Daily Archives: March 26, 2020
Former Soviet prisoner Natan Sharansky offers five tips for coping under quarantine
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...
Hamas seeks to prevent spread of virus in Gaza, while threatening to hold Israel...
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....
Flight slated to bring 200 Israelis in Hungary home and return foreign nationals
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...
With Knesset oversight in place, High Court greenlights COVID-19 surveillance
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...