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Paper finds only nine infections among 7,000 attendees at 10 Jewish summer camps throughout US; credits frequent testing, pods and hand-washing

The Jewish News of Northern California

TEARS filled the court room as three men were acquitted of kidnapping and assaulting a man after a three-week trial. The jury returned a unanimous not guilty verdict on all charges against the three defendants at Basildon Crown Court today. The judge acknowledged a kidnapping had taken place, but the jury could not be certain the three men were involved. Bradley Scates, 25, of St Peters Road, Canvey, Daniel Bellefontaine, 37, of Little Oxcroft, Basildon, and James Newman, 34, of Mill Lane, London, had denied kidnap, causing grievous bodily harm with intent and blackmail. Their famil...

Kids need camp this summer!   April 23, 2021 (JTA) — Last year at this time, the message out of Jewish summer camps was one of doom and gloom. In April 2020, the Union for Reform Judaism announced that COVID would force a closure of its camps for the summer, affecting some 10,000 kids. In May, the Conservative movement’s Ramah camps across the country followed suit. This year, the outlook could not be more different. Camps in the United States are opening again with a combination of testing and vaccinations, along with a better understanding of how COVID-19 spreads. “It’s absolutely...

A Toast to Jim Steinman: The Songwriting Powder Keg Who Kept Giving Off Sparks RIP to the self-proclaimed "Little Richard Wagner" who redefined rock melodrama Rob Sheffield, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In a better time for the world, we’d all be hitting the karaoke bar tonight to mourn the late great Jim Steinman. This man was more than just the composer behind mega-bombastic hits by Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, and so many others. He was the patron saint of karaoke singers. His idea of the perfect song was a powder keg giving off sparks, one that anybody could be...