Tag: COVID-19
Israel sees six more COVID-19 deaths, as Beitar Illit declared a restricted zone
Israel recorded six more coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll from the disease to 343, according to the Israeli Health Ministry.
Since Tuesday, more than 1,000 people tested positive...
Federal judge denies request to open overnight camps in New York state
A federal judge in New York denied a request for an injunction that would have allowed overnight camps in that state to open this summer.
The ruling stems from a case brought against New York Gov. Andrew...
Head of Israel’s Public Health Service resigns, says country has ‘lost its way’
Professor Siegal Sadetzki, head of Public Health Services in the Israeli Health Ministry, resigned on Tuesday, voicing harsh criticism of the ministry’s handling of the second wave of COVID-19.
Sadetzki stated in her resignation letter...
Kansas newspaper under fire for Holocaust comparison, removes Facebook post
A Kansas newspaper has come under fire for posting a cartoon on the weekly outlet’s Facebook page that compared the governor’s face-covering order in response to the coronavirus pandemic with the Holocaust.
The Anderson County...
Israel shuts bars, restricts synagogue capacity as COVID-19 surges
The Israeli government on Monday approved a series of measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, following a heated emergency session of the “coronavirus Cabinet,” the Knesset committee tasked with overseeing the country’s...
Netanyahu: ‘Very strong’ COVID-19 resurgence is an ‘emergency situation’
Israel is in the midst of a renewed, “very strong” resurgence of COVID-19 that will see “an increase and a doubling of the number of severe cases,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at...
Despite COVID-19 and the Global Economic Disaster, UNESCO Executive Board Still Slams Israel –...
This week, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) was to have convened in Fuzhou, China. The Wiesenthal Centre, as the only Jewish organization accredited to that body, each year lobbies against Palestinian theft of...
Masked mitzvot or joy undimmed: Welcoming new life in the era of COVID-19
“In this time of great darkness, the souls who come down now must be sources of great light.” — Rabbi Doniel Katz, whose youngest child was born this spring
There is a tradition among the Jewish...
Israel, Palestinians declare new lockdowns as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise
A seven-day lockdown on several neighborhoods in the Israeli cities of Lod and Ashdod went into effect on Thursday morning as the number of daily coronavirus infections in the country continued to climb, approaching...
Deputy anti-Semitism envoy: Coronavirus conspiracy theories a modern-day blood libel
U.S. deputy anti-Semitism envoy Ellie Cohanim warned of a new form of anti-Semitism emerging during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and urged Jewish leaders that it is time the U.S. Jewish community focused on proactive...