Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19’s long-term impact on the health system
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a sea change in how countries are managed internally, as well as changes in relations between countries. It is also causing significant changes in health-care systems everywhere
It has become...
UK chief rabbi: ‘Synagogues will not open for a long time’
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis projected on Thursday that all houses of worship affiliated with the United Synagogue—the largest network of Orthodox communities in the United Kingdom—“will not open for a...
Israel loans millions to help Palestinians avert virus-related crisis; will they use it for...
In what can be considered a unusual turn of events for the Middle East, former Fatah terrorist Mohammad Aref Massad, who did time in Israeli prison for carrying out attacks against Israelis during the...
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University develop one-minute coronavirus test
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a one-minute coronavirus test they hope will be used to help authorities more quickly track and identify the spread of the virus at a significantly...
Stepping up to the plate: In a time of need, teens give back
Tutor a kid in math. Paint a community center. Distribute challahs to the homebound. Raise money for trees in Israel. Upgrade your school’s (or shul’s) recycling program. Save the manatees.
It seems that there are...
Top 10 reasons Israel has (so far) survived coronavirus
Israelis are now once again taking to the streets in large numbers. Automotive traffic has resumed full force, schools are opening, stores and gyms are reopened, and even indoor markets and malls are now...
Report: Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport may reopen by June
Israel is weighing opening Ben-Gurion International Airport in the beginning of June as the coronavirus outbreak continues to level off in Israel.
A “green” list of countries with low rates of infection would be the...
House members introduce bill to enhance US-Israel efforts against COVID-19
A bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday that would authorize a new partnership program to enhance cooperation between the United States and Israel to develop innovative approaches for...
Edelstein appointed to Health Ministry, Levin tapped as new Knesset speaker
Yuli Edelstein, most recently Speaker of the Knesset, accepted an offer on Tuesday from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to become the nation’s next health minister.
In a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Couple arrested in Brooklyn for accusing Chassidim of spreading coronavirus
A couple has been arrested for allegedly shouting at three Chassidic men in Brooklyn, N.Y. blaming Jews for spreading the coronavirus, all while attempting to rip off their face coverings, announced the New York...