{"id":6334,"date":"2020-05-25T21:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T19:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moked.it\/international\/?p=6334"},"modified":"2020-10-14T11:41:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T09:41:13","slug":"italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"92\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47\" \/><\/a>By <strong>Cnaan Liphshiz*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Synagogues and churches have reopened in northern Italy, where they had been shut down since that area went into lockdown following the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The main synagogue of Milan reopened Monday per guidelines agreed-upon last week with government officials, Moked, the Italian-Jewish news site, reported. Synagogues also have reopened in Rome and Florence at least.<\/p>\n<p>Italian shops, hairdressers and restaurants also opened Monday, ending a 10-week lockdown. About 32,000 people in Italy have died from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>In Milan, congregants must register in advance with the rabbi\u2019s office to ensure their number does not exceed the new capacity of each synagogue under social distancing protocols, said the community\u2019s president, Milo Hasbani.<\/p>\n<p>At Hasbani\u2019s Beit Menachem synagogue, the capacity was more than halved to a limit of 28 worshippers in the men\u2019s section and 12 in the women\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Worshippers at  Milan synagogues are not allowed to bring their own kippot, prayer shawls or other religious items. Instead they receive a sanitized kit at the entrance, which they leave for disinfection when they go. They must wear face masks and sanitize their hands before entering.<\/p>\n<p>Children under 13 may not enter the Beit Menachem synagogue for the time being. Its doors remain open during services.<\/p>\n<p>To reserve a seat for Shabbat prayers, worshippers must register by noon Tuesday, according to instructions sent to community members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cnaan Liphshiz* Synagogues and churches have reopened in northern Italy, where they had been shut down since that area went into lockdown following the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe. The main synagogue of Milan reopened Monday per guidelines agreed-upon last week with government officials, Moked, the Italian-Jewish news site, reported. Synagogues also&hellip; <a class=\"more\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/\">leggi&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4296,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7613],"tags":[],"position":[],"class_list":["post-6334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italian-word-of-the-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed - Pagine Ebraiche International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed - Pagine Ebraiche International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Cnaan Liphshiz* Synagogues and churches have reopened in northern Italy, where they had been shut down since that area went into lockdown following the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe. The main synagogue of Milan reopened Monday per guidelines agreed-upon last week with government officials, Moked, the Italian-Jewish news site, reported. Synagogues also&hellip; leggi&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pagine Ebraiche International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-25T19:11:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-14T09:41:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rossellatercatin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rossellatercatin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/\",\"name\":\"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed - Pagine Ebraiche International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-25T19:11:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-14T09:41:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/51e9fca2f211041a5817e3678547fee1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png\",\"width\":206,\"height\":92},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/\",\"name\":\"Pagine Ebraiche International\",\"description\":\"A Taste of the Italian Jewish World\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/51e9fca2f211041a5817e3678547fee1\",\"name\":\"rossellatercatin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a2261350e4b6436b942e97ff77816c779ef1acb7b5238174c7cd8d96e4d0d91?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a2261350e4b6436b942e97ff77816c779ef1acb7b5238174c7cd8d96e4d0d91?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"rossellatercatin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/author\/rossellatercatin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed - Pagine Ebraiche International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed - Pagine Ebraiche International","og_description":"By Cnaan Liphshiz* Synagogues and churches have reopened in northern Italy, where they had been shut down since that area went into lockdown following the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe. The main synagogue of Milan reopened Monday per guidelines agreed-upon last week with government officials, Moked, the Italian-Jewish news site, reported. Synagogues also&hellip; leggi&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/","og_site_name":"Pagine Ebraiche International","article_published_time":"2020-05-25T19:11:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-14T09:41:13+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"rossellatercatin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rossellatercatin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/","url":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/","name":"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed - Pagine Ebraiche International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png","datePublished":"2020-05-25T19:11:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-14T09:41:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/51e9fca2f211041a5817e3678547fee1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/files\/2014\/04\/italics.png","width":206,"height":92},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/2020\/05\/25\/italics-italian-synagogues-and-churches-reopen-but-with-fewer-worshippers-allowed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ITALICS Italian synagogues and churches reopen, but with fewer worshippers allowed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#website","url":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/","name":"Pagine Ebraiche International","description":"A Taste of the Italian Jewish World","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/51e9fca2f211041a5817e3678547fee1","name":"rossellatercatin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a2261350e4b6436b942e97ff77816c779ef1acb7b5238174c7cd8d96e4d0d91?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a2261350e4b6436b942e97ff77816c779ef1acb7b5238174c7cd8d96e4d0d91?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rossellatercatin"},"url":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/author\/rossellatercatin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6335,"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6334\/revisions\/6335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6334"},{"taxonomy":"position","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moked.it\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/position?post=6334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}