Tag: Coronavirus
Report: Israeli Health Ministry head tells hospitals to cease elective procedures, open new COVID-19...
Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levi on Monday called on the country’s hospitals to cease performing elective procedures and to take urgent steps to handle the country’s steadily rising coronavirus morbidity rate.
In a...
Israelis brace for High Holidays in shadow of second lockdown
On Rosh Hashanah eve, as Israelis were bracing for a second nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Ministry on Friday morning said it had registered 5,238 new cases in the past...
Rosh Hashanah 5781: Only together
My fellow Israelis, tonight I am speaking to you on the eve of the State of Israel’s second lockdown, and I ask you to open your heart to me and to what I have...
Israeli health minister: Public must understand that ‘we are at war’
With less than a day before Israel becomes the first Western country to impose a second nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein urged the public to adhere to government...
Rules for Israel’s second lockdown
The Israeli Health Ministry, Finance Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office released a joint statement on Wednesday detailing the final list of regulations approved by the Cabinet for the nationwide lockdown scheduled to go into...
Rosh Hashanah prayers during lockdown: A guide for perplexed Israelis
Synagogues across Israel were busy on Wednesday making preparations for Rosh Hashanah prayer services under the shadow of coronavirus and public-health restrictions.
The Health Ministry has issued clarifications for its regulations on holiday prayer, with...
Mayim Bialik joins LA ‘Shofar Wave’ to bring Jewish community together for Rosh Hashanah
On Sept. 20, L.A. Jews can welcome in 5781 with the Shofar Wave.
Created by the religious leadership at IKAR, people will stand on street corners throughout the city and blow the shofar, thereby creating a “wave”...
Israel sees nearly 5,000 new COVID cases in 24 hours as death toll hits...
Israel’s COVID-19 morbidity rate continues to rise, hitting another record from Monday to Tuesday with 4,973 confirmed positives, or 12 percent of all tests processed in that 24-hour period, according to the country’s Health...
How High Holiday services and arrival of 5781 are going to look across America
On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, also known as the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (“Days of Awe”), one of the prayers reads: “Who will live and who will die … Who by plague … .”
“Most...
Israeli Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman resigns in protest over holiday lockdown
Israeli Construction and Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman resigned on Sunday over the nationwide lockdown the government is planning to impose during the High Holidays.
“For about a month now, while we have been dealing with...