How Utahns can celebrate holidays safely during the coronavirus pandemic
09/29/2020 08:56:13 PM
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The holidays are going to look a little different this year, as the CDC released recommendations on how to celebrate safely.
While some are looking ahead to Christmas or Thanksgiving, in the Jewish community, the High Holidays are already here. On Monday, Yom Kippur looked a little different for congregation Kol Ami, as they’ve suspended all in-person events.
Rabbi Samuel Spector said, "One of the most meaningful parts of Yom Kippur for us is to be able to have a personal prayer on the holiest day of the year in front of our arc.”
He says their temple was set to open to members this week for the first time since March. But a rise in cases of COVID-19 changed that.
“Once we started to see the numbers of COVID cases in Utah dramatically increase to 1200, 1400 diagnoses a day, we asked ourselves how can we reopen?" he said.
Yom Kippur is a day of atonement, fasting, and typically, avoiding technology. But the congregation held a livestream of services.
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