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Citizens are required to wear face masks throughout Israel in order to prevent themselves and others from contracting the coronavirus, particurlarly in the population-concentrated haredi Jewish city of Bnei Brak. April 3, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Can IsraeI’s ‘haredi’ leadership learn from their mistakes made during coronavirus outbreak?

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With some ultra-Orthodox (haredi) communities in Israel having been under complete lockdown due to the high rate of COVID-19 infections, a major controversy has been raging in Israel over whether the leaders of these...
British Parliament in London. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

UK Jewish newspaper ‘back to business’ after anonymous bidder saves it from folding

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The Jewish News in the United Kingdom announced on Wednesday that it “is back” after stating earlier this month that, along with The Jewish Chronicle, it would fold as a result of both the state of print newspapers, coupled...
A United Airlines Boeing 757-33. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Major airlines to revive flights to Israel beginning in May

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United Airlines, Air Canada and British Airways have announced that they are restarting flights to Israel, Globes reported on Monday. British Airways will resume its London-Tel Aviv route on May 1, according to the airline’s website. Flights...
The “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at Auschwitz with the bitter irony of the German words: “Work Will Set You Free.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Minnesota high-schoolers apologize for TikTok video mocking Auschwitz

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Two high school students in Minnesota apologized for posting a clip on the popular video-sharing app that pokes fun at Jews who were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. In the TikTok video titled “Me...
New York Blood Center. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Agudath Israel partners with New York blood bank to boost blood-plasma donations

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One of New York’s largest blood banks is partnering with the national Orthodox Jewish umbrella group Agudath Israel of America and a network of dedicated volunteers to bring potentially lifesaving blood plasma to patients...
Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem during UEFA U21 final match between Spain and Italy on June 18, 2013. Credit: Dindia via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel thwarts terror attack at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem

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Israel thwarted several terror attacks in Jerusalem, including at the country’s largest soccer stadium, the Shin Bet security services announced on Wednesday. The Shin Bet arrested three Hamas members last month who planned to carry...
Participants at the “No Hate. No Fear.” rally in New York City on Jan. 5, 2020. Photo by Rivka Segal.

Major anti-Semitic incidents rise some 18 percent in 2019, according to new report

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The number of major anti-Semitic incidents worldwide rose by 18 percent in 2019 over the previous year, according to a newly released report from Tel Aviv University, the Kantor Center for the Study of...
This picture, released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center, Iran. Credit: Iranian Defense Ministry.

IRGC claims to have put first Iranian military satellite in orbit

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Wednesday that it had put its first military satellite, called “Noor,” into orbit in a surprise launch. According to the official IRGC website, the satellite successfully reached an...
This satellite image purportedly shows a new Iranian military compound under construction in Syria. Source: ImageSat International.

‘Israeli airstrike in Syria killed nine fighters, some linked with Hezbollah’

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Nine fighters, including six foreigners loyal to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike near Palmyra in Syria’s Homs Governorate, the U.K.-based monitor group Syrian Observatory for Human...
The site of a crane collapse in Rishon Letzion on April 22, 2020. Credit: United Hatzalah.

Relief in Rishon Letzion as fears of mass casualties in crane collapse prove baseless

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Emergency services in Rishon Letzion scrambled on Wednesday morning following reports that multiple people had been trapped beneath the wreckage of a collapsed construction crane, however, paramedics and EMTs from Magen David Adom and...