Synagogues made COVID-safe High Holiday plans. Then came Delta.

Several synagogue leaders said they would be planning multiple options for services with the understanding that some of those plans would be scrapped at the last possible moment.

Orthodox Jews gather for "Hoshanot prayers" as part of their Sukkot observance on a neighborhood lawn to avoid over-crowding at an indoor synagogue, Monsey, New York, Ocotber 5, 2020

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BySHIRA HANAU/JTA

JULY 27, 2021 02:32

Synagogues made COVID-safe High Holiday plans. Then came Delta.

Several synagogue leaders said they would be planning multiple options for services with the understanding that some of those plans would be scrapped at the last possible moment.

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Synagogues made COVID-safe High Holiday plans. Then came Delta.

Several synagogue leaders said they would be planning multiple options for services with the understanding that some of those plans would be scrapped at the last possible moment.

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