In It Together

Arun Rath checks back in with his own rabbi, Howard Jaffe of Temple Isaiah in Lexington, ahead of the high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We’ll learn how Rabbi Jaffe has helped his congregation adapt amid the pandemic.

We all know this fall will look different for all students - and not just in the classroom.

Full contact high school sports like football and cheerleading have been canceled this fall.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Avery Esdaile, the athletic director for Boston Public Schools, and BPS senior and football player Enrique Schiappacasse about this upcoming school year.

It's not what either of them expected, but both are staying positive despite the challenges.

Arun Rath speaks with MIT’s Sinan Aral about his study which found that inconsistent and uncoordinated reopening plans from state to state have exacerbated the spread of COVID-19.

Aun Rath speaks with Dr. James Weaver, the organizer of an M-I-T project to make personal protective equipment that’s manufactured seven million face shields for frontline workers nationwide.

The city of Lynn took early actions to try and contain the coronavirus, but it's still among the communities bearing the brunt of the pandemic. Arun Rath speaks with Lynn mayor Thomas McGee.

School is starting around the state and some students are or will be returning to classrooms for in-person or hybrid learning. As they do so, some are worried the conditions of their school buildings may not be up to pandemic standards yet

Host Arun Raths speaks with Jodi Sugerman-Brozan about this. She's the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health.

Arun Rath speaks with certified nursing assistant Therese Nkezea. Nkezea says she was scared to go to work this spring, but she felt a duty to help the elderly patients in her care - and she says that even if there's a second wave as we head towards fall and winter, she would do it all again.

GBH Radio’s Mary Blake speaks with Alex Psilakis from the organization MassVOTE about Tuesday's primary and how outreach efforts to vulnerable communities were impacted by social distancing.

Mary Blake fills in for Arun Rath and speaks with Dr. Kate Atkinson, a family physician in Amherst, about the challenges of running a private medical practice amid the pandemic.

For some districts, figuring out bus routes is the most complicated dance of the school year.

Host Arun Rath speaks with Drew Damien, President of the Massachusetts Association for Pupil Transportation, about how social distancing has made that dance even more nuanced.