This article first appeared on Alma.
After being sent home from school, a life of relative COVID-ignorant bliss, I arrived in the ravaging chaos of the pandemic. My mother — the head of infection control and epidemiology for the largest public hospital...
When Aaron Feinblatt moved to Israel in late February 2020, just as the first signs of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak were emerging, only one person wore a mask on his aliyah flight.
Feinblatt had no idea that masks would soon become the norm for...
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21c.org
• Published May 3, 2021
(Israel21c) When Ofir Aharon was finishing his Ph.D. in electro-optics engineering, his mother was diagnosed with melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer.
He decided to channel his knowledge into inventing a potentially lifesaving device that could...
RACHEL BRAY-SPEZIA, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 28, 2021
As a busy parent, my to-do list is a mile long, from A to Z – Z being Zoom meetings, of course.
Many of the tasks on my list are things I do for others: picking up a few groceries for my grandmother; taking my son to see his pediatrician; shopping...
“The Messier Side of Parenting” introduces readers to Taryn Goldstein, 43, a St. Louis Jewish mother of four sons, ranging in age from 9 to 15. In her video blog, Goldstein will offer her no-holds-barred take on parenting, with topics ranging from...
St. Luke’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at the Chesterfield Mall is now accepting walk-ins. Appointments are still encouraged ahead of time, and are available through lukesvaccine.com.
St. Luke’s is administering the Pfizer vaccine, which is available...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 27, 2021
When Fran Zellinger was growing up, she watched TV on a black-and-white set and talked to friends using a dial phone. Now she’s a Zoom veteran. That’s why she’s enthusiastic about a new program called Jewish Senior Connection, which takes full advantage...
Jon Schiller, Israel21c
• Published April 23, 2021
(Israel21c) An innovative optical technology that can instantly and non-invasively detect and distinguish between different types of skin cancer has been developed by an Israeli scientist at Tel Aviv University.
The new method created by Professor...
(JTA) — Hundreds of infants in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods of Brooklyn are sick now with a common respiratory virus that typically does not circulate during the spring, raising fears as to whether the infections in those communities could again become...
(JTA) — Last year at this time, the message out of Jewish summer camps was one of doom and gloom.
In April 2020, the Union for Reform Judaism announced that COVID would force a closure of its camps for the summer, affecting some 10,000 kids. In...
BY RABBI BEN NEWMAN, SPECIAL FOR THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 12, 2021
LuftmenschLuftmensch: Literally, “air person”.Someone whose head is in the clouds, usually concerned with intellectual or artistic pursuits while being oblivious to and out of touch with this-worldly concerns like earning a living. Usually refers...
BY LORELIAI KUDE, SPECIAL FOR THE THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 12, 2021
A version of this column originally appeared at jpost.com and is reprinted with permission.IYAR 5781: LIGHTING THE WAY TO SOUL-HEALINGThis is the month we count the Omer, repairing and building up inner soul characteristics which generates a Divine healing...
