Published: 1 May 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
As NY Hebrew Free Burial Association runs out of burial shawls, hundreds donate (Times of Israel)
Group that provides traditional Jewish burial for those who can’t afford expenses performs 134 funerals in last month; call for prayer shawls answered from as far away as Florida
Jewish hotel in Poland offers free rooms to doctors fighting virus (Times of Israel)
Lublin’s Hotel Ilan, once home to one of the largest yeshivas in the world, will also throw in free breakfast for medical professionals who don’t want to expose family to pathogen
Without tourist revenue, Czech Jews fear for welfare of Holocaust survivors (Ynet)
Prague's Jewish community tightens belt, putting investments and restoration projects on halt, to allow hundreds of its elderly members to live respectfully while coronavirus closedown keeps eating away at funds
Amsterdam’s Jewish nursing home has lost over 20% of its residents to COVID-19. Could it have done more? (JTA)
Photo: Prayer shawls left on Andrew Parver’s doorstep in answer to his request for donations (Courtesy of Parver via JTA)
