יום שישי, כ״ד אב תשפ״וFriday, August 7, 2026
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The COVID-19 pandemic is . . . a reminder that many coronavirus strains found in animals have the potential to infect humans as well.
These tests will be free of charge for the first month of school.
Workers from all municipal departments are participating in the effort and conducted more than 37,000 phone calls to date.
By Israel Hayom
The ultra-Orthodox comprise about 12 percent of Israel’s general population and only a fraction of the population aged 65 and over.
Erekat, 65, received a lung transplant in October 2017.
By Israel Hayom
Hebrew University survey finds that only 38 percent of Israelis trust that the Israel Police is doing its job properly, compared to 59 percent during the first lockdown in March.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Coronavirus antibodies were found in 5.5 percent of the population—far short of the figure required for “herd immunity,” according to the ministry.
During the week of Sukkot, FIDF has been distributing tens of thousands of nourishing meals, personal hygiene kits, and other products.
As Governor Cuomo shuts down schools in Brooklyn, Orthodox Jews feel unfairly targeted.
With 2,108 active Corona patients, Tel Aviv-Yafo's rate of infection is 3.8 per 1,000 residents (compared with its neighbor to the east, Bnei Brak, where the rate is 26.58 per 1,000).
Whether synagogues or “whether talking about black churches or Roman Catholic Churches, the community must agree to the rules,” insisted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
By Israel Hayom
Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri is believed to have contracted the disease while meeting with Fatah officials in Turkey as part of reconciliation efforts between the two groups.
People's "life's work is collapsing before their eyes," said MK Razvozov.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Shulem Lemmer will be interviewing U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir to gain more information to pass on to areas in New York that are seeing a rise in cases.
If 80 percent of Israeli citizens were to wear masks, we would beat Corona in just six weeks.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel has entered a three weeklong lockdown, but it is expected to last even longer and its limitations may be tightened.
They need a miracle. Meanwhile, they sing.
Litzman said that it was a mistake to have pushed off the Coronavirus lockdown for so long, and Gamzu's plan all along was to shut down the shuls on the High Holidays.
“Unfortunately, the Covid-19 crisis is here to stay, and therefore this dialogue is a unique opportunity for the NGOs to build up their impact on the field."
Since March, America has seen a surge in firearm purchases and increased difficulty in access to mental health care, especially in communities most affected by the virus.
Jerusalem, Hebron, and Gaza have registered more than 100 new cases each.
The program enables Israeli participants to compete for extensive grants which support long-term R&D and test applications of proposed solutions in a variety of fields together with potential customers.
“You all are on the front lines ... people will heed your advice in ways they won’t mine as surgeon general,” Dr. Jerome Adams told Jewish leaders.
According to the scientist's calculations, Israel needs 1.16 million people with antibodies in order to achieve herd immunity and it is very close to that number.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This year our responsibility is not to gather in large groups around the family holiday table,” says Yuli Edelstein.
Each member of the medical staff received a personal gift: designer coffee cup filled with chocolate bars.
By Chabad.org
“Each Person, a World” pays tribute to 1,200 Jewish victims of the coronavirus from around the globe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli airline is extending the unpaid leave of most of its 6,080 employees • El Al CEO: “There is still a significant way to go until the restart of scheduled flights.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel partially reopened its skies this week, with visitors from “green countries” exempt from quarantine upon arrival.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis can fly to Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia, but must be tested for COVID-19 before flying and remain in quarantine upon arrival until receiving the results.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The first three patients who recovered as part of the clinical study demonstrated a rapid clinical benefit and have been discharged home from the hospital.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis will reportedly be limited to four locations and will have to remain in quarantine until receiving the results of a pre-flight COVID-19 test.
The city is offering free entrances to tourist attractions, culinary tours, tour guides, and other attractions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The buyer is a Chinese businessman living in the United States.
The launch of the "sail-in" floating cinema joins a long list of municipal initiatives launched in recent months to support cultural activity in the city.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tourism Minister Asaf Zamir called the move “important news for the aviation sector and all Israelis.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“This is the first vial of the vaccine; since last Thursday, we have a vaccine.”
This is one of the longer stays anywhere in the world for a hospitalized Corona patient.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The four tech systems being tested are the Corona voice test, breathalyzer test based on terahertz waves, isothermal test, and polyamine acids test.
A parliamentary assistant to a Likud Member of Knesset (MK) reported having Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms.
However, "intensive care hospitalization is 1.5 times higher compared to non-pregnant women. The need for respiration is 1.7 times higher."
Anti-Defamation League’s Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian also addressed “complexities” of Jewish community’s approach to Black Lives Matter.
Each screening will welcome a total of 200 vehicles, movie audio will be transmitted in high quality via an FM radio frequency.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The plan includes significantly increasing the number of tests, cutting the infection chains with the new IDF apparatus, transparency with the public in order to re-create trust, classifying local authorities by color according to Corona data, and releasing restrictions in places where the data is positive.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
According to the heads of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, the Israeli Health Ministry will announce the new directives by Wednesday.
The students will be absorbed in labs at all Israeli universities, including those researching coronavirus.
“I was made aware that I could donate plasma and that this would help save the lives of others who are suffering from this terrible disease,” Beer said on Sunday.
Using the real-world data and Israeli cohort of 782 COVID-19 positive patients and 7,807 COVID-19 negative patients, the groups identified that low plasma vitamin D level appears to be an independent risk factor for COVID-19 infection and hospitalization.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We will continue to move the wheels of the economy in order to put people back to work,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the US alone, more than one hundred people from the Halabi Jewish community died in one month.
"The State of Israel expects Israeli industry to solve these most complex challenges – mainly health and economic challenges. However, we will not be able to do so without the necessary assistance."
Barkat thinks the plan could bring 100,000 workers back to the job market within two years.
The revolutionary device that uses light waves to analyze molecular content of the biological samples.
By Marc Gronich
There are free borders, Potosek said. The governor made that pretty clear. We’re not restricting travel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel is working to sign deals with multiple companies, as AstraZeneca and Oxford University report promising findings from early testing of a new vaccine.
Governor Cuomo threatened to reverse bars and restaurant openings if overcrowding there continued.
Anyone who receives a message saying he/she is obligated to go into self-quarantine may ask the Health Ministry to reexamine the data on which the decision was based.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Nearly 1,600 people tested positive for the coronavirus this weekend; more than 400 Israelis have been killed by the virus.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Likud faction leader MK Miki Zohar rails against the health hazard posed by the demonstrations, in view of renewed coronavirus restrictions.
As of Sunday, the Bedouin city of Rahat has an infection rate of 3.59 out of 1,000 residents, with 244 verified patients.
"Just because triage is correct under some circumstances does not mean that it is correct under all circumstances."
"The alternative to the steps that we take today – is much harsher steps tomorrow."
”Even if we’re far away from our students there’s no doubt that this remains an ultimate teaching moment.”
The tests are forwarded to the Health Ministry where they will be evaluated to determine whether the new technology produces reliable results.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein says that unless the country’s COVID-19 numbers change within three days, a full shutdown is on the way.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Netanyahu: "The rescue plan is “comprehensive” and “unprecedented,” but there are still “holes in the net.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Coronavirus figures are rising too fast in too many countries, warns the head of the World Health Organization.
Cholesterol-lowering drug may hold key to stopping Covid-19 in its Tracks.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We are collapsing,” INA head Ilana Cohen wrote in a letter to Finance Minister Israel Katz.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Steinitz says closing the country down to combat the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases will benefit the economy in the long term.
The program pairs psychologists and therapists who are part of the PCRU in Israel with frontline workers in the US for a completely anonymous and free session.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Some 760 nurses are in quarantine following to their possible exposure to COVID-19 carriers.
By HaKol HaYehudi / Yehuda Pearl
In 2001, he took part in the shooting attack on a group of hikers on Mount Ebal in Samaria, where Rabbi Benjamin Herling, a resident of Kedumim, was murdered.
Minister Zeev Elkin entered quarantine on Sunday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Many in the Jewish and Muslim community eat kosher or halal food and have not been able to benefit from these programs,” stated a letter signed by two senators.
Entire neighborhoods where Coronavirus cases have spiked have been placed in lockdown to slow the spread to other areas.
The exodus from Beitar Ilit on Wednesday morning perfectly showcased the abject failure of the Israeli government to properly deal with the second Coronavirus wave.
Covid-19 has created a “new and unique wave of anti-Semitism around the world: the Jews, Zionists or the State of Israel are to blame for the pandemic and stand to gain from it.”
By Marc Gronich
The case has has morphed into whether the governor has the constitutional right to issue the executive order closing down overnight camps this summer.
For the second year in a row, US campuses have experienced a significant decline in classic anti-Semitic harassment (down 49%) and a significant increase in Israel-related incidents (up 60%).
Data suggest that the pandemic may exacerbate underlying inequalities.
This joint initiative brings together some of the region’s most active players in the response to COVID-19.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“If we do not block the spread of the coronavirus we will have neither health nor an economy.”
Following the sharp rise in the number of cases in the PA, the PA announced the return to a total lockdown throughout the areas under its control .
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The ban on foreigners arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport—and requirement for Israelis returning from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days—was scheduled to expire on July 1• Meanwhile, many airlines have resumed flights to and from Tel Aviv.
Prime Minister Netanyahu also referred to the raucous demonstrations outside his official residence in Jerusalem, calling to unseat him.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Although Israel and the UAE don’t have formal diplomatic relations, the two nations have grown closer amid the Iranian threat.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This tool, used only if necessary and fully monitored, will be used solely to stop the spread of the pandemic.”
Two months ago, Hadassah Medical Center started collecting plasma rich with antibodies from recovered Coronavirus patients, with the aim of producing a treatment for severely ill patients.
"Beyond this, we are facing a systematic increase in morbidity."
To gain entry, SARS-CoV-2 uses its spike protein to bind to two known proteins on human cells, called ACE2 and CD147. Blocking these interactions would keep the virus from infecting cells.
Howard Slugh of the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty said the First Amendment applies to everyone unless the government has a compelling interest to restrict religious gatherings.
Cleaning was carried out in all offices at Beit HaNasi, including bathrooms and kitchens.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is “accelerating” the process, but at 25 percent capacity and only in areas that have entered “phase 2” of the state’s reopening from the coronavirus shutdown.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh says the refusal is due to the fact that the aid from Abu Dhabi was coordinated with Israel.
Switzerland, Germany and Israel now rank in the top three positions.
MKs Matanes Shahadeh, Hiba Yazbak, Aida Toma Suleiman and Ayman Odeh as well as 2 faction directors and 4 guests who visited Abu Shahade’s office were also required to enter into home quarantine.
By Eliana Rudee
Through online dialogue, meetings and webinars, Israelis share their innovative projects that can provide individuals and communities with ideas as they work to adapt to the coronavirus crisis in the short and long term.
Two-thirds of the NBN applicants stated that they want to make Aliyah in summer 2020. Over half of the applicants come from New York, New Jersey, California and Florida.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
As the number of fresh cases continues to rise, health and education officials consider shuttering the school system for the rest of the academic year.
August 7, 2026 
