Milan Jewish Community United to Battle COVID-19

In the days leading up to the lockdown, the Milanese Jewish community behaved “like good soldiers,” Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, director of the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CDEC), tells Moment, respecting public health ordinances and avoiding scenes reminiscent of those coming out of Brooklyn and Bnei Brak of minyanim gone rogue.

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COVID-19 Disrupts European Jewish Life

Though the number of Jewish births in the UK has outpaced the number of deaths since 2006, the community continues to skew older. Those over 60 are at a far higher risk of becoming sick or dying from the coronavirus. In addition, the majority of British Jews live in and around London, where the outbreak in Britain has been most pronounced. The city remains weeks away, reports suggest, from the coronavirus’s peak.

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What to Watch: ‘A Place to Call Home’

In this time of uncertainty, Moment is working hard to provide you with fact checked news, resources and analysis—plus some lighter fare—to help us make it through the crisis together. Click here for our ongoing coronavirus coverage. During these days of enforced isolation, almost any phone or email conversation sooner or later gets around to the same question: What are you streaming? As time passes, there’s a never-ending search for undiscovered, overlooked, binge-worthy gems, as various new and marquee series such as Netflix’s Unorthodox play out. A Place to Call Home is just such a series, featuring an engaging Jewish character—a middle-aged woman named Sarah who could have been ordered directly from Amazon’s Heroine catalog. She is strong, brave, left-wing and beautiful, and takes no guff from anyone–all without superpowers, which is important since Warner Bros. has just delayed the release...

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