Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder offered a novel response to the coronavirus crisis. On March 12, the Atlanta resident posted on Twitter: “Social isolation is hard so tonight I will invite folks over to Facebook to bake challah along with me at 8:00 eastern. Using the Chernowitzer challah recipe found on @epicurious.”
Virtual baking groups aside, the coronavirus known as COVID-19 continues to change the communal and religious life of Atlanta’s Jewish community.
Communally, that now includes cancellation of such events as the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival’s “spring showcase,” which had been scheduled for April 12-15.
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