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Weekly Highlights
Thursday, March 19, 2020
From the blogs
[Corona in Jerusalem: What story will we tell?](
By [Yossi Klein Halevi](
[The morning after Israelâs first non-military emergency, will we awake even more divided against ourselves or remember we were all in this together?](
[Naomi Chazan](
[Coronacracy](
[Itâs an epidemic that proscribes individual freedoms, spreads divisive messages and erodes the checks and balances of democracy](
[Sari Friedman](
[My neighbor’s cough](
[Musings from a Tel Aviv apartment that gets fresh air, but no sunlight, as I canât escape hearing the incessant symptoms of possible COVID-19 through the walls](
From the blogs
[Dreaming in the time of Corona](
By [Haviva Ner-David](
[There is something absolutely stunning about the fact that all of humanity now is suffering from the same threat. This is life.](
[Yoseif Bloch](
[Staying home with God](
[Sure, praying and studying Torah in public is nice, but you can fulfill these mitzvot very well in the privacy of your own home — and you should!](
[Rachel Sharansky Danziger](
[The intimacy that is yet to come](
[Iâm already thinking of my future nostalgia: âRemember how weâd sit together in a room, unafraid? How weâd let the toddlers run around, touching everyone, boogers and all?â](
[Linda Lovitch](
[Whoâs Zoomin’ Who? Video communication in the time of Corona](
[Sure, you may be great in front of a live audience. Connecting with online viewers is different. Hereâs how to get your message across](
[Underwear for a month: Lone soldiers and corona](
By [Sally Berkovic](
[As our wise, resilient children are teaching us, now is the time to see the bigger picture and put personal desire to one side](
[David Golinkin](
[Back to the sources: Jewish wisdom for a time like this](
[Unite. Leave no one behind. Pray. Preserve hope. Itâs all there in the texts that have always offered sustenance in a crisis](
[Elana Stein Hain](
[Soul and breath: A prayer](
[In the absence of all the communal gathering that provides comfort and focus, I have written a prayer to help us cope](
[Weâre all women now](
By [Laurie Novick](
[With quarantines and shuttered synagogues keeping us home, we have a golden opportunity to recalibrate Jewish observance](
[Gedalyah Reback](
[Talking to my 6-year-old about coronavirus](
[Itâs okay to be scared, even when we need to make sure that weâre not *too* afraid. And Iâm kind of âsad and nervousâ too](
[Lori Palatnik](
[The Coronavirus test we will all take](
[âThis is a test. This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System. This is only a testâ¦â When I was growing up, thatâs what we would ominously hear late at night on television with a test pattern on the screen. Then a long piercing tone would sound. Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to the test. We can pass or we can fail, itâs our choice. You think you canât handle whatâs now in front of us, but you can, because you have been studying for this test your whole life.  I...](
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[Naomi L. Baum](
[Coping with coronavirus: Free yourself from fear](
[Tips from a trauma psychologist, including: practice good hygiene, talk to your kids, and find a reliable news site, but DO NOT tune in to news all day](
[Jamie Magrill](
[COVID-19: The numbers game](
[We still have a short window of time before our hospitals reach capacity, which means that how well each of us self-isolates has a real impact on the public good](
[Tamar Wyschogrod](
[In Trump’s COVID-19 response, a troubling echo of the past](
[Once upon a time there was an unhinged, megalomaniacal, authoritarian leader who turned an epidemic into a humanitarian crisis](
[Anna Harwood-Gross](
[How to safeguard your mental health in the new normal](
[Israelis are used to stress, but the new reality, with its reduced social contact, pushes us to accommodate our strengths and weaknesses in fresh ways](
[Erris Langer Klapper](
[Has COVID-19 affected our common sense?](
[Do you seriously think you can avoid the virus by gargling? Well, you canât. Stick to the boring and scientifically factual websites](
[Gary Slutkin](
[Jews, cancel everything](
[Iâm a veteran expert in stopping epidemics. My medical and Jewish advice is: Donât congregate, touch, kiss, share challah. Do be kind.](
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