Tag: COVID-19
Israeli COVID-19 death toll rises to 187 as infection rate falls
An additional three Israelis succumbed to COVID-19 overnight on Tuesday, bringing the national death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to 187, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.
The ministry also reported a spike in the...
New York to offer kosher food at select sites as virus lingers throughout city
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio authorized on Monday the serving of kosher food at 10 food-distribution sites in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., several hours after the Metropolis Council’s Jewish Caucus issued a...
Trump to ‘temporarily suspend immigration’ due to pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy,...
Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 181, total number of cases at 13,883
Israel’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 181 on Tuesday, after four more people succumbed to the disease overnight Monday and on Tuesday morning.
Among the four fatalities was Aharon Turchin, a 48-year-old father of 14...
Danon slams claims that Israel is impeding Palestinian efforts to combat coronavirus
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations strongly criticized a letter by the Palestinians to the U.N. Security Council accusing Israel of impeding efforts by the Palestinian Authority to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the...
Yom Hashoah ceremonies to be observed online-only due to coronavirus crisis
Though Israel’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations usually include large ceremonies and events attended by thousands, the somber occasion will be marked this year exclusively in digital format for the first time ever, due...
Israeli Olympian shares training regimen, raises money for coronavirus relief
Israeli Olympian Sagi Muki is sharing his home-training regimen online to help motivate those in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic, and dedicating his time to projects to raise money for coronavirus relief.
Muki is...
Interior Ministry: Half-a-million Israelis have flown home since start of pandemic
Since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some 500,000 Israelis have returned home from abroad, according to the country’s Interior Ministry.
Approximately 15 percent returned after an “extended stay” abroad, the business daily Globes reported on...
‘Nationwide curfew could be imposed during Israel’s Memorial Day’
A senior Israeli defense official warned on Sunday that the government may for the first time in the country’s history impose a nationwide 24-hour curfew during memorial day next week to prevent a major...
Al-Aqsa mosque prayer banned during Ramadan due to coronavirus fears
Prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City will be banned during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan in order to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Muslim clerics said on Thursday.
The Jordan-appointed...