Tag: Coronavirus
Israeli Cabinet approves ‘tightened’ COVID-19 lockdown
Israel’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved the tightening of the country’s COVID-19 lockdown for 14 days beginning at midnight on Jan. 7, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Detailed regulations are to...
North American olim join 3,000-plus others who arrived in Israel in 2020
The 41st and final Nefesh B’Nefesh group flight of 2020 landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Dec. 30 with 48 new immigrants joining the 3,168 individuals who made aliyah from North America in the last year—2,625...
Israel approves economic recovery plan for business owners hit by COVID-19 closures
Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved a 2 billion shekel ($624 million) plan to help business owners and the self-employed who have been hurt financially as a result of government-imposed COVID-19 closures.
The plan, dubbed “From...
One millionth Israeli receives COVID-19 vaccine
Israel vaccinated its millionth citizen against COVID-19 on Friday, just three days after announcing the 500,000th Israeli had received the first dose of the vaccine.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein were on...
Let’s hope this lockdown is Israel’s last
One of the lessons officials tasked with managing Israel’s anti-coronavirus campaign have come to learn is that in a situation the likes of which Israel faces today, where 4,000 new infections are confirmed every...
More than 20,000 people immigrated to Israel in 2020, despite the pandemic
Global pandemic notwithstanding, more than 20,000 Jews from 70 countries made aliyah over the course of 2020, reported the Jewish Agency.
Most of the immigrants arrived from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and France, according to the...
Israel approaching 100,000 daily vaccinations, says health minister
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Monday that Israel was approaching 100,000 COVID-19 vaccinations per day and vowed to increase the rate even further.
“So far, we have vaccinated 379,000 people,” said Edelstein, as Israel...
Toasting to a new normal in 2021
After almost 10 months, who would have thought that we’d still be hunkering down and battling COVID-19 with another dark few months on the horizon? This New Year’s Eve, there will be no riotous...
Why did Israeli firms win record investments in a coronavirus year?
The year 2020 began under the shadow of a coming pandemic that would soon wreak havoc on worldwide health and finances.
Yet despite rising unemployment and a decline in early-stage financing, a year-end report from...
Israel’s chief rabbi, IDF chief of staff roll up sleeves for COVID-19 jab
In an attempt to persuade Israelis to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, a number of public figures in the country—among them Chief Rabbi David Lau, Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein and Israel Defense...