JCC Brooklyn Summer Camp is a Jewish youth camp for kids aged 1-15 located in Brooklyn, NY. This collection captures COVID-19 updates as they relate to their summer camp programs.
Ranch Camp is a Jewish youth camp with summer programs held in Elbert, CO and winter programs held in Denver, CO. This collection captures the Ranch Camp's COVID-19 program updates as the pandemic unfolded starting in March 2020 and continuing through the summer.
Camp Ramah provides overnight and summer day camps to Jewish youth communities across the United States. This collection contains updates to their programs during COVID-19 pandemic.
Camp Romimu is a Jewish summer camp located in Monticello, New York. This collection contains updates to their summer 2020 programs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chai Lifeline is an organization dedicated to helping families of children fighting chronic illnesses and those living with disabilities. Two of their projects resumed their summer programs with new COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
CYJ Sprout Lake is a Jewish overnight camp located in the Hudson River Valley in upstate New York. This collection contains updates to the camp's protocols in their summer 2020 programs to accommodate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This collection provides examples of how Jewish summer camps adapted and adjusted their 2020 programs. Some camps provided alternate options to their families amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, while others cancelled their programs all together.
In this virtual press conference held by the New York Jewish Agenda, more than 450 rabbis, cantors, and other religious leaders joined together to speak out in favor of life-saving, geography-based COVID-19 protective measures. The event also featured Jacob Kornbluh, a Jewish journalist who was assaulted during the October 7th protest and riots in Boro Park.
These tweets from @SVNewAlerts cover the New York City police dispersing the crowds gathered to celebrate the Sukkot holiday and the later protests of Governor Andrew Cuomo's lockdown of synagogues. The lockdown comes as COVID-19 spikes in nine New York City communities.
Prizmah is the network for Jewish day schools across North America. In their effort to support school leaders, Prizmah is regularly convening Heads of School for weekly calls. These calls offer support for the Heads of School, as well as asking them what Prizmah can do to help them navigate through these difficult times.
Prizmah is the network for Jewish day schools across North America. In their effort to support school leaders, Prizmah is regularly convening Heads of School for weekly calls. These calls offer support for the Heads of School, as well as asking them what Prizmah can do to help them navigate through these difficult times.
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah is a "vibrant spiritual community and a progressive Jewish voice. Founded in 1973, CBST attracts and welcomes gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, queer, and straight individuals and families who share common values." CBST livestreamed their Yom Kippur Neilah Service so members of its congregation, and those across the country, could join in despite COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings.
This article discusses rising case numbers in the Five Towns community, with context about the number of cases in the United States and worldwide. It also addresses people who refuse to wear masks and restates the importance of protecting yourself and your community from the virus.
Camp Bonim is a Jewish summer camp located in Pennsylvania, with a main office in New York. These updates from their website cover changes to their 2020 camp season due to COVID-19
These newsletters offer virtual support services for its community during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as "Thera-zoom" sessions and other webinars to help people cope through difficult times.
Through Instagram Reels, a TikTok copycat, I condensed Rosh HaShanah services down to just two and a half minutes. I mostly made it in the empty sanctuary of Congregation KTI in Port Chester, NY. I had seen plenty of creative technological adaptations of high holiday liturgy, but none using the short music video format popularized by TikTok. So I decided to go for it! The Shofar filter on Instagram that I use in the video comes from Valley Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Los Angeles.
My non-Jewish (who none-the-less raised 3 Jewish children) husband and past sax and clarinet player joined The Blast on Capitol Hill NE on Erev Rosh Hashanah
In this photo, taken on the evening of September 19th at 10:26 PM, there are candles lit that illuminate a sign that rests against the shrubbery right next to the steps of the Supreme Court building. The sign reads, "May her memory be a revolution," calling upon Justice Ginsburg's reliance on the line from the Torah that she kept framed in her chambers there- "Tzedek, tzedek tirdof" or "Justice, justice you shall pursue" and putting an inspiring spin on the traditional Jewish sentiment "May her memory be a blessing". In light of the recent unrest and pursuit of social justice in America, many Jewish people have been using this phrase to inspire change in honor of those that have been lost, and it was incredibly fitting for use in honoring Justice Ginsburg. This photo was taken at a memorial held in her honor on the steps of the Supreme Court building the night after news broke on the evening of Rosh Hashanah to the American public of her passing.
This statement was sent out by SAR High School to students and their parents via email, addressing the back-to-school season. Read the full statement below:
