Published: 22 May 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed (Times of Israel)
Jewish congregants in Milan not permitted to bring their own kippot, prayer shawls or other religious items; instead receive sanitized kit when they arrive
Religious services to resume in New York with 10 or fewer people (Times of Israel)
Cuomo says participants will have to wear masks and observe social distancing, warns against allowing houses of worship to again become hot spots for new virus infections
Prayer in the parking lot: Orthodox Atlanta shuls become first synagogues to reopen (Forward)
NY family flies virus victim’s body to Israel in private jet, holds mass funeral (Times of Israel)
TV report: seven relatives flew in 70-year-old woman’s body, ignored requirement that they enter quarantine, went to funeral with 100 people, then on to synagogue; police investigating
Photo: A view of the Milan Central Synagogue, 2012 (Antonio Calanni/AP)
