SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020 | 39
Rabbinic Innovation,
Hadar, JewBelong and
the Institute for Jewish
Spirituality.
COVID PRECAUTIONS
Lauren Hoffman, who’
s
been an ambassador of
Jewish communal orga-
nizations such as Moishe
House in the past, has
been a OneTable host
for just over a year now.
Hoffman says the platform
is recommending dinner
hosts and guests follow
necessary precautions.
“They’
re trying to
encourage their hosts
to take the pandemic as
seriously as they are,”
Hoffman said. “These
days you can’
t have a
big potluck, and they’
re
encouraging bringing your
own food or catering in
individual servings, and to
only gather outside and at
a distance.”
Hoffman, who’
s been
to Rosh Hashanah seders
but has never hosted
one before, is hoping
to change that this year
through HereFor, and is
eager to adapt to a High
Holidays for the ages.
“Especially this year,
because so many of the
things that characterize
what the High Holidays
have looked like in every
year prior of my life are
no longer acceptable, I’
m
very interested in finding
alternate ways to make
some meaning out of this
season and to really feel
like it’
s Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur and
Sukkot.”
Isr
ael
’
s
emer
gency
medical
service
has
been
on
the
f
r
ont
l
ines
in
the
fight
against
cor
onavirus
whil
e
al
so
contending
with
terr
orist
attacks,
car
accidents,
and
other
thr
eats
to
Isr
ael
i
l
ives.
But
Magen
David
Adom
is
not
government-f
unded.
Its
25,
000
EMTs
and
par
amedics,
most
of
them
vol
unteers,
r
el
y
on
support
f
r
om
peopl
e
l
ike
you
f
or
the
suppl
ies
and
equipment
they
need
to
perf
orm
their
l
if
esaving
work.
No
gif
t
wil
l
hel
p
Isr
ael
mor
e
in
these
difficul
t
times.
Keep
the
peopl
e
of
Isr
ael
str
ong
this
coming
year
.
Donate
to
Magen
David
Adom.
Shanah
Tovah.
Give
t
oday
at
af
mda.
org/rosh
or
call
866.
632.
2763.
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A
VIRUS
OR
TERRORISTS,
ISRAELIS
DEPEND
ON
ONE
ORGANIZATION
WHEN
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