Tag: Coronavirus
Pandemic prompts prayer at home, online through America, according to latest Pew study
On a recent Wednesday morning, East Coast time, thousands of Orthodox Jews stopped what they were doing to recite a series of psalms all at the same time.
They prayed from their homes in Jerusalem,...
For Israel, recognizing another enemy is second nature
Among the world’s democracies fighting the coronavirus, Israel has so far been by far the most successful.
With a population of about 8.6 million, it had recorded at time of writing 33 deaths from COVID-19....
Contemplating life after the coronavirus
What are your plans? In my youth, that was the question that a beloved uncle would always ask the younger members of the family. The only problem was that his heavy German accent would...
Netanyahu, senior officials quarantined after Israel’s health minister tests positive for coronavirus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad intelligence agency chief Yossi Cohen, National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat, Health Ministry director general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, head of Public Health Services Sigal Sadetsky and head of...
Medical device company’s Israel division to provide ventilator blueprints for free
The Israel division of the medical-device company Medtronic will provide the blueprints for its ventilators to companies seeking to manufacture them, free of charge.
Medtronic’s Israel division CEO Yaron Yitzhari made the announcement to Arutz Sheva on Wednesday.
“Our goal...
Jewish Agency announces emergency fund for nonprofits hit hard by coronavirus
The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ogen–Social Loan Fund, a not-for-profit lending fund, are launching an emergency fund for nonprofits to assist organizations suffering financially from the coronavirus crisis, the organizations said in...
Hospitals: Patients afraid of coronavirus are skipping treatment and dying
Fear of contracting coronavirus is causing many Israelis to avoid seeking medical treatment, which is resulting in preventable deaths, according to the country’s hospitals.
At Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, a man died of...
FDA approves chloroquine for emergency COVID-19 trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine for emergency treatment of COVID-19 patients, despite a lack of clinical data on their efficacy.
According to financial daily Globes,...
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tests positive for coronavirus
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife, Chava, have been diagnosed with coronavirus and will go into quarantine, the country’s Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed that...
Mix-up leads to wrong corona funeral in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Moshe Grunwald lived a full and long life. A scion of the Pupa Chassidic dynasty, he survived Auschwitz and the Nazi death marches, rebuilding his family and his life in America.
A longtime resident of Brooklyn,...