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Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog speaks during the Israel Social Cohesion Summit in Airport City on Nov. 5, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Jewish Agency announces emergency fund for nonprofits hit hard by coronavirus

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The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ogen–Social Loan Fund, a not-for-profit lending fund, are launching an emergency fund for nonprofits to assist organizations suffering financially from the coronavirus crisis, the organizations said in...
A medical team on duty at the new biological emergency unit dedicated to COVID-19 at Shaarei Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on March 31, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Hospitals: Patients afraid of coronavirus are skipping treatment and dying

Fear of contracting coronavirus is causing many Israelis to avoid seeking medical treatment, which is resulting in preventable deaths, according to the country’s hospitals. At Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, a man died of...
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

FDA approves chloroquine for emergency COVID-19 trials

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine for emergency treatment of COVID-19 patients, despite a lack of clinical data on their efficacy. According to financial daily Globes,...
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem for a video conference with European leaders in order to discuss the COVID-19 crisis, on March 9, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tests positive for coronavirus

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife, Chava, have been diagnosed with coronavirus and will go into quarantine, the country’s Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed that...
Moshe Grunwald. Source: Facebook.

Mix-up leads to wrong corona funeral in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Moshe Grunwald lived a full and long life. A scion of the Pupa Chassidic dynasty, he survived Auschwitz and the Nazi death marches, rebuilding his family and his life in America. A longtime resident of Brooklyn,...
The Great Synagogue of Constanța in Romania. Credit: Wikipedia.

Romania Jewish community given rabbinical permission for Shabbat burials

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The Jewish community of Bucharest, Romania, received a rabbinical exception to bury those who have died as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Shabbat to help bypass Romanian government orders on Friday that such victims...
A general view of Rome on Feb 09, 2018. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

IsraAID partners with Rome Jewish community to help frontline workers, volunteers

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The Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAID is providing support to frontline medical professionals and volunteers in the organization’s emergency units responding to the coronavirus crisis in Italy with the launch of webinars on stress...
Русский: Фото: Михаил Евстафьев English: Photo: Mikhail Evstafiev / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

Indifferent to human suffering?

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A Palestinian activist’s harsh response to the first Israeli fatality from the coronavirus has sparked some controversy. It’s a tempest in a teapot, but it also contains an important lesson or two. The activist, Ms....
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett meets with commanders of the Israel Defense Forces, including IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, after completing a tour of the West Bank to assess the security situation ahead of the reveal of U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast peace plan. Source: Screenshot.

Israeli defense minister confirms unrestricted entry of hundreds from pandemic hot spots

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Hundreds of Israelis returning from countries with high coronavirus infection rates have entered Israel without being tested or sent into quarantine, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett admitted on Tuesday. He was responding to a Channel 12 report,...
Israeli workers disinfect the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 virus, March 31, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

21st Israeli dies of COVID-19 as cases reach 5,591; unemployment hits record highs

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As Israel saw its 21st coronavirus fatality on Wednesday and confirmed infections in the country hit 5,591, the Israel National Employment Service (INES) announced that the number of unemployment claimants has exceeded 1 million...