Tag: Coronavirus
Israeli kids head back to class as schools cautiously reopen
After more than six weeks in home isolation, hundreds of thousands of Israeli children returned to school on Sunday morning, under strict COVID-19 regulations.
Following heated debates last week between health officials, the Education Ministry...
Reform movement cancels summer camps, Israel trips out of coronavirus worries
As some states begin to reopen for business, a number of Jewish summer camps have announced that they will be closed for the season because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Union for Reform Judaism released...
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher donate cargo of PPE to health-care workers in...
British Jewish comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, Australian actress Isla Fisher, helped donate a cargo of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that was airlifted to healthcare workers in the United Kingdom...
With synagogues shuttered, ‘porch minyans’ grow in Brooklyn
The streets of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, N.Y., were eerily empty at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Normally, children are out playing and parents rushing home from work or errands, with crowds of people out...
Israeli biotech company starts clinical trials of CBD-steroid treatment for virus
The Israel-based biotech company Stero Biotechs has started a small-scale clinical trial at Rabin Medical Center’s Golda Hasharon Campus in Petach Tikvah on the effects of a steroid-Cannabidiol (CBD) treatment on hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
“Steroid...
Michigan Jewish Democrats rebuke GOP state lawmaker’s comparison to Holocaust
The Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus (MDJC) censured a state representative on Thursday for a Facebook post this month comparing the possibility of Americans having to show documentation proving they are immunized against or don’t...
Israeli hospitals begin return to normal activity as COVID-19 numbers drop
Israel’s coronavirus death toll has reached 219 after 12 more people died of COVID-19 since Wednesday night, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday. But the downward trend in the rate of new infections continues,...
Israelis may be required to install coronavirus tracking phone app to enter malls
Israelis may be required to download a mandatory coronavirus tracking phone app if they want to enter malls or markets.
The app would allow authorities to track locations where infected or suspected coronavirus carriers had...
Mayor de Blasio apologizes for response to overcrowded funeral of Brooklyn rabbi
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio apologized on Wednesday for his response to a large gathering for a Jewish funeral that took place the night before in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., where a...
Initiative brings artists into homes of those with disabilities during COVID-19 crisis
In the new reality of self-isolation, certain populations like people with disabilities, children and youth-at-risk, who rely on interactive therapy for cognitive stimulation, are currently stuck at home with much less access.
In response, as...