Tag: Coronavirus
New Jersey newspaper fires journalist after anti-Jewish, misogynistic caption
A journalist from the Asbury Park Press, a Gannett-owned newspaper in Central New Jersey, is out of a job with the paper doing damage control after posting a photo caption last weekend that was deemed...
Israel employs high-tech solutions for elections during pandemic
The election for the 24th Knesset, similar to the three before it over the past two years, poses many challenges to the Central Elections Committee, mainly due to the trauma of the coronavirus, which...
Passover 2021: The Jewish season of hope arrives
When the Haggadah tells us: “You have redeemed us from Egypt, You have freed us from the house of bondage, You have fed us in famine and nourished us in plenty; You have saved...
Israel’s High Court rules travel restrictions unconstitutional
Israel’s High Court of Justice excoriated the government on Wednesday over its handling of air travel during the coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the restrictions it imposed on entering and exiting the country were unconstitutional.
In...
Clearing out notes in Kotel ahead of Passover under COVID-19 conditions
Workers at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem on Tuesday conducted the site’s customary biannual clear-out of all the notes stuck between the stones over the course of the previous six months.
The notes are...
Israeli researchers develop cheap, rapid test for coronavirus variants
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev recently developed a rapid and cost-effective test to identify COVID-19’s British and South African variants within hours instead of days, enabling effective response and containment measures.
Standard coronavirus-variants...
Israeli researchers: COVID vaccine antibodies pass from pregnant mother to newborn
Israeli researchers have announced in a new study that antibodies produced from a COVID-19 vaccine can be passed from a pregnant mother to her baby.
The study by researchers from Hadassah University Medical Center, which...
Colel Chabad ups the ante to help fight poverty in Israel
All who are hungry, come and eat. All who are needy come and celebrate Passover.”
Each year, comforted by the ancient words of the Haggadah and the fragrances of brisket, potato kugel and matzah-ball soup...
Knesset Finance Committee approves $600 million more to battle pandemic
The Knesset Finance Committee has approved the allocation of 2 billion shekels ($600 million) to Israel’s Health Ministry to help it deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee announced on Tuesday.
The money is to...
Israel revs up to reopen for tourism
Bring us your tired, your down-clad and pandemic-weary souls yearning to breathe … a lungful of Israeli air.
With apologies to Emma Lazarus and her poem “The New Colossus” that adorns the Statue of Liberty,...