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The current pandemic has caused confusion and uncertainty as people are overwhelmed with information about the COVID-19 virus. While epidemiologists and virologists are trying to come up with answers about the virus, economists are trying to predict its aftermath and effect on our economy. And as the country continues to work through the health crisis, conversations are starting to turn to economic recovery. While we look for signs that we’ve reached a plateau in virus cases, the scenario of what will happen as businesses open up again plays out in our minds. There is speculation about what our economic recovery will look like and how quickly businesses will rebound after the shutdown. It is important to understand how our economists will attempt to predict our road to recovery, by analyzing three scientific modules.
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Recent surveys have shown that 2.5 million Israelis don’t believe they can survive the economic crisis caused by COVID-19. Leading economists predict that it might take years before Israel’s unemployment and poverty rates return to pre-pandemic levels. For Meir Panim, an organization devoted to feeding the hungry citizens of Israel, there has been an unprecedented number of people, including the newly unemployed, who have been reaching out for food provisions through emails, phone calls, Municipalities and the Ministry of Health.

Teach Coalition, a project of the Orthodox Union, will host “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A Tribute to our Schools and Parents” on Tuesday, May 26, at 8 p.m. EST.  The streaming event will honor Jewish day schools, teachers and parents, while supporting Teach Coalition’s fight for safer and more affordable Jewish education during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

Recap: Bayla escaped with her cousins by boat from France to England. Sophie was about to open up about what happened to her when she had her accident, when they had to leave quickly to escape the danger in France.

Topics related to the last month of treatment using Telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Q: What are you seeing clinically with clients through the last month of Telehealth in your groups and individual sessions?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Shalom Task Force’s confidential hotline has seen an increase in victim-survivors calling about escalated violence in the home and increased incidents of physical violence by their abusers. Many are requesting shelter access and free legal services to help them leave their current abusive relationships. Some are calling just to be heard and believed. Based on recently released worldwide reports and statistics, Shalom Task Force is expecting a surge in calls to our hotline and Sarah’s Voice legal department in the coming months as shelter-in-place ends.