Tag: COVID-19
Greater efforts needed to battle ‘perfect storm’ of anti-Semitism, insist Jewish leaders
The pandemic, coupled with the rise of anti-Semitism and the ease of social media to delegitimize Jewish pride and Israel, is creating a perfect storm that the Jewish community must battle, say leaders.
“We are...
Remembering the Jewish lives lost to COVID-19
Reality dawned slowly, painfully. In mid-March, it suddenly became clear that the novel coronavirus that first ravaged China, and then parts of Europe, was becoming a global pandemic. Five months later, the death toll...
Israeli Health Ministry orders investigation into under-counting of COVID-19 deaths
Israel’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that it had probably undercounted—by as many as 53 people—the fatalities among nursing-home residents due to the coronavirus in July and August.
An explanation for the discrepancy, according to...
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...
Israelis and Emiratis to develop COVID-19 stem-cell therapy
Fast on the heels of the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to establish full diplomatic relations, Haifa-based Pluristem Therapeutics has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Abu Dhabi Stem...
Coronavirus chief: ‘Israel has lowest mortality rate in the world’
According to Israel’s coronavirus Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu, his main goal right now is to combat and contain the virus “without implementing a full lockdown on the country.” “I am not sure we...
Israeli hospital reports successful trials for saliva-based coronavirus test
An Israeli hospital’s innovation center has announced a 95 percent success rate in clinical trials for a new saliva-based coronavirus test that provides nearly instant results.
“After testing hundreds of patients under laboratory conditions, we...
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...