As in-person convenings across the country have been rendered impossible due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizations have taken to the internet to connect with supporters and expand their reach. Since the start of the pandemic, Jewish Insider has compiled statistics, released weekly, on the webinars and online events being held across the community.

Weeks of Dec. 11 – Dec. 17:

1. 2,743 — Jews United for Democracy and Justice and Community Advocates, Inc., 12/15: “America at a Crossroads” feat. Jonathan Greenblatt, Derrick Johnson, Sindy Benavides and Kathy Ko Chan
2. 861 — Hadassah, 12/16: “One Book, One Hadassah: Live with Jennifer Rosner and The Yellow Bird Sings”
3. 595 — American Jewish University, 12/17: “Talking Jeopardy, Mental Illness and Living with Loss” feat. Buzzy Cohen and Rabbi Sherre Hirsch
4. 452 — American Jewish Committee, 12/14: “Hanukkah, Greeks and Jews, Then and Now: A Conversation with H.E. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America”
5. 448 — American Jewish Committee, 12/17: “A Special Conversation with Miss Iraq Sarah Idan”
6. 436 — World Jewish Congress and Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, 12/15: “Women in Contemporary Judaism: Jewish Unity and Religious Diversity” 
7. 337 — My Jewish Learning, 12/15: “The History and Artistry of the Menorah” feat. Jeannette Kuvin Oren
8. 220 — The Forward, 12/15: “Why Can’t We Solve Homelessness Now?”
9. 183 — The Forward, 12/16: “An Interview with Max Rose”
10. 125 — Hillel International, 12/16: “Remembering RBG”
11. 82 — Maccabi USA, 12/17: “The President’s Forum: ‘Miracle of Maccabiah Ice Hockey’” feat. Mike Hartman, Billy Jaffe and Jeff Schulman
12. 69 — Maccabi USA, 12/16: “Israeli Parasports and the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled”
13. 62 — Maccabi USA, 12/15: “From ‘Impossible’ to Olympian, the 2018 Winter Games and Road to ’22 with American-Israeli skeleton event and bobsledder, AJ Edelman”
14. 59 — Brandeis Hillel, 12/15: “Political Protest from Hanukah to the War in Vietnam: a Personal Odyssey” feat. Reuven Kimelman

All figures are verified by Jewish Insider prior to publication. To be considered for future reports, email [email protected]