Archive for May 2020
Yemen’s Health System ‘Has in Effect Collapsed’ as COVID Spreads: UN
A man wears a mask as he walks at a market amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease
US Urges WHO to Start Review of Pandemic Response, Seeks Reforms
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, May
Life Is What Happens to You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans
John Lennon once sang: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” This week, we start
The Modern Day Levites
Counting the Levites Separately Bamidbar, the book of Numbers, begins with the census of the Jewish people. According to Rashi,
A Special Role to Play
Numbers, Chapter 1, Verse 53, reads: “The Levites will camp around the Tent of the Congregation…and the Levites are to
Getting a True Count of Community
When it comes to synagogue communities there is an easy way to count and a hard way. The easy
In the Desert
This week we start the fourth of the five books of the Torah, Bamidbar (the first portion in each
Jewish Group Calls on Toronto Mosque to Denounce Antisemitic ‘Prayers’
The Jaffari Center, a Shia mosque in the Toronto neighborhood of Thornhill. Photo: Screenshot via Google Maps. JNS.org – Friends
In Syria’s War-Torn Idlib, Traveling Barbers Bring Children Relief
A volunteer hairdresser from the International Association for Relief and Development (ONSUR) wearing a face mask and gloves cuts the
Some 10,000 Iranian Health Workers Infected With Coronavirus: State Media
Iranians wear protective masks and face shields against possible coronavirus contagion in Tehran, May 20, 2020. Photo: WANA (West Asia