for Saturday, April 4, 2020

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Alanna E. Cooper in Tablet

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the author reflects on their experience attending virtual mourning rituals after a friend's mother's passing, unable to physically attend the funeral and shiva.

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Missing My Dad’s Yahrzeit

Leonard Felson in Tablet

The author reflects on missing the opportunity to say Kaddish for their father's yahrzeit due to the closure of their synagogue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editors' Note

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by Matt Sienkiewicz

April 4's Short Reads

Jewish Review of Books Indispensable Man

Jewish Review of Books The War on History

Jewish Review of Books How Many Tears?

Jewish Review of Books Faith in Princes

Jewish Review of Books Marx and the Jewish Fingerprint Question

Jewish Insider The USAID official pushing self-reliance as the highest level of ‘tzedakah’

Tablet ‘The Betrothed,’ a Novel of the Plague in Milan

Tablet What It Feels Like to Sit Shiva Alone

Lehrhaus Could It Have Been Different? History According to the Rabbis Joseph Soloveitchik

Recent podcast episodes

Our Socially Distanced Seder Guide: Ep. 222

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The “What Gantz Wants” Edition

2 Apr 2020 · Promised Podcast

Road to a New Israeli Government; Passover Prep

3 Apr 2020 · People of the Pod

HOUDINI

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Americans, Israelis, Palestinians, and the World Ahead

2 Apr 2020 · Israel Policy Pod

Blue and White Blues

31 Mar 2020 · Israel Policy Pod

Our Socially Distanced Seder Guide: Ep. 222

2 Apr 2020 · Unorthodox

The History of the Passover Haggadah

31 Mar 2020 · Adventures in Jewish Studies

The “What Gantz Wants” Edition

2 Apr 2020 · Promised Podcast

If You Build It: Jewish Architecture Throughout the Centuries

30 Mar 2020 · Tel Aviv Review

If You Build It: Jewish Architecture Throughout the Centuries

30 Mar 2020 · Tel Aviv Review

Passover Notes From the Pandemic Bunker

2 Apr 2020 · Not That Kind of Rabbi

Bonus: Kabbalat Shabbat HaGadol

3 Apr 2020 · Unorthodox