COVID-19: Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Semitism

COVID-19: Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Semitism

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Like the Black Death, some people are scapegoating the Jews for the coronavirus.

6 Ways Not to Let Isolation Get You Down

6 Ways Not to Let Isolation Get You Down

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Lockdown is no picnic, but there are simple things everyone can do to keep their spirits up.

Lost and Found: An Inspiring True Story for These Times

Lost and Found: An Inspiring True Story for These Times

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One lost tuition payment and the power of empathy.

An Open Letter from God during Coronavirus

An Open Letter from God during Coronavirus

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Because He knows how hard it is and every single step you're taking.

Kippahs to the Rescue

Kippahs to the Rescue

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One Jewish family is turning kippahs into hundreds of face masks to help the homeless.

Keeping Your Marriage Strong during Quarantine

Keeping Your Marriage Strong during Quarantine

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4 practical suggestions on how to best use this time together to find peace with one another.

Eli Beer's COVID-19 Miracle

Eli Beer's COVID-19 Miracle

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How the head of United Hatzalah nearly died and rallied back.

Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary People

Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary People

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Battle coronavirus by loving your neighbor like yourself.

Don’t Put Your Marriage on Hold Even During Corona

Don’t Put Your Marriage on Hold Even During Corona

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How to emerge from this situation with our marriages intact, perhaps even enhanced.

Gift of Life: Lifesaving Quest to Harvest Plasma of COVID-19 Survivors

Gift of Life: Lifesaving Quest to Harvest Plasma of COVID-19 Survivors

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Two observant Jews pool their efforts to bring antibody-rich, potentially lifesaving convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to others in desperate need.

Kidney Transplant Champion Dies at 55

Kidney Transplant Champion Dies at 55

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Rabbi Heber helped facilitate over 800 kidney transplants in Israel and around the world.

Advice on Combating Loneliness from Leading Expert

Advice on Combating Loneliness from Leading Expert

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Dr. Steven Cole offers important advice for the pandemic era.

Saying Kaddish for 500 People

Saying Kaddish for 500 People

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I didn't know what Kaddish is. Now I'm saying it for over 500 people.

Covid-19 and the Messiah

Covid-19 and the Messiah

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No one knows when the final redemption will come, but the only way to be ready is to yearn for that period of peace, harmony, and universal God-consciousness.

When the World Goes Viral

When the World Goes Viral

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A coronavirus spoken word video.

How Coronavirus is Upending Orthodox Jewish Traditions

How Coronavirus is Upending Orthodox Jewish Traditions

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Hundreds of Orthodox Jews are estimated to have died in Brooklyn. A heart-rending video on how the pandemic is changing their longstanding rituals.

My Thoughts of Life and Death on Yom HaShoah

My Thoughts of Life and Death on Yom HaShoah

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Coronavirus has me thinking a lot about death. And life.

Jewish Partisan Hero Dies of Coronavirus

Jewish Partisan Hero Dies of Coronavirus

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Benjamin Levin fought Nazis with Jewish partisans called The Avengers.

My Special Coronavirus Wedding

My Special Coronavirus Wedding

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Coronavirus didn’t ruin my wedding. It gave me and my husband a historic, once-in-a-lifetime event for which we are truly grateful.

Covid 19 Family Guidebook: Do-It-Home Activities and Coping Skills

Covid 19 Family Guidebook: Do-It-Home Activities and Coping Skills

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Over 200 activities and fun ideas for the entire family. No computer required.

Physician’s Diary: Our Remarkable Healing Processes and the Coronavirus Virus

Physician’s Diary: Our Remarkable Healing Processes and the Coronavirus Virus

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Mankind’s remarkable ability to fight infections.

Working from Home During COVID19

Working from Home During COVID19

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Effective strategies for maintaining balance.

The Sirens of Rabbi Akiva: Corona and Sefirat HaOmer

The Sirens of Rabbi Akiva: Corona and Sefirat HaOmer

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The death of Rabbi Akiva’s disciples that has an eerie resonance of the pandemic we face today.

The Angel of Death Visited Us this Passover

The Angel of Death Visited Us this Passover

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Facing our mortality can make us serious about what life is about.

The End of a Unique Passover

The End of a Unique Passover

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What do you want your list of accomplishments to be when this “stay-at-home” mandate is lifted?

My Personal Passover Miracle

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

My Personal Passover Miracle

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For my wife and me, it was nothing less than a personal Passover miracle.

Thank You Tyler Perry

Thank You Tyler Perry

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Thank God, there are angels all around us, even during a pandemic.

Under Lockdown: The Festival of Freedom

Under Lockdown: The Festival of Freedom

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What COVID-19 has to teach us about real freedom.

Israeli Captive's Matzah in Syrian Prison

Israeli Captive's Matzah in Syrian Prison

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A timely reminder that after much pain and bitterness come freedom and hope.

This Passover, Stay Home and Stay Safe

This Passover, Stay Home and Stay Safe

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An important message that can help save lives.

Rejoicing during Corona: How to Make this an Incredible Passover

Video – Inspiring Hope

Rejoicing during Corona: How to Make this an Incredible Passover

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Don't be enslaved by what could have been. Focus on the joy instead.

Promise and the Tuk-Tuk

Promise and the Tuk-Tuk

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An encounter in Ethiopia informs my response to the coronavirus.

A Quarantine Seder: 7 Insights to Uplift Your Seder

A Quarantine Seder: 7 Insights to Uplift Your Seder

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Bring joy to this year’s unique Seder experience.

Before Lockdown, A Race to Build Shul Furniture

Before Lockdown, A Race to Build Shul Furniture

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In bleak times for synagogues, kibbutz carpenters have been busy building the future.

Essential vs. Non-Essential: Dayeinu During the Pandemic

Essential vs. Non-Essential: Dayeinu During the Pandemic

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Now is the crucial time to focus on what we have.

Doctors on the Front Lines Battling Covid-19

Doctors on the Front Lines Battling Covid-19

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Four Jewish doctors describe their experiences battling Covid-19.

Passover and the Eleventh Plague

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Passover and the Eleventh Plague

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The linkage between Passover and Tisha B'Av offers us tremendous hope and comfort in this tragic time.

Spiritual Responses to Coronavirus

Spiritual Responses to Coronavirus

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Lessons from the unprecedented pandemic that is a causing global crisis.

Becoming a Dad during the COVID-19 Crisis

Becoming a Dad during the COVID-19 Crisis

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In truth, we are all creations of crisis.

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