March 6, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus
Our partner JFNA has put together this page to help you stay informed and provide you with the resources you'll need to make important decisions in your community.
Likud demands recount after final results published
The Likud has won 36 seats, which together with Shas’s nine, United Torah Judaism’s seven and Yamina’s six add up to 58 – three seats short of the 61 MKs needed for a Knesset majority.
Jersey City kosher supermarket starts to reopen
JC Kosher, which caters to the 100 or so Hasidic families who have  moved to the Greenville neighborhood here  in recent years, was the site of a shooting on December 10.
Jewish businesses feel heat as coronavirus affects product acquisition & sales
Concerns about a lack of supplies are battering industries worldwide as the coronavirus spreads and the shutdown in China continues.
17 Israelis have coronavirus as country defends travel bans, quarantines
Seventeen Israelis have been diagnosed with coronavirus, and some 70,000 more are in home-isolation, as fears of a pandemic spread ahead of the Purim holiday.
Bloomberg drops out of primary race, endorses Biden

Former NYC mayor who spent hundreds of millions on unprecedented ad campaign quits after dismal showing in primaries, as race effectively whittled down to Biden versus Sanders.
Netanyahu slams Sanders’ AIPAC ‘bigots’ jab as ‘libelous’

Prime minister castigates Democratic frontrunner without naming him, tells pro-Israel lobby confab he will annex West Bank settlements, but willing to negotiate with Palestinians.
CALLS TO ACTION
What issues do you care most about? What priorities should our community focus on? CIJA is inviting you to share your views through an online grassroots community survey. The feedback received will shape advocacy priorities for 2020.
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