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Coronvirus update: 11,145 patients – 183 in serious condition

Coronvirus update: 11,145 patients – 183 in serious condition

While some people have died – 105 at press time – and there are now 11,145 people with the virus, including 183 in serious condition.… Read More ›

Coronavirus crisis offers Israel rare opportunity for Hamas deal

Coronavirus crisis offers Israel rare opportunity for Hamas deal

Analysis: Despite its best efforts, the terror group ruling Gaza has difficulty hiding its desire to carry out prisoner exchange, now the global pandemic provides… Read More ›

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Bakshi-Doron succumbs to coronavirus, aged 79

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Bakshi-Doron succumbs to coronavirus, aged 79

Rabbi dies 5 days after admission to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek and testing positive for COVID-19; Deri mourns loss of ‘giant of a scholar, a guide… Read More ›

10 People Attended ‘Birkat Kohanim’ Prayer Service That Usually Draws Tens Of Thousands. Even That Was A Crowd.

10 People Attended ‘Birkat Kohanim’ Prayer Service That Usually Draws Tens Of Thousands. Even That Was A Crowd.

  JERUSALEM (JTA) – A prayer service that typically packs the Western Wall plaza during Passover on Sunday took place with just over 10 men… Read More ›

Coronavirus: Jerusalem’s restricted zones announced, take effect Sunday

Coronavirus: Jerusalem’s restricted zones announced, take effect Sunday

There are four districts specified by the committee, which include mostly haredi (ultra-Orthodox) communities.   The special ministerial committee on coronavirus has approved creating “restricted… Read More ›

Israel’s young generation will foot the coronavirus bill

Israel’s young generation will foot the coronavirus bill

Opinion: While the new finance minister will start their term clutching an open checkbook, it is our children who will end up paying for loans… Read More ›

NIS 500 government payout per child to be deposited in families’ accounts Sunday

NIS 500 government payout per child to be deposited in families’ accounts Sunday

Critics have blasted the across-the-board grants, saying they aren’t targeted at those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic   The National Insurance Institute announced Friday… Read More ›

Lockdown lifted as Israel’s corona count hits around 10,000

Lockdown lifted as Israel’s corona count hits around 10,000

86 people dead * Testing in senior facilities increases * PM slams Bennett for public attack   The curfew and other restrictions imposed on Israelis… Read More ›

How do you shelter from coronavirus when you don’t have a home?

How do you shelter from coronavirus when you don’t have a home?

Israel has put in place emergency regulations prohibiting anyone from venturing more than 100 meters from their houses, but there are those who have no… Read More ›

After week-long lockdown, some Bnei Brak restrictions to be eased

After week-long lockdown, some Bnei Brak restrictions to be eased

Residents of ultra-Orthodox town will be allowed to leave for work or other essential matters, as rest of country emerges from four-days of banned travel… Read More ›

Israel’s Defense Minister And Senior Health Officials Criticize Israel’s Sweeping Lockdown, Call For More Tests

Israel’s Defense Minister And Senior Health Officials Criticize Israel’s Sweeping Lockdown, Call For More Tests

JERUSALEM — Senior officials in Israel continue to criticize the Health Ministry’s policy of imposing sweeping isolation on the entire country while minimizing the importance… Read More ›

Alone at Passover, but not lonely

Alone at Passover, but not lonely

Opinion: Coronavirus doesn’t only force us to hunker down at home and stock up on toilet paper, it exposes issues we have long suppressed in… Read More ›

Coronavirus Passover: Israel under lockdown, 65 people dead

Coronavirus Passover: Israel under lockdown, 65 people dead

149 in serious condition, 117 intubated * Israel loses 37-year-old to the disease   It’s the holiday of freedom and the State of Israel is… Read More ›

Criticism of Haredi coronavirus conduct is not racism

Criticism of Haredi coronavirus conduct is not racism

Opinion: Criticism of the ultra-Orthodox is based on concrete facts that can no longer be ignored; comparing this to anti-Semitism is pure demagogy Veteran TV… Read More ›

Coronavirus: Netanyahu announces nationwide lockdown until Friday

Coronavirus: Netanyahu announces nationwide lockdown until Friday

Israel’s coronavirus death toll reaches 58, cases climb to 8,904.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening announced tough new restrictions on public movement,… Read More ›

In a coronavirus world, remember those who need help

In a coronavirus world, remember those who need help

Opinion: This widespread sense of helplessness is all too familiar to Israel’s citizens with autism who feel isolated, scared and uncertain on a daily basis,… Read More ›

Cry for the people of Bnei Brak, whose leaders let them down

Cry for the people of Bnei Brak, whose leaders let them down

Opinion: The officials running the ultra-Orthodox city betrayed their community by blocking them from vital information, ignoring practical problems of maintaining quarantine and themselves violating… Read More ›

Cabinet names lockdown committee, with 8 cities, Jerusalem areas in crosshairs

Cabinet names lockdown committee, with 8 cities, Jerusalem areas in crosshairs

Late night meeting also authorizes amendment to Basic Law of State Economy to allow country to tackle financial crisis brought on by virus restrictions  … Read More ›

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Israel

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Israel

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Israel’s south on Sunday morning, according to the Geophysical Institute of Israel. According to the institute, the… Read More ›

Home Front Command will not accept responsibility for nursing homes

Home Front Command will not accept responsibility for nursing homes

Nursing homes are under a particular threat, as the elderly community is more at risk from the novel COVID-19 than any other age group.  … Read More ›