ARTICLES AND RESOURCES ON COVID-19 AND REOPENING
Below is a sampling of Jewish, regulatory and scientific articles and a video on COVID-19 and reopening of synagogues.
ARTICLES
From Vox, 6 Feet Away Isn’t Enough. COVID=19 Risk Involves Other Dimensions, To, by Brian Resnick, June 16, 2020 https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/5/22/21265180/cdc-coronavirus-surfaces-social-distancing-guidelines-covid-19-risks
From MLive.com (M stands for Michigan), From hair salons to gyms, experts rank 36 activities by coronavirus risk level, June 8, 2020 https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/06/from-hair-salons-to-gyms-experts-rank-36-activities-by-coronavirus-risk-level.html
From The Forward – The Rush to Return to our Sanctuaries is Misplaced, by Rabbi Aaron Brusso, May 26, 2020 https://forward.com/life/447315/in-the-rush-to-reopen-synagogues-lets-remember-that-the-holiest-place-may/?fbclid=IwAR3zL6zAdDBop1NhAZ8alfJKzqJwu98UUw9HEsTNmMdhfUSZ5W2kiIXGATY
Published on ejewishphilanthropy.com – Thinking about Reopening? 10 things synagogue leaders should consider, by Barry Mael, USCJ, May 26, 2020 https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/thinking-about-reopening-10-things-synagogue-leaders-should-consider/?utm_source=May+26%2C+2020&utm_campaign=Tue+May+26&utm_medium=email
From The Mercury News, Newsom sets strict rules for reopening California churches, in-store shopping and public protests, May 26, 2020 https://www.mercurynews.com/newsom-california-places-of-worship-can-reopen-with-limited-capacity
Published in The Atlantic, Social Distancing is Not Enough, by Derek Thompson, May 22, 2020 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/how-will-we-ever-be-safe-inside/611953/
Published on erinbromage.com, The Risks – Know Then – Avoid Them, Updated May 20, 20020 https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them
From NPR KQED, 13 USS Roosevelt Sailors Test Positive for COVID-19, Again, May 16, 2020 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/16/857379338/5-uss-roosevelt-sailors-test-positive-for-covid-19-again
From The Forward, High Holidays 2020: Rabbis start to think outside the synagogue, by Ari Feldman (staff writer), May 13, 2020 https://forward.com/news/446300/high-holidays-coronavirus-rabbis/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20RSS_Test&utm_maildate=05/13/2020
Published in the Washington Post, Experiment shows human speech generates droplets that linger in the air for more than 8 minutes, by Joel Achenbach, May 13, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/experiment-shows-human-speech-generates-droplets-that-linger-in-the-air-for-more-than-8-minutes/2020/05/13/7f293ba2-9557-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html
Published on ejewishphilanthropy.com – No Large High Holiday Services This Year. There, We’ve Said It. Now What?, by Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett, May 10, 2020 https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/no-large-high-holiday-services-this-year-there-weve-said-it-now-what/
Published on ejewishphilanthropy.com – Jewish Values Regarding Physical Reopening of our Institutions, by Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of USCJ, May 4, 2020 https://crm.uscj.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=24238&qid=9728642
From the Secure Community Network website – Resumption of Operations and Organizational Reopening Working Group https://securecommunitynetwork.org/resumption-of-operations-and-organizational-reopening-working-group
REGULATIONS
Order of the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara County, Current Health Order (updated regularly)
Santa Clara County Chart on “What’s Open” as of June 5, 2020
California COVID-19 INDUSTRY GUIDANCE: Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural Ceremonies – May 25, 2020
California COVID-19 Website: https://covid19.ca.gov
California Department of Public Health COVID-19 Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx
CDC COVID-19 Website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
VIDEO
ABC News clip about success in Missouri with face coverings – June 8, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/US/covid-19-cases-tied-missouri-hair-salon-exposure/story?id=71140134