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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

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A classroom at an elementary school in Tel Aviv is empty after Israel closed schools ahead of a nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus, September 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
October 15, 2023, 4:59 am
As Israel-Hamas war intensifies, schools move to remote learning on Sunday
Educators hope experience during COVID will make this round easier, as system grapples with traumatized students and staff called up for reserve duty
By Gavriel Fiske
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the post-Cabinet press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, March 7, 2022 (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
April 4, 2023, 3:47 pm
Ardern to begin new role combating online extremism as envoy for Christchurch Call
Ex-premier of New Zealand declines to accept pay for working to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist internet content; will also join Prince William’s environmental charity
By Nick Perry
A family takes part in a Zoom shiva. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images via JTA)
December 20, 2022, 3:00 pm
After antisemitic Zoombombing of religious services, Ohio toughens laws
Following advocacy by Jewish groups, convictions could now bring jail time; synagogue services targeted after they went online during COVID-19 pandemic
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Israeli students seen on the first day of school at a school in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 3, 2022, 1:46 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 3: Sex abuse in religious schools and railroad electioneering
Religion reporter Judah Ari Gross looks at sexual abuse stats and civil marriage via Zoom, and Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses train service and the Balad party
By ToI Staff
The New York Post printed a blurred screenshot of the couple who engaged in synagogue Zoom sexual activity in May 2022. (Screen capture via JTA)
June 2, 2022, 6:25 pm
Sex act on bat mitzvah Zoom stream renews questions about online Shabbat services
Incident in Minneapolis suburb points to risk of using video conferencing in Conservative shuls, which are otherwise barred from using electronics on Sabbath
By Jackie Hajdenberg
An illustrative image of a business deal on a Zoom call. (nensuria; iStock by Getty Images)
April 27, 2022, 9:42 pm
Brainstorming? Meeting remotely by video may hamper creativity, study finds
Researchers tracked engineers at a firm with offices in Portugal, Israel, Finland, Hungary and India and found participants were too focused on watching each other on screen
By Seth Borenstein
In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, early on March 20, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
March 20, 2022, 1:55 pm
Zelensky to address MKs via Zoom Sunday evening; they’ll listen with mics on mute
Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy to host virtual event from Knesset, but will use a committee room rather than plenum; hard-left Joint List MK says he’ll boycott ‘propaganda’ and ‘lies’
By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), February 25, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
March 7, 2022, 5:39 pm
GOP senators accused of jeopardizing Zelensky’s safety with tweets about Zoom call
Democratic lawmaker says Ukrainian envoy asked not to share anything on social media, but Marco Rubio and Steve Daines defend posts, say there was ‘no identifying information’
By ToI Staff
Photographer Moshe Gold was sitting at an Acre restaurant when he looked up and saw this teen diving into the water; now included in his exhibit, 'From The Beginning,' June 3-23, 2021, Jerusalem Cinematheque (Courtesy Moshe Gold)
June 11, 2021, 10:36 pm
A tour guide-turned-photographer’s view of Israeli sites and scenes
‘From the Beginning,’ an exhibit of photos taken by Moshe Gold when work dried up during pandemic, goes on show at Jerusalem Cinematheque, offering a new look at familiar places
By Jessica Steinberg
Rabbi Shlomo Segal, left, reads from the Passover Haggadah, a guide to the holiday service, as his wife Adina, right, and daughters Shira, 12, third from right, and Rayna, 8, second right, listen, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in New York, during the current coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 crisis has forced people to stay at home and avoid gathering with others as governmentally-imposed social distancing rules are in place. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
March 9, 2021, 10:41 pm
In US, vaccination and tests may let some families gather for Passover this year
As uncertainty remains over whether relatives should get together to celebrate the Exodus from Egypt, a few share ‘mah nishtana’ — what’s different this year
By Shira Hanau
An Israeli couple gets married by Utah County via Zoom (Screencapture/ Washington Post)
From the WebMarch 9, 2021, 5:34 am
Israelis barred from marrying by rabbis find a solution – Zoom weddings in Utah
With pandemic blocking alternatives like flying to Cyprus for civil marriages, couples have discovered Utah County’s new online marriage licensing portal, Washington Post reports
Zooming in to reciting Kaddish, the mourners' prayer, at home. (Photo montage, Gil Be'eri)
March 9, 2021, 4:53 am
US Jews in mourning are finding unexpected comfort in virtual minyans
As the pandemic ravaged the United States, some feared they were doomed to mourn in social isolation, but online gatherings allow them to commemorate loved ones and be consoled
By Asaf Shalev
Couple kissing at the light rail station on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 11, 2020 (Courtesy Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
February 14, 2021, 12:15 pm
Zoom me, maybe: Singles seeking love in a time of COVID find new ways to hook up
Many say finding a partner while socially distancing is a challenge, but being able to slow down and meet on video can have its upsides as well
By Jessica Steinberg
This image from video shows a hearing from the 394th Judicial District Court of Texas. The hearing took a detour when an attorney showed up looking like a kitten. A filter that had been activated on the attorney's device obscured his appearance and made him look like a cat. Judge Roy Ferguson shared the short video clip of the mishap on YouTube. The judge says everyone involved handled the situation with professionalism and grace. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
February 12, 2021, 1:29 am
‘I’m not a cat’ lawyer’s dark past with Jewish woman who owned a Tx. smoke shop
Long before his fluffy feline video went viral, Rod Ponton drew national attention, accused by Ilana Lipsen of targeting her in terror-linked drug raid after she ended their affair
By PHILISSA CRAMER
At left: Israel ‘Srulik’ Segalovitch, now Ira Segalewitz and Regina Puter, now Ruth Brandspiegel, in screenshots from a Zoom reunion, top, and together as teenagers, bottom. (Zoom/ Collection of Ira Segalewitz); Top right: A handkerchief from Ruth that Ira kept, along with his DP camp school memory book. (Photo by Scott Segalewitz); Bottom right: Purim in the Hallein DP camp, 1950. Ira is 3rd from left, Ruth is center. (Collection of Ira Segalewitz)
November 20, 2020, 10:35 am
Friends from post-WWII Displaced Persons camp reconnect on Zoom after 69 years
After Ira Segalewitz chanced upon an article with the name of his teenage sweetheart Ruth Brandspiegel, a tearful reunion conjures stories of tribulations and childhood bliss
By Marshall Weiss
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