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The COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Holocaust survivors in a local synagogue started out a bit ominously: A police cruiser was stationed outside and a bomb-sniffing German Shepherd was deployed inside, zealously looking for explosives.
“Unfortunately, it’s because we’re Jewish,” said Rabbi Danielle Eskow, who organized the clinic Thursday at Congregation Kehillath Israel, a conservative synagogue in Brookline. “We have to worry about these things.”
The idea for the clinic came from the rabbi’s physician sister, Marisa Tieger. They’d been chatting about how unfair it was that as healthy women in their 30s they had easy access to the vaccine by virtue of their professions, while people much older especially Holocaust survivors are struggling to get it. The state’s overwhelmed vaccination program has been riddled with problems, including an inadequate vaccine allotment, scant appointments, and a clunky appointment booking system prone to crashing. Another hurdle
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Brookline rabbi to hold vaccination clinic for Holocaust survivors
By Charlie McKenna Globe Correspondent,Updated February 11, 2021, 11:45 a.m.
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Rabbi Danielle Eskow plans to hold a vaccination clinic for Holocaust survivors on Feb. 25 at the Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline.Danielle Eskow
Rabbi Danielle Eskow has organized a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Holocaust survivors in Brookline in a concerted effort to help a vulnerable population that might otherwise struggle to book an appointment.
Eskow, who was vaccinated in the first phase of the stateâs rollout plan, said she hopes the clinic
will come as a relief to survivors, many of whom live alone or are not technologically savvy, she said.