Rabbinic directives for social distancing and curtailing prayer gatherings and other religious social meetings are not new. Indeed, dealing with contagious disease has been a Jewish preoccupation since ancient times.
Now more than ever, we need global cooperation to counter the continued threat of the pandemic. But the response to this crisis helps us distinguish between the pariah states of this world and countries that seek peaceful coexistence.
In India, Holocaust Studies is a most neglected subject. The Second World War itself is barely taught in schools, despite India having been deeply involved in many ways besides the contribution of 2.5 million volunteers to fight the war, in the sea, air and land.