French Jews take stock of massive losses, UK numbers keep rising

Published: 14 May 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

At least 1,300 French people who died of the coronavirus were given Jewish burials; Uk deaths now over 400; Swedes mourn dead; in Montreal, minyans on balconies bridge cultures

Emerging from lockdown, French Jews take stock of their ‘enormous losses’ (Times of Israel)
At least 1,300 people who died of the novel coronavirus were given Jewish burials, making the community among the worst hit globally and deeply scarring the country’s 500,000 Jews

Anglo-Jewish coronavirus deaths now over 400 (Jewish Chronicle)
New regional figures increase the number of recorded Jewish victims of the disease in the UK

In not-so-locked-down Sweden, Jews mourn victims, foster belonging (Jerusalem Post)
The coronavirus crisis has been hitting the Swedish Jewish community hard, with the disease claiming the lives of several members, including Holocaust survivors

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In Montreal, minyans on balconies serve as bridges across cultures (Tablet)
With help from a popular Arab columnist and Martha Wainwright, Chasidic prayer knits together a neighbourhood

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