Tag: Coronavirus
Teachers union president draws criticism for saying Jews ‘part of ownership class’
The president of a national teachers’ union said American Jews are part of an “ownership class” in the United States who want to take opportunities away from others.
Randi Weingarten, longtime president of the American...
Israel may have achieved herd immunity against COVID-19
Israel may have reached herd immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, say experts from its largest hospital, Sheba Medical Center.
Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population has immunity—through vaccination or having recovered...
Kantor Antisemitism Report for 2020 reflects Jew-hatred, tropes exacerbated by pandemic
The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Humanities, in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress, released the Antisemitism Report for 2020, the year of the...
Senior Israeli health official says virus is ‘dying out,’ credits vaccine
The head of Public Health at Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus was “dying out” in the country, albeit slowly.
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of Public Health at Israel’s Health...
Pfizer vaccine found effective against COVID-19 variants
Israeli researchers report that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is as effective against B.1.1.7 variant of the virus, aka the U.K. variant, as it is against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain. The vaccine was found to...
March of the Living virtual event to honor medical profession, past and present
The International March of the Living will hold a virtual march on Holocaust Remembrance Day to be led by Holocaust survivors and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog, Keren-Kayemet...
Taba crossing to Sinai reopens after year of COVID-19 closure
Hundreds of Israelis flocked to the Taba border crossing between Israel and Egypt Tuesday morning, as it reopened following a year-long closure due to the COVID pandemic.
According to authorities, up to 300 Israelis will...
Germany provides $13.5 million to help Holocaust survivors get vaccinated
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new $13.5 million program, funded by the German government, to help Holocaust survivors get access to coronavirus vaccinations.
The new Holocaust...
Israeli Health Minister: More than half the population fully vaccinated
More than half of Israel’s citizens have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Thursday.
“We have crossed the 50 percent threshold of all Israeli citizens who are vaccinated...
Israel’s COVID reproduction rate drops to 0.59
Israel’s coronavirus reproduction rate continues to drop, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday, and now stands at 0.59.
Of the 41,443 COVID-19 tests that the ministry conducted on Tuesday, 679 came back positive,...