Coronavirus: New initiative preserves history of Jewish life in pandemic

The web portal currently connects users to around 70 collecting projects. However, the list of collections will expand as the project goes larger.

A new web portal has been launched to help American Jews and Jewish institutions gather and preserve materials on Jewish life during the coronavirus pandemic.

Called “Collecting These Times: American Jewish Experiences of the Pandemic,” the portal was developed by George Mason University’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, in partnership with the Berman Museum, Hebrew Theological College, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Capital Jewish Museum, Council of American Jewish Museums and Prizma: Center for Jewish Day Schools.

Read the full story in the Jerusalem Post