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The @jdforward convened a group of Jewish thinkers and asked how COVID is changing and will change the American Jewish world.
Here are their replies. https://forward.com/tag/after-corona/
Here are their replies. https://forward.com/tag/after-corona/
Dr. @jeffreyherbst, President of American Jewish University, examines the changes coming to Jewish communal infrastructure. https://forward.com/opinion/445707/after-corona-from-real-estate-to-it-departments-jewish-investment-post/
Our biggest social challenges, both Jewish and universal, are bigger than any single individual can manage. @BurtonJM explains how COVID may help us tackle the biggest issues. https://forward.com/opinion/445713/a-newfound-humility-were-in-this-together/
During the pandemic Jewish worship has been completely altered. Rabbi @AmichaiLauLavie argues that Judaism is evolving once again, and explains why screens in sacred spaces are here to stay. https://forward.com/opinion/445674/judaism-is-evolving-sacred-life-on-screen-is-here-to-stay/
A result of Jewish worship moving online is Jews being exposed to the full breadth of Jewish life. That includes growing inclusion for LGBTQ Jews in some unexpected places. There's no going back and that's a good thing, writes @AbbyChavaStein. https://forward.com/opinion/445720/after-corona-covid-has-exploded-jewish-lgbtq-acceptance-online-theres-no/
What do we owe each other? What does Kol yisrael aravim ze baze — all of Israel is responsible for one another mean during a pandemic? @SarahAWildman draws upon Jewish tradition as a model for guiding us through this crisis. https://forward.com/opinion/445670/a-wakeup-call-you-are-your-brothers-keeper/
With the Jewish world moving online come opportunities. Forward archivist @chanap4 explains how that is enabling new opportunities to promote the revival of Yiddish. https://forward.com/opinion/445661/some-koved-for-covid/
(A personal note on this front: with some friends we started a small weekly chabura - study group - and I have never had a better time reading and debating Jewish text)
With the shift online comes a change in our relationships to our shuls and communal organizations. @temasmith argues that for those engaging, that relationship is becoming more intimate as we connect with each other from the comfort of our homes. https://forward.com/opinion/445722/fewer-barriers-more-intimacy/
My editor @bungarsargon posed to me the question of how COVID will change the Russian-Jewish community. In true Russian-Jewish spirit, I did not answer her question and instead asked my own. https://forward.com/opinion/445748/after-corona-russian-jews-have-been-preparing-for-this-crisis-our-whole/
The essays I highlighted in this thread are just part of the @jdforward powerful collection in its 'After Corona' series.
Read them all here: https://forward.com/tag/after-corona/
Read them all here: https://forward.com/tag/after-corona/
