Kosher soup kitchens work to feed families whose needs might grow as quarantines, school closures and work cancellations become more widespread

Kentucky governor calls on churches to cancel services; gatherings of over 250 people expected to be banned in Seattle-area; leading universities to hold classes remotely

SAR academy in the Bronx was first Jewish day school to close after father of student came down with COVID-19

Schools, houses of worship to be shut for two weeks in 1-mile-radius zone in New Rochelle, the heart of US's biggest cluster of reported cases of coronavirus

NY woman visited capital February 23-27; Health Ministry lists her movements including malls, cafes, buses and a train; Greek tourists diagnosed after Israel-West Bank trip

Legislation will classify mass violence motivated by hate as a felony punishable by up to life in prison without parole; also includes education initiatives

Some 25% of Nazi victims in US are considered poor, including many of the 38,000 in NYC, but Jewish groups step in to offer food, exercise and companionship

Cases reported since September from 'metzitzah b’peh,' infants were hospitalized, received intravenous antiviral drugs and are now recovering

19-year-old Sophie Riegel gives inside glimpse into life with mental illness in memoir, offers helpful strategies in manual co-written with mom Deborah Grayson Riegel

Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism reports increase of 120% in cases of circulated material in 2019; incidents nearly double on campuses; rhetoric couched as 'patriotism'