Tag: Coronavirus
Report: Israel-China corona-lab deal stalls over DNA database access
Israel’ largest health-care provider, Clalit, has decided not to cooperate with a Chinese government company on coronavirus testing for fear that it would compromise the DNA data of its 4.9 million members, the N12 news site...
Ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhoods put under lockdown
Several Jerusalem neighborhoods went into full lockdown on Sunday afternoon following a late-night Security Cabinet meeting. The lockdown primarily focuses on ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods with high COVID-19 morbidity rates and will remain in effect until...
Israel experts: ‘Restrictions can be lifted only when we see drop to 10 new...
A report submitted last week by a team of experts appointed by Israel’s National Security Council presented what it said were the necessary preconditions for exiting the nationwide lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus...
A disingenuous debate about annexation
The list of signatories to a new letter organized by the Israel Policy Forum protesting the possibility of Israel passing legislation in the upcoming months to annex parts of the West Bank is full of familiar...
Italy approves experimental Israeli drug used to treat hospitalized corona patients
The Israeli biopharmaceutical firm Redhill Biopharma has treated a coronavirus patient in Israel with an experimental drug that aims to lessen symptoms, following Italy’s approval of its use, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
A coronavirus hospital...
Sharansky donates $1 million Genesis Prize to aid those affected by coronavirus
Human-rights activist Natan Sharansky, the winner of this year’s $1 million Genesis Prize award, has asked the Genesis Prize Foundation to donate the money to help organizations and individuals impacted by the coronavirus, the...
United under curfew: A special Passover message
My dear people of Israel, this year we are celebrating the Passover seder in difficult circumstances, in the shadow of coronavirus, a plague for modern times. It has necessitated harsh rules for us all.
Suddenly,...
Agudath Israel of America Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, 89, dies after contracting COVID-19
Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, head of the Agudath Israel of America, passed away Tuesday morning. He was 89 years old.
“We are devastated and broken-hearted to report the petirah of the Novominsker Rebbe, Harav Yaakov Perlow,” said a...
The story that Jews repeat on Passover is the secret of their survival
As Jews around the world celebrate the festival of Passover this week, the ironies are painful.
The festival celebrates the pivotal biblical event that followed Pharaoh’s refusal to free his Hebrew slaves. The last and...
We will join forces and overcome this together
Israelis are facing a challenge with which we, as well as the rest of humanity, are unfamiliar. A challenge that reminds us all of the importance of our home, our family and our people,...