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Source: https://www.jta.org/2020/05/05/global/how-the-coronavirus-is-hitting-jewish-communities-worldwide

How the Coronavirus Is Hitting Jewish Communities Worldwide

(JTA) Uriel Heilman - While the impact of the coronavirus has significantly eased in Israel, in many large Jewish communities worldwide the virus is still wreaking a terrible toll, and the death rate among Jews is far higher than the local non-Jewish population. In Britain, at least 366 Jews have died, representing about 1.7% of all deaths in a country where Jews comprise just 0.3% of the population. In the New York area, with an estimated 2 million Jews, haredi media reported in mid-April that there were more than 700 dead in New York City alone. In France, the Jewish section of the Thiais cemetery near Paris that had been built to last for years has filled up over the past few weeks and is nearing capacity.

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