As Boston celebrates, new anxiety over COVID creeps in

…At Temple Israel of Boston, masks are optional, though worshipers at Passover services this weekend must be vaccinated, with virtual participation available for anyone not comfortable with in-person attendance. Rabbi Elaine Zecher said the synagogue’s COVID policies are open to change and informed by the advice of a panel of public health experts and her own monitoring of data….She doesn’t expect to ever return to a pre-pandemic normal. “Would I like to think COVID is gone? Yes, but it’s not. That’s not being realistic,” she said. “Still we can do this, we know how to do this, and we can’t let fear overcome us.”