Tag: Coronavirus
Israeli singer performs in New York to raise emergency funds for coronavirus relief
Popular Israeli singer Ishay Ribo performed at an event on Tuesday with newly installed Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan at a fundraiser in New York to raise emergency funds for Migdal...
‘And your God will be my God’: For one Jewish convert, the wait is...
“I’m so thrilled to be a part of B’nai Israel and to have finally found my place with the Jewish people, after nearly 30 years of asking and searching.”
These are the first words Amy...
Report: Israel reopens its skies with caveats
Israel on Sunday partially reopened its skies to incoming and outgoing flights, following months of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a plan published by the Israeli government last week, those entering Israel...
Playing election politics with the coronavirus
The last New York Jewish Week arrived in my mailbox last Thursday, six days late. I will miss it. The parent company suspended publication of the print edition because of the advertising lost with the...
Greece, Israel sign deal to allow 600 Israelis to visit per week
Israel and Greece agreed on Thursday to permit up to 600 Israelis a week to visit four Greek locations beginning next week.
The agreement was announced by Israel’s Foreign Ministry following a meeting in Israel...
Gamzu: Jerusalem infection rate so high it would be under total lockdown in any...
Israel Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu told Jerusalem officials on Wednesday that the infection rate in their city is so high that if it were in any other country in the world, “it would be completely...
Israel records highest number of coronavirus deaths in 24-hour period
Making a grim new record, there were 17 coronavirus fatalities in Israel on Wednesday, which constituted the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the country in a 24-hour period since the start of the...
Israeli coronavirus project coordinator urges public to get tested, adhere to rules to avoid...
Israeli Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu urged the public to get tested for COVID-19 and warned that failure to adhere to social-distancing restrictions and limits on the size of gatherings could lead to another...
Lifting voices for the High Holidays, even in COVID times
Like Maestro Leonard Bernstein guiding young people through the joys and intricacies of classical music two generations ago, Joey Weisenberg is a gentle, but no less passionate, tutor. He’s not teaching about the bravado...
Israel’s industrial sector to receive $323 million in government assistance
Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz and Economy and Industry Minister Amir Peretz have agreed on a plan to bolster investment and employment in Israel’s industrial sector, which is suffering due to the economic fallout...