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Israel’s oldest citizen turns 110

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Israel's most senior citizen marked her 110th birthday this week with a heartfelt celebration organized by the staff at Netanya's Laniado Hospital. Born in 1914 in Kraśnik, Poland, Tzila Cohen immigrated to pre-state Israel alone...
Lee Wielansky at the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2024. Photo by Bill Motchan.

‘I got hot for nine holes,’ says pro-am champ of Amex golf tourney

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Lee Wielansky had an especially good vantage point to watch the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21. He competed in the PGA Tour event. Wielansky is a Jewish recreational golfer...
Airman 1st Class Olabode Igandan, a 436th Aerial Port Squadron passenger-services apprentice, palletizes ammunition, weapons and other equipment bound for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on Jan. 21, 2022. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo by Mauricio Campino via Wikimedia Commons.

A quiet crisis in Ukraine

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As the pendulum continues to swing between diplomacy and possible conflict in Ukraine, a quiet crisis of human need is spreading out across the country. While not the dramatic stuff of front-page news, it’s...
Sheba Medical Center dietitians Meital Benjamin (left) and Ayelet Gur-Arie deliver supplements to patients blended into ice-cream. Credit: Courtesy.

A healthy scoop: Sheba medical dieticians turn supplements into sweets

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Dieticians at Sheba Medical Center in Israel have sweetened the offerings for some of their older patients who require food supplements. At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when no visitors were allowed in the...
Displaying Rosh Hashanah care packages are (from left) Deputy Mayor of Kfar Saba Oren Cohen; Jewish Agency chairman of the executive and chairman of the executive of the World Zionist Organization Yaakov Hagoel; and, senior vice president of Amigour Erez Shani, September 2021. Credit: Amigour.

Thousands of elderly Israelis to receive care packages for Rosh Hashanah

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As vulnerable populations continue to take precautions due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s affordable-housing subsidiary, Amigour, will provide comprehensive food packages to the elderly, with a focus...
A grandfather and his family in the new gift room at Sheba Medical Center, June 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Sheba Medical Center opens gift room for long-term elderly patients

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Sheba Medical Center has inaugurated Israel’s first hospital gift room exclusively for elderly patients, located in the Geriatric Division of Sheba’s Rehabilitation Hospital. Intended for geriatric patients who are hospitalized long-term or whose birthday occurs...
JDC Hanukkah candle-lightings and other online programs are geared to connect Jews worldwide as the coronavirus pandemic reaches an especially dark period, December 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Hanukkah candle-lighting on Facebook, events on Zoom to connect Jews worldwide

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As a way to connect Jews of all ages during the height of the global coronavirus pandemic, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is inviting people to join on Facebook and unite with...
Chassidic Jews praying in accordance with social-distancing rules outside of their synagogue in Jerusalem on Aug. 10, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Health Ministry: More than half of elderly COVID patients are ultra-Orthodox

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Although the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel has dropped over the course of the country’s second lockdown, a Health Ministry team charged with outreach to the insular haredi community reported on Tuesday that more...

On Simchat Torah: Lessons from Liudmila, a pandemic sage

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As we are about to celebrate Simchat Torah—a holiday defined by its communal gatherings, and the critical importance of physical proximity and traditions like dancing with the Torah—I find myself thinking of the Talmudic...
JDC volunteers delivered food packages to seniors prior to the start of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 18, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Communities worldwide celebrate New Year amid pandemic with help of JDC

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In the face of a new, socially distant pandemic reality, thousands of Jews worldwide managed to enjoy JDC-supported holiday programming for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Nearly 9,000 elderly Jews in the former Soviet...