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By Israel Hayom
Israeli Defense Ministry’s Tank Rehabilitation and Maintenance Center is churning out 1,400 pairs of protective goggles a day • “We are working at full strength to find creative solutions that will save lives,” says Maintenance Center commander Col. Udi Amira.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
While preparations for an exit from the Corona-related lockdown after the Passover holiday were underway one localized flare-up would torpedo all efforts.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the dean of the Israel’s Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, said while cremation is normally considered a “desecration” in Judaism, if it helps save a life during this time it would be “a mitzvah that the deceased is doing posthumously.”
By Josh Hasten
The first group were infected by one person during the Purim Megillah reading, the next day, 17 people had Purim seudah with that person, then on Shabbat, that group split up into different minyanim...
The Israeli government tasked Colel Chabad with providing Passover food security for 30,000 households affected by the Coronavirus economic crisis.
The Chinese wet markets have reopened, bats and other animals are again being sold for food.
There are a shortage of respirators everywhere.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Infections in Bnei Brak are increasing eightfold every three days, compared to the twofold national average.
By Josh Wander
When asked what should the Jewish response be to Coronavirus, Rav Binyamin Elyashiv performed a Goral HaGra, and the response he received...
By Eliana Rudee
Staff members are at the forefront of medical technologies and innovation, task forces, methods and vaccines in the making, working to protect the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Our children /lare watching their parents to see how we are holding up, and looking to us for cues.
Rabbi Shimon Freundlich, the Chabad-Lubavitch shaliach to Beijing, China speaks of the dangers of congregating in minyanim due to the rapid spread of the highly contagious Coronavirus. He addresses the issues of assembling outdoor minyanim and said that those are strictly prohibited as well.
Defense officials are working on a national plan to get food, medical equipment and other basic needs to vulnerable Israelis under COVID-19.
Bennett opposes a complete lock-down in Israel at this point.
Johnson said his Covid-19 symptoms are mild.
The emergency number for the new dispatch center is the same as United Hatzalah’s regular number of 1221.
All tax returns and tax payments for 2019 and estimated tax payments for 2020 otherwise due initially April 15 will not be due before July 15.
Setting up an ad hoc distribution center, the Kibbutz elders sorted the flowers and the youth set up a circulation point, all working 18 hours a day to save the flowers.
The equipment, which was donated by the World Health Organization (WHO), was transferred on Wednesday from Jordan into the PA via the IDF.
A clause was included in a Parliamentary bill, allowing for families of the deceased to oppose cremation out of religious reasons.
Pesach programs are now taking calls from customers who want a refund, and getting one is not always simple.
Even more "Stay at Home" than before.
The virus apparently began to spread at a Purim party.
An 87-year-old Israeli man has become the third Israeli to die of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), according to the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Anyone who holds a valid visa to immigrate to Israel is entitled enter Israel under the Law of Return, even though the borders are currently closed to foreign nationals.
The project involves more than 250 volunteers who deliver cooked meals to the elderly and other home-bound residents in each of Modiin’s 13 neighborhoods three times a week.
Israel started the morning with 529 Coronavirus patients. That number has since gone up.
Israel has updated and clarified which non-citizens will and will not be allowed into Israel.
Rabbi Riskin also ruled that someone who has been tested for Coronavirus must leave their phone on during Shabbat in case they get the results back.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Forgoing rent, free venues for ad-hoc weddings, free babysitting, food donations, and more. Israelis are finding ways to help one another through this crisis.
When the butcher came, people lunged at him and began grabbing meat off his tray.
By Sandy Eller
At Monsey's Yeshiva Ketana Ohr Reuven, four-year-old Tani Kahana has been davening together with his class on a video chat.
The majority of the patients are in light condition, 10 are in moderate condition and five are in serious condition.
This fund will primarily support elderly Israelis, some of whom are Holocaust survivors, with packages of food and other essential items.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Up to 80 percent of Israel’s public-sector workers and 70 percent of its private-sector office workers to go on leave until after Passover.
Satellite images reportedly showing the digging of mass graves in Iran.
As 324 people in Israel have tested positive for Coronavirus, 11 Israelis have recovered.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We always have, and always will, prioritize the safety and well-being of our students,” said Joe Wolfson, AMHSI-JNF chairman of the board.
Iran's official Coronavirus death toll is over 725, with some 14,000 people having tested positive. Unofficially...
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
COGAT and the Israeli Ministry of Health will continue their efforts to assist the PA in curbing the spread of the virus.
The decision came after consultation with Israel's Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef.
Jewish federations, denominations, day schools, Hebrew classes and synagogues are adapting to weeks and possibly months of social distancing and quarantines due to the pandemic.
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin is in quarantine, and has issued instructions to the town of Efrat.
Excluded from the closures are nursery schools and kindergartens, classes up to 3rd grade, special education, and at-risk schools.
All the major banks are offering generous deferrals on mortgage payments to help them get through this difficult period.
The Hebrew University said it is well prepared for crisis events and has – aside from the online courses – arranged for some staff to be able to work from home.
This is an unprecedented American-Jewish leadership response to the spread of Coronavirus by the Bergen County Jewish leadership.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Because of the nature of the Bergen County Jewish community, families are often affiliated with more than one school, with significant interaction among the teachers and student populations. Several schools reported having a parent, staff member or student with symptoms of the virus.
Gabbay said he has sold millions of his mask – which was originally designed for chemotherapy patients with compromised autoimmune systems – since the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
Netanyahu: "With G-d's help and the cooperation of all of us, we will overcome this crisis."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The government announced Sunday that anyone arriving in Israel from abroad will have to self-quarantine, and only foreigners who can prove they have a place to self-quarantine will be admitted into the country.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A few hundred troops, trained to operate with the civilian population at a time of crisis, will assist the government in its efforts to stem the spread of the virus in Israel.
The Hezbollah terror chief reportedly met with a high-level Iranian delegation.
Palestinian Authority police are searching for foreigners and checking the passports of "non-Palestinians" they encounter.
Tourists and workers from abroad are being verbally abused, spat at and accused of “bringing Corona to Palestine.”
Much of the Mossad's work is overseas.
For the next 2 weeks, everyone entering Israel will be required to enter quarantine for 2 weeks.
Local residents are reporting that all the medical centers in the area are closed and the only emergency room at El Hussein Hospital is not even fully operational.
The PA has ordered the closure of all educational institutions, and banned all public events planned in these areas, including prayers in mosques and churches.
The Marathon has been postponed until after the holidays, in October. The notice did not say which year.
70,000 Israelis are currently quarantined with over 50,000 of those returning from trips to Europe.
The patient, a resident of Migdal Ha’Emek in the north, visited with his family in Milan last week, where he was infected.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We pledge to help ensure that Chinese people feel safe and supported, and to combat attacks and stereotyping on social media,” the letter said. “We know from history that such fearmongering can be devastating.”
From clothing to Kosher food to Passover programs... everything is affected.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The vaccine will be oral, making it particularly accessible to the general public.
Parents in eastern Jerusalem fear that Coronavirus has arrived in the city after a group of 14 girls returned from a trip in northern Italy and did not stay in quarantine.
Netanyahu announced that Australia and Italy would be added to the list of countries with entry restrictions, joining Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and China.
Sheba is set to comfortably host the quarantined travelers, keeping both staff and other patients safe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new restriction will affect those who have traveled within the last two weeks to Thailand, Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Sheba Medical Center is preparing to treat Coronavirus victims with a variety of high-tech tools.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel’s embassy in Japan has been working to ensure that the Israelis receive needed medications and kosher food.
Israel's Foreign Ministry stressed that at this stage, Israelis are not among those suspected of having the virus.
Only approximately 150,000 vaccines remain in stock.
July 17, 2026 
