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• College Student Spends 11 Hours a Day Shopping for Groceries - With classes and jobs on hold, Kaila Zimmerman-Moscovitch of Chicago still keeps busy from morning till night May 14, 2020
  Most weeks, Kaila Zimmerman-Moscovitch is busy juggling a full load of college classes and two part-time jobs. It’s a schedule that doesn’t allow for much free time. With the coronavirus upending her normal routine and her part-time jobs canceled for the time being, the 20-year-old from the Chicago area found herself with plenty of free […]
• Camp Directors Plan for Summer: What Are the Alternatives? - Shaping programs to conform to local circumstances amid coronavirus uncertainty April 28, 2020
  With less than two months until the start of summer, camp directors and parents alike are trying to figure out what programs will look like in the era of the coronavirus, stay-at-home orders and social distancing. “As much as I want camp to be there, there is still so much uncertainty,” said Yafit Sananes, whose […]
• Online Chametz Sales Increase Amid Coronavirus - Quarantine and contact restrictions spur increased activity April 5, 2020
  In past years, when Jews in his area needed to sell their chametz (leaven) before the start of Passover, Rabbi Levi Dubinsky would meet them in person to fill out forms that would authorize him to sell their leavened products on their behalf. This year, though, with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic people are staying home, […]