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Daily Archives: March 26, 2020

Natan Sharansky. Source: Screenshot.

Former Soviet prisoner Natan Sharansky offers five tips for coping under quarantine

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Human-rights activist, world-famous refusenik and former chairman of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky shared some pointers to help people get through coronavirus-related quarantine in a video released on Monday. “I have some experience of spending time in...
Municipality workers wearing protective clothes disinfect a street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, March 14, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hamas seeks to prevent spread of virus in Gaza, while threatening to hold Israel...

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The Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip is making significant efforts to prevent a  full-scale outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), while also threatening to hold Israel “responsible” if the virus does begin to spread....
Yoav Leibowitz, 25, a medical student from Netanya who has been in Budapest for the past seven months, is scheduled to return to Israel on a special flight out of Hungary on March 26, 2020. Source: Peter Szijjarto Facebook Page.

Flight slated to bring 200 Israelis in Hungary home and return foreign nationals

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A special flight bringing 200 Israelis stranded in Hungary back to Israel is scheduled to depart from the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Thursday. The Israelis have been unable to leave Hungary since the country...
The nearly empty beach in Tel Aviv. Daily life has come to nearly a complete standstill as the number of coronavirus cases in Israel continues to rise, March 25, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

With Knesset oversight in place, High Court greenlights COVID-19 surveillance

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Israel’s High Court of Justice on Tuesday lifted an injunction barring its internal security agency, the Shin Bet, from using digital mass-surveillance technology to track Israelis’ locations as part of the country’s efforts to stem the...

YIVO’S Shine Online Educational Series: A seat at the table: a journey into Jewish...

YIVO’S Shine Online Educational Series: A seat at the table: a journey into Jewish food sponsored by  Edward Blank and Family, The Covenant Foundation, and The Shine Trust This course launches on May 1, 2020. Register at any time. * Free for a...

Broadway is dark, but NYTF will bring the stage to you

Folksbiene! LIVE – an online celebration of Yiddish culture featuring livestreamed theater, American Jewish performers, workshops, and other events – including a talkback with the cast of the award-winning Fiddler on the Roof in...