Tag: COVID-19
Facebook expanding Tel Aviv office space despite COVID-19
Despite the coronavirus pandemic causing many companies to lay off employees or have them work from home, Facebook is expanding its office space in Tel Aviv.
Facebook Israel has signed a deal to rent two...
Will Israeli and Indian scientists develop a breakthrough in coronavirus testing?
An Israeli delegation organized by the Defense Ministry, consisting of 20 specialists, is in India working with counterparts to further develop four potentially groundbreaking Israeli innovations for the rapid detection of the coronavirus.
Faster detection...
Knesset approves national COVID-19 ‘Safety Net’ aid program
Israel’s Knesset passed the Economic Aid Plan Bill in second and third readings on Wednesday. The legislation, known as the “Safety Net” program, aims to help those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.
The legislation...
COVID-19 continued spread drives Brazilian Jews to immigrate to Israel
Thousands of Brazilian Jews interested in immigrating to Israel attended an online fair this week, organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Since March, 140 Brazilian Jews have arrived in Israel.
This week’s online aliyah fair for Brazilian...
Israel’s new coronavirus chief launches national plan to combat ongoing pandemic
Israel’s newly appointed coronavirus project coordinator, professor Ronni Gamzu, on Tuesday presented his plan to halt the spread of COVID-19.
In a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and...
With government approval, Israel’s gap-year programs set to reopen with challenges ahead
Even as the coronavirus continues to spike—interrupting work and school plans for both those in Israel and those aiming to enter the country—Interior Minister Aryeh Deri announced last week that Israel would begin approving...
Israel to relax synagogue attendance restrictions ahead of Tisha B’Av, say ministers
Israel’s Health Ministry will increase the number of worshippers permitted in synagogues ahead of Tisha B’Av, which begins on Wednesday evening, the heads of the ultra-Orthodox political parties announced on Monday. The current limit...
Jewish groups, customers denounce Nazi face masks worn in Minnesota Walmart
Jewish groups have rebuked a couple who was confronted at a Walmart in Marshall, Minn., on July 25 for wearing Nazi swastika-flags on their face masks.
Raphaela Mueller, who was born and raised in Germany...
US biotech firm: Human trials for COVID-19 vaccine could be held in Israel
The CEO of a U.S. biotech firm with which Israel has reportedly signed a non-binding agreement for the provision of a COVID-19 vaccine said on Sunday that Phase III clinical trials for the vaccine...
High-level Israeli delegation in India for mass testing of COVID-19 technology
A high-level interministerial delegation of Israeli experts arrived in New Delhi on Monday to test four new technologies for the rapid diagnosis of coronavirus, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.
The delegation, led by Israeli...