‘A vaccine is not the be all or end all’
Q & A With Dr. Naor Bar-Zeev
When will we have a vaccine for COVID-19? How effective will it be? Naor Bar-Zeev, an associate professor...
7 ways to stay connected to Judaism
Seniors are one of the most susceptible groups to COVID-19. According to the CDC, the older the adult, the higher the risk for severe...
Deluged by pandemic needs, Israeli doctors get help from unlikely source: robots
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By Larry Luxner
JERUSALEM — Orthopedic surgeons at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center on Mount Scopus recently welcomed a newcomer to their team.
She’s incredibly efficient, never...
Bridging Generations During Social Isolation
By Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Hedy Peyser, MSW and Andy Siegel, MHA
We are living through a pandemic of biblical proportions. It is causing a secondary...
Kids need more outdoor time? Get it at night with a backyard campout
School is out and summer is here — but your kids have already been spending their days at home since March, thanks to the...
Seniors spend quarantine putting memories on paper
During quarantine, people have had a lot more free time, and a lot more time to think.
Some members of Congregation Beth El of Montgomery...
In hospice, big decisions have to be made quickly
As chaplains, Rabbi Yaffa-Shira Sultan and the Rev. Deb Vaughn offer spiritual and emotional care to those in JSSA Hospice and their families.
For them,...
Are we really as isolated as we think?
In a rare moment of quiet this morning, I was cruising social media and came upon a post from a friend that surprised me....
Chabad of Reston-Herndon says it with flowers and chicken soup
How do you reach out to Jews when they’re in quarantine? And how do you do it with the Chabad touch?
Rabbi Leibel and Nechamie...
Here’s how to do the challah social-distance handoff
Hannah Roach of Germantown had never baked a challah. But then again, she never had to social distance herself from her beloved grandparents before...
