Daily Archives: April 2, 2020
Saying ‘I Do’ when the world keeps issuing ‘Don’t’s
Despite the expanding limitations on events and gatherings in the context of the rising global coronavirus pandemic, Jewish couples in Israel are finding innovative ways to continue with their wedding plans. Jewish Israeli couples...
Living a plague
In a little more than a week, we will seclude ourselves during the holiday of Pesach. The fortunate ones among us will share the seder table with close family members; those who habitually share...
Pandemic prompts prayer at home, online through America, according to latest Pew study
On a recent Wednesday morning, East Coast time, thousands of Orthodox Jews stopped what they were doing to recite a series of psalms all at the same time.
They prayed from their homes in Jerusalem,...
For Israel, recognizing another enemy is second nature
Among the world’s democracies fighting the coronavirus, Israel has so far been by far the most successful.
With a population of about 8.6 million, it had recorded at time of writing 33 deaths from COVID-19....
Contemplating life after the coronavirus
What are your plans? In my youth, that was the question that a beloved uncle would always ask the younger members of the family. The only problem was that his heavy German accent would...
Israel’s constitutional crisis has been postponed, not resolved
After years of leftists crying wolf about democracy being endangered, Israel finally experienced a real constitutional crisis last week. That crisis was temporarily frozen by the decision to form a unity government, but it...
Netanyahu, senior officials quarantined after Israel’s health minister tests positive for coronavirus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad intelligence agency chief Yossi Cohen, National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat, Health Ministry director general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, head of Public Health Services Sigal Sadetsky and head of...
Medical device company’s Israel division to provide ventilator blueprints for free
The Israel division of the medical-device company Medtronic will provide the blueprints for its ventilators to companies seeking to manufacture them, free of charge.
Medtronic’s Israel division CEO Yaron Yitzhari made the announcement to Arutz Sheva on Wednesday.
“Our goal...
Jewish Agency announces emergency fund for nonprofits hit hard by coronavirus
The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ogen–Social Loan Fund, a not-for-profit lending fund, are launching an emergency fund for nonprofits to assist organizations suffering financially from the coronavirus crisis, the organizations said in...
Hospitals: Patients afraid of coronavirus are skipping treatment and dying
Fear of contracting coronavirus is causing many Israelis to avoid seeking medical treatment, which is resulting in preventable deaths, according to the country’s hospitals.
At Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, a man died of...