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Congregants Self-Quarantine After NY Rabbi In Coronavirus Outbreak Visits Passaic Synagogue Congregants Self-Quarantine After NY Rabbi In Coronavirus Outbreak Visits Passaic Synagogue
Congregants Self-Quarantine After NY Rabbi In Coronavirus Outbreak Visits Passaic Synagogue A Westchester rabbi at the center the New York metropolitan area's coronavirus outbreak visited a synagogue in Passaic last week, city health officials confirmed. An undisclosed number of congregants of Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov in the Passaic Park section of town are self-quarantining for two weeks since Tuesday's visit, Daily Voice has learned. This came after Passaic city health officials asked that anyone who had close contact with the rabbi self-quarantine until March 16 -- defining close contact as being within six feet of the rabbi for 10 minutes or more. They emphasized that th…

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Potential Coronavirus Exposure Temporarily Closes Paramus Private Day School Potential Coronavirus Exposure Temporarily Closes Paramus Private Day School
Potential Coronavirus Exposure Temporarily Closes Paramus Private Day School The Frisch School in Paramus will remain closed until at least Wednesday because dozens of students attended a bat mitzvah last month at a temple at the center of a coronavirus outbreak in Westchester County, officials said. Officials at the Orthodox Jewish school said that visit to Young Israel of New Rochelle potentially exposed the students to the virus, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. The students — some of whom since gone on a school trip to Canada — began a self-quarantine period earlier this week,  Principal Eli Ciner said Thursday. One of them developed symptoms and wa…

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