Tag: Coronavirus
As Rosh Hashanah nears, Israel’s COVID-19 morbidity continues to rise
As holiday celebrations under lockdown become a near certainty in Israel, the number of coronavirus carriers in the country continues to rise, reaching 38,008 as of Sunday morning.
The Israeli Health Ministry reported on Sunday...
Second lockdown to cost Israel upward of $4 billion, says Israeli Finance Ministry
A month-long coronavirus lockdown will cost the Israeli economy between NIS 15 and 20 billion ($4.3 to $5.7 billion), the country’s Finance Ministry said over the weekend.
A senior ministry official stressed that the estimate...
As nationwide lockdown looms, Israel’s corona tally, number of serious cases climb
A nationwide lockdown in Israel seems inevitable with a deciding cabinet vote scheduled for next week as the number of new coronavirus cases hit a new 24-hour record from Thursday to Friday, with more...
An insider’s look at ‘corona hotels’ operated by IDF Home Front Command
As the Israeli cabinet weighs increasingly stringent steps to deal with the growing numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases, the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command is playing an increasingly essential part in the state’s...
Aliyah to Israel on the rise, despite COVID-19 and bureaucracy bottlenecks
Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah (immigration to Israel) this year, with a higher number of people interested in moving to the Jewish state compared to previous years. But with COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the...
Fearing coronavirus spread, chief rabbi upends key Rosh Hashanah ritual
A key ritual ahead of Rosh Hashanah has been effectively banned by Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau this year, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Tashlich, a prayer during which Jews symbolically throw their...
COVID-19 impacts health, politics in U.S., Israel
My last column, about Israel’s perils of September, brought forth several comments about similarities elsewhere.
No surprise, except for a friend’s note about the correspondence between disease and populism, often distorted with wild claims as...
Aliyah to Israel on the rise, despite COVID-19 and bureaucracy bottlenecks
Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah (immigration to Israel) this year, with a higher number of people interested in moving to the Jewish state compared to previous years. But with COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the...
Synagogues grapple with putting changes in place for High Holiday services
As fall arrives and the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, prayers are very much needed, say rabbis across the Jewish spectrum, even if individuals and families cannot make it to...
Viral apathy in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference on Monday evening with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and National Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu.
The purpose of the event, after...