Tag: COVID-19
Finding the spirit of Jewish unity during the corona crisis
After managing to slow the onset of COVID-19, Israel is now beginning to record thousands of new cases on a daily basis. While Efrat, a small community mostly made up of former Americans, was...
First of 11 planes bringing vital medical supplies from China to Israel touches down
The first in a convoy of 11 El Al planes carrying tons of critical medical equipment to Israel from China touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday morning, as the nation continues to...
Israel declares full curfew starting on Passover eve
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri have agreed to declare a full nationwide curfew for Passover eve, which begins at sundown on Wednesday.
Speaking to Channel 12 News, Deri explained, “We considered...
‘Bnei Brak is facing a serious crisis, we need to work quicker’
“We are currently undertaking delaying actions. We have to increase significantly the number of tests we’re carrying out in Bnei Brak. If this does not happen immediately, we will face a far more severe...
Number of coronavirus cases in Israel exceeds 8,000 as death toll continues to rise
Israel’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 47, with 8,018 confirmed cases of infection, according to Israel’s Health Ministry. Of the confirmed cases, 7,195 patients are listed as being in mild condition, 173 in moderate...
What Do We Do Now? Larger Lessons From The Pandemic
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971)
To survive and prosper after Covid-19 – a pandemic with pertinent political as...
Israel-PA cooperation on coronavirus is encouraging, but will it last?
One thing is for sure: COVID-19 does not respect borders, or armistice lines for that matter. The deadly coronavirus strain that has already killed over 50,000 people around the world has yet to wreak...
Grammy, Emmy-winning songwriter Adam Schlesinger dies of corona complications
Jewish singer-songwriter Adam Schlesinger died on April 1 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., at the age of 52 as a result of complications of the coronavirus, his family announced.
Schlesinger, born in Manhattan on Oct. 31, 1967...
Preparing for my first Passover without family
“Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour. If we refused, or rather used up, such paltry information as...
Israeli researchers believe coronavirus vaccine testing could commence by June
Israeli researchers said they are days away from finishing production of the active component of a coronavirus vaccine that could be tested on humans starting June 1.
“We are in the final stages and within...