Tag: COVID-19
Total lockdown ‘inevitable,’ says Israel’s Public Security Minister
In a conference call Tuesday night with the heads of the country’s security branches, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan instructed the police and the rest of Israel’s domestic security apparatus to make preparations...
Israeli Health Ministry reports 427 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel continues to rise, with the country’s Health Ministry on Wednesday morning reporting that 427 people have so far tested positive for the virus. Five of the...
Israel tells people not to leave home unless ‘absolutely necessary’
The Israeli Health Ministry announced new guidelines on Tuesday to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, including a call for all to stay at home unless it is “absolutely necessary” to go out to...
UK butchers ‘work overtime’ to fulfill meat demands for Passover escalated by virus
Butchers in the United Kingdom are hustling to meet an unprecedented demand for kosher meat in light of the many canceled Passover trips due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jewish News reported.
Sarah Mann Yeager from the British...
Israeli startup to donate 120,000 face masks to hospitals, medical personnel
An Israeli startup will donate around 120,000 masks made with an anti-pathogen, anti-bacterial fabric it developed that could help stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), to Israeli hospitals, medical professionals and coronavirus patients, reported The...
‘Virtual’ Mega Aliyah Event draws 2,500 participants in face of coronavirus crisis
The annual Mega Aliyah Event, which provides potential new immigrants (olim) with an all-encompassing slate of resources for retirees, young professionals, medical professionals, families and singles, that was set to take place in New...
Israel lawmakers propose multiple bills designed to oust Netanyahu
The COVID-19 pandemic cast a pall over the swearing in of Israel’s 23rd Knesset on Monday, with the Knesset’s 120 lawmakers being sworn in three at a time to avoid spreading the disease, while...
As coronavirus cases grow, Israel considers a total nationwide lockdown
Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 48 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total to 298. A top health official said the government was considering a general lockdown.
“We may ask people to leave...
New immigrants to Israel jump right in … to a coronavirus quarantine
The first few weeks after making aliyah are typically a flurry of activity, with the newly minted Israeli dashing from government offices to banks to setting up utilities to schools to register the kids, not to...
Is the virus hurting Jewish communities or showing their strength?
For many Jewish communities in the United States, this was the week when synagogues were abandoned. In an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, many houses of worship were empty and may...