Israel lawmakers propose multiple bills designed to oust Netanyahu
The COVID-19 pandemic cast a pall over the swearing in of Israel’s 23rd Knesset on Monday, with the Knesset’s 120 lawmakers being sworn in three at a time to avoid spreading the disease, while...
Israel’s public sector put on ‘emergency footing’; Netanyahu announces ‘economic safety net’
Israel’s public sector will transition to “emergency footing” due to the COVID-19 crisis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during a Monday-night press conference in Jerusalem.
Under the new measures, up to 80 percent of...
As coronavirus cases grow, Israel considers a total nationwide lockdown
Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 48 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total to 298. A top health official said the government was considering a general lockdown.
“We may ask people to leave...
New immigrants to Israel jump right in … to a coronavirus quarantine
The first few weeks after making aliyah are typically a flurry of activity, with the newly minted Israeli dashing from government offices to banks to setting up utilities to schools to register the kids, not to...
JNF flies students home from high school program in Israel as restrictions tighten
With new restrictions in Israel as a result of the coronavirus and as uncertainty surrounding the availability of international flights continues to grow, Jewish National Fund-USA released $500,000 from the organization’s endowment to charter...
Rep. Brad Sherman represents Los Angeles district with a focus on ‘tikkun olam’
Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman has been in Congress since 1997, currently serving California’s 30th Congressional District.
Previously, Sherman, 65, represented the state’s 27th and 24th Congressional Districts before they were redrawn.
Sherman, who is Jewish, and...
Israeli lawmakers sworn in to an empty 23rd Knesset
With Israel, like most of the world, reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, a surreal scene took place on Monday as the 23rd Knesset was sworn in to a largely empty chamber.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin...
Israeli health ministry releases Yiddish audio recording to stop spread of COVID-19
דער ישׂראלדיקער געזונט־מיניסטעריום האָט אָנגענומען אַ זעלטענעם שריט צו דערגרייכן די וואַקסנדיקע חסידישע באַפֿעלקערונג, כּדי צו העלפֿן אָפּשוואַכן די פֿאַשרפּרייטונג פֿונעם קאָראָנאַווירוס: ער האָט אַרויסגעלאָזט אַן אוידיאָ־רעקאָרדירונג און געשאַפֿן אַ געוואַלד־ליניע (האָטלײַן, בלע״ז) —...
Biden campaign launches Jewish outreach effort in Florida
The Democratic presidential campaign of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden started a Jewish outreach initiative in Florida, where there are as many as 650,000 Jews—a good number of them seniors—on Sunday ahead of the state’s primary...
Sharansky, Carr blast those attempting to blame Jews for coronavirus
The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement held a digital awards ceremony on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Human-rights advocate and former Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky and U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr discussed anti-Semitic...