A Florida JCC survived the pandemic with no layoffs. Now it’s reopening.
Walk onto the grounds of the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in South Florida and you will see people playing tennis with no face...
Kids contemplate a summer without camp
By Ellen Braunstein
When Lily King heard the news that Capital Camps was closing this summer over the coronavirus pandemic, she cried.
The eighth grader at...
VIDEO Shir Madness sings ‘COVID-19’
Updated June 2, 2020
By Elisa Posner
It’s practically a tradition for a cappella groups to compete face to face. So when Rochelle Berman found out...
Jewish groups advocate for the neediest during pandemic
The novel coronavirus continues to alter lives, shutter businesses, schools and camps, and send many to food pantries.
But it has been particularly cruel to...
The quest for coronavirus treatments
Medical history has involved more than a few quests for a sort of scientific holy grail. The eradication of smallpox was a major milestone,...
Why we cannot do it as we always have
By Rabbi Charles L. Arian
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged synagogues and rabbis to respond creatively. Services are not as easy as, “Add Zoom and...
Jenna Bortnick and her 3D printer
Since she began holing up at home to ride out the coronavirus, Jenna Bortnick of Rockville has been proving the old adage: Give a...
She survived the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and COVID-19
By Ben Harris
After Marilee Shapiro Asher was admitted to the hospital in mid-April sick with COVID-19, her daughter got a call from the doctor...
Another COVID-19 death at Hebrew Home
The Hebrew Home of Greater Washington has seen another death, bringing the deaths at the Rockville facility from COVID-19 to five, according to the...
4 dead of COVID-19 at Hebrew Home
Four residents of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville have died from COVID-19. Another 37 residents there have tested positive for the...
