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Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein holds a press conference during a visit at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, on July 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Health Ministry orders investigation into under-counting of COVID-19 deaths

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Israel’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that it had probably undercounted—by as many as 53 people—the fatalities among nursing-home residents due to the coronavirus in July and August. An explanation for the discrepancy, according to...
Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Jewish federations awarded $5 million federal grant to assist Holocaust survivors

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging has awarded a $5 million grant to the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to expand Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) care...
A family member visits an elderly resident at a senior facility run by the Jewish Association on Aging in Pittsburgh. Credit: Courtesy.

COVID-19 and the Jewish elderly: Report from Miami, Pittsburgh and New York

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As America’s battle with the novel coronavirus has raged America’s Jewish community has suffered its share of losses, particularly early on when COVID-19 swept through the boroughs of New York City and Upstate New...
Nurses from the Jerusalem College of Technology gather in an Israeli hospital for training and helping patients grapple with the coronavirus (COVID-19), April 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Jerusalem nursing students help curb spread of COVID-19 at senior residences

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In partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Health, Home Front Command and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), more than 30 nursing students from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) have begun working in nursing homes across...
A homebound elderly woman in Israel feeling the isolation. Credit: IFCJ.

Homebound seniors in Israel battle isolation, loneliness during pandemic

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While a number of Jewish organizations are focused on helping the elderly in Israel, who are at a higher risk of getting extremely sick from the coronavirus (COVID-19), not get infected with coronavirus, the...