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Politics / The Knesset / Coronavirus

MK Bitan's Condition Deteriorating

By Jewish Press News Desk

Senior News12 journalist Amit Segal reported on Telegram that "Bitan is in severe condition."

In Print / Featured / NY / Coronavirus

New York Covid-19 Deaths Seem Unrelated To Mass Adherence To Health Guidelines

By Jewish Press Staff

Williamsburg actually seems to have the lowest death rate of any frum neighborhood.

Headline / Israel / Coronavirus

Govt. Backpaddles on Night Curfew, Opens All Malls

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The cabinet stepped away from its decision to impose a nighttime curfew, apparently after encountering legal issues.

Iran / Coronavirus

Senior Iranian IRGC Quds Force General Dies of COVID-19

By Israel Hayom

Brig. Gen. Abdolrasool Ostovar served with Iranian general Qassem Soleimani,

Featured / Jewish / Global / Coronavirus

Global Study Shows Jews Were Affected by Covid-19 Worse than Non-Jews in First Wave

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jewish communities in the UK, Italy, Belgium and Sweden particularly affected during first wave, but no single Jewish pattern worldwide.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Jerusalem College of Technology Announces New Name for Nursing School

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The Selma Jelinek School of Nursing” is being named after a Jewish Holocaust survivor who served as a nurse in the Russian Army.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Central America

IDF Dispatches Aid to Honduras in Wake of Hurricanes Eta and Iota

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli delegation will operate in cities in the northwest of the country where much damage was done and will assess the damage and review the transport, housing and water infrastructure damaged by the storms.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Volunteer EMT Saves a Life in Ofakim Just Before Shabbat Begins

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Saving a life on Shabbat or Erev Shabbat is very different from saving a life on a weekday,” says Avraham.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

High School Students Back in Class as Covid Infection Rate Rises

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

According to the Ministry of Education’s outline, the students will learn in half classes for at least two days a week, and the rest of their schooling will continue online.

Featured / Israel / Arts and Entertainment / Health and Medicine

EMT/Magician Saves a Boy's Life at Own Magic Show

By Jewish Press News Desk

Last week, the boy, Adam, celebrated his own 11th birthday. Aharon surprised him at the birthday party to finish the show that he ended abruptly three-and-a-half months earlier.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Meet Trio of Petah Tikvah Brothers Who Ride EMT Ambucycles Together

By Jewish Press News Desk

Each of the brothers responds to an average of a 100 medical emergencies a month.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Israeli Epileptic Patient Gets Innovative Pacemaker to Manage Illness

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The implant was performed by Dr. Ido Strauss, director of the functional neurosurgery unit at the Ichilov Neurological Department.

Gaza / Hamas / Coronavirus

Hamas Demands Respirators from Israel as Gaza Sees Sharp Increase in COVID-19 Cases

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip threatened during the first wave that if the residents of the Gaza Strip could not breathe, then six million Israelis would not breathe either.

Israel / Coronavirus

As Litzman Warned, Israel’s Health Ministry says Chanukah Lockdown is Possible

By Israel Hayom

With Israel's COVID-19 infection rate at 1.4 percent, Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy says that the increase in morbidity could lead to new coronavirus restrictions.

Coronavirus

Israel Neonatalogy Report: Only 3.5 Percent of Newborns Contract COVID-19 from Infected Mothers

By Israel Hayom

The Israeli findings correlate with data collected worldwide, which indicate that pregnant women rarely, if ever, transmit coronavirus to fetuses.

Health and Medicine

Measles Outbreaks Anticipated in 2021 as Unexpected Consequence of COVID-19 Pandemic

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The coming months are likely to see increasing numbers of unimmunized children who are susceptible to measles."

Jewish / Diaspora / Health and Medicine

Jewish Agency Launches Emergency Network to Assist Jewish Communities in Crisis

By Jewish Press News Desk

Alongside JReady, The Jewish Agency will continue to operate its Security Assistance Fund, which helps strengthen the security measures of Jewish institutions around the world.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Germany / European Union

‎€10 Million to Israeli-German Development of Drugs Against Lethal Fungal Infections

By Jewish Press News Desk

Invasive fungal infections of the internal organs or bloodstream can have a high level of mortality (up to 50%), are often difficult to treat, and cause at least 1.6 million deaths per year.

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus

Israel to Pay More than $237.5 Million for Potential Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel would give Pfizer a $35 million advance as early as next week and an additional almost $202 million in January, when the possible vaccine would begin arriving.

Coronavirus

Netanyahu Welcomes Pfizer Vaccine Announcement, Says ‘End is in View’ for Pandemic

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli prime minister attends the inauguration of an “innovative” coronavirus testing lab at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Politics / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Haifa U. Study: 2 Prerequisites for Surviving COVID-19: Female Leaders and Tolerance of Uncertainty

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The study findings underscore the complexity of the connection between gender, leadership, and culture."

On Campus / Education / Coronavirus / Sheba Medical Center

Israeli Hospital Creates Unique Program to Keep Schools Open Amid COVID-19

By Sharon Gelbach

The pilot is intended to keep schools open by making them into COVID-free “protective bubbles,”

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

2 Hatzalah EMTs Deliver 3 Babies in Six Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Today certainty has been a bit different,” Daniel said after returning home from the third birth of the morning.

Israel / Jewish / Diaspora / Coronavirus

Over 40,000 Send Flowers for Shabbat to ‘COVID-19 Heroes’ as Part of Shabbat Project

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The “Flowers for Shabbat” initiative was part of this year’s annual international Shabbat Project, which took place in over 1,600 cities and 106 countries around the world.

Islamists / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs / Coronavirus

Muslim Protests & Prayers on Temple Mount Criticized as COVID-19 Spreads Among Israel’s Arabs

By Israel Hayom

The Muslim Waqf makes sure worshippers wear masks and maintain social distancing, but on Friday the weekly prayers turned into a crowded demonstration against French President Emmanuel Macron.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Introducing United Hatzalah Lionesses

By Jewish Press Staff

"This is the daily heroism that is shown by these women, who I am proud to call my fellow EMS responders, my associates, and my friends."

Israel / Health and Medicine

Survey: One-in-Ten Tel Avivians Are Vegan or Vegetarian

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tel Aviv-Yafo is also home to an innovative new Israeli cuisine that fuses together multiple culinary cultures, creating a foodie haven that draws visitors from around the globe.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

United Hatzalah Volunteer Enlists 1,000 Israelis to Rescue Patient from Decrepit Neglect

By Jewish Press Staff

“The smell of the apartment can't be described, it was almost tangible,” Bismouth recounted.

The Knesset / Coronavirus

Israel Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency Until Jan 3

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The measure was approved Thursday via conference call and will take effect upon approval by the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israel Sees Lowest Number of Positive COVID-19 Tests in 4 Months

By Steve

The Ministry of Health updated Tuesday that it recorded 780 new Corona cases in the past 24 hours.

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus

Civilian Flyover Honors MDA, the IDF, Medical Staff

By Jewish Press Staff

The planes flew over Poriah, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Hillel Yaffe and Laniado hospitals, and later over the beaches of Herzliya, Tel Aviv and Ashdod.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Health and Medicine

Naftali Bennett to Undergo Back Surgery

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bennett says his back problem stems from carrying a little too much when served in the IDF Special Forces Sayeret Matkal unit.

Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar Ilan Researchers Use Gold Nanorod Scattering to Identify the Immune System's 'Killer and Savior'

By Jewish Press Staff

Further development of this technique will lead to novel methods to predict stages of manifestation of diseases like cancer from simple tissue fluids or blood samples.

NY / Antisemitism / Coronavirus

Group Rallies Against Cuomo, de Blasio over new COVID Restrictions Directed at Jews

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Jewish leaders and groups, specifically the ultra-Orthodox community, have sharply criticized the two leaders for their enforcement of coronavirus restrictions amid a spike in cases.

NY / Politics / Coronavirus

Cuomo Announces COVID-19 Vaccination Program Ahead of Yet-to-Be-Delivered Vaccine

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Vaccination Program prioritizes vaccination recipients based on science, clinical expertise, and public health.

Coronavirus

Virusight Diagnostic Integrated into Sheba Medical Center’s Battle Against COVID-19

By Jewish Press News Desk

The company is currently developing and testing revolutionary COVID-19 rapid tests, based on Newsight Imaging’s spectral technology.

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus

Medical Team Quarantined after Saving Girl Who Later Tested Positive for Corona

By Jewish Press Staff

"We saved a life that day, and I would do it again in a heartbeat, even knowing the risk.”

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Givat Ze'ev Wedding Policeman Tests Positive for Corona

By Jewish Press News Desk

All the police who were at the wedding have been sent into quarantine

NY / Antisemitism / Coronavirus

Elan Carr Criticizes Gov. Cuomo for Coronavirus Restrictions Targeting Orthodox Jews

By Jackson Richman / JNS

Carr: New York’s governor and mayor could have handled the situation far better with communities wanting to “worship and attend funerals.”

Israel / Politics / Health and Medicine

Naftali Bennett Hospitalized for Back Pain

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bennett suffers from back pains since his service in the IDF's special forces.

Jewish / Health and Medicine

Former UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Has Cancer

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The statement did not specify the type of cancer or how severe it is.

Government / Coronavirus

Netanyahu Cautions Corona Cabinet: Let's Avoid New Lockdown in 3 Weeks

By Jewish Press News Desk

We want to converge on the indicators which the Health Ministry and the experts have suggested to us so that we can begin to gradually ease the current conditions of the lockdown.

Featured / Israel / Coronavirus

Ex-Haredi Volunteer EMT Helping Corona Patients with Love and Kindness

By Jewish Press News Desk

With his vibrant purple hair and multiple piercings, Dvir does not look like a guy who grew up in a Haredi home, but he did, in Jerusalem.

Video of the Day / Jerusalem / Coronavirus

Community in Shock over Images from Police Raid on Illegal Wedding in Givat Ze'ev

By Jewish Press News Desk

The groom's attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir issued a statement saying "the police is not behaving even as they did at Hamas weddings in eastern Jerusalem."

Coronavirus

US Scientists Warn Swine Coronavirus Has Potential to Spread to Humans

By Jewish Press News Desk

The COVID-19 pandemic is . . . a reminder that many coronavirus strains found in animals have the potential to infect humans as well.

Israel / Chessed and Tzedaka / Coronavirus

Never Alone: Tel Aviv Municipal Employees Call Thousands of Seniors during Lockdown

By Jewish Press News Desk

Workers from all municipal departments are participating in the effort and conducted more than 37,000 phone calls to date.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Israeli Health Ministry: More Than Half of Elderly COVID Patients are Ultra-Orthodox

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.

Health and Medicine

Hatzalah EMT Saves Two Choking Victims in One Emergency

By Jewish Press News Desk

Veteran EMT responds to a choking incident and saves a man's life, following which the man’s daughter suddenly chokes and the EMT saved her, too.

Israel / Police and Crime / Coronavirus

Poll: Israelis’ Confidence in Police Drops Amid Second Lockdown

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.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Study: Cognitive Function Same in Elderly Patients With & Without Cannabis

By Jewish Press News Desk

“A growing number of elderly people have been using cannabis in recent years to treat pain."

Israel / Health and Medicine

Baby Girl Rescued From Hot Locked Car in Petah Tikvah

By Jewish Press News Desk

"This is one of the many emergency calls that I have gone to that make all of the training and volunteering worthwhile."

Israel / Coronavirus

Serological Survey Shows Israel Far from COVID-19 ‘Herd Immunity’

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.

IDF & Security / US / Chessed and Tzedaka / Coronavirus

FIDF Delivers Emergency Packages To Quarantined IDF Soldiers

By Jewish Press News Desk

During the week of Sukkot, FIDF has been distributing tens of thousands of nourishing meals, personal hygiene kits, and other products.

NY / Coronavirus

Ambulnz Steps Up To Provide Help to 'Hot Zone' Communities

By Jewish Press Staff

As Governor Cuomo shuts down schools in Brooklyn, Orthodox Jews feel unfairly targeted.

Israel / Coronavirus

Tel Aviv Launches COVID-19 Epidemiological Center with 100 Investigators

By Jewish Press News Desk

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).

Jewish / NY / Coronavirus

Cuomo Threatens to Shutter Synagogues Ahead of Meeting with Chassidim on COVID Spike

By Faygie Levy Holt

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.

Health and Medicine

Jewish Scientist Among Three Recipients of Nobel Prize for Medicine

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Harvey J. Alter, along with Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice, received the prestigious prize for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Health and Medicine / Gulf States / UAE

Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital Holds Medical Conference with Abu Dhabi Medical Center

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital made history when it held a medical conference in collaboration with an Abu Dhabi Medical Center, the first medical collaboration between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Gaza / Hamas / Coronavirus

Top Hamas Official Enters Quarantine After Testing Positive for COVID-19

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.

NY / News Briefs / Video of the Day / Arts and Entertainment / Coronavirus

Chassidic Singer to Help Raise Awareness of COVID-19 in Religious Communities

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.

Israel / Coronavirus

Health Ministry Official: 12% of Subjects Test Positive for COVID-19, Israel Will Exit Lockdown at 7%

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.

Israel / Holidays & Observances / Health and Medicine

EMT's Account of First Rosh Hashanah Night Call: Helping God Inscribe Heart Patient in Book of Life

By Jewish Press News Desk

I can’t explain the feeling I had as I drove my ambucycle back home and walked into my living room to see my family still waiting for me.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Video of the Day / Health and Medicine / Islamic Jihad / Rockets from Gaza

Attack in Ashdod: This Is How It Looks When a Rocket Hits

By Jewish Press News Desk

The injuries followed a rocket that landed in the city center while the peace signing ceremony was in progress in Washington, DC.

Health and Medicine

Woman Gives Birth on Highway 4 near Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

“This was a truly meaningful way to start one’s day.”

Headline / Government / Coronavirus

Minister Litzman Resigns in Protest of Upcoming Holiday Lockdown Decision

By Jewish Press Staff

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.

Israel / US / Diaspora / Chessed and Tzedaka / Coronavirus

First US-Israel Conference on Humanitarian Response to Covid-19 Held Next Monday

By Jewish Press News Desk

“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."

US / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Preventing Firearm Suicide During Covid-19, Social Unrest, as Firearm Purchases Hit the Roof

By Jewish Press News Desk

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.

Palestinian Authority / Coronavirus

10 PA Arabs Die of Coronavirus Overnight

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem, Hebron, and Gaza have registered more than 100 new cases each.

Israel / Science and Tech / Coronavirus / European Union

EU Grants 9 Israeli Groups $5.3 Million to Tackle Coronavirus Outbreak

By Jewish Press News Desk

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.

Israel / Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education

Bar Ilan's Social Incubator Brings Improved Healthcare to Disadvantaged Populations in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The Raphael Project has demonstrated that the concept of a 'social incubator' can be successful in bringing about health benefits to disadvantaged communities."

Headline / US / Coronavirus

US Surgeon General Briefs Jewish Leaders on Best Practices for High Holiday Gatherings

By Faygie Levy Holt

“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.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Israel Launches Nanosatellite to Perform Groundbreaking Medical Experiments in Space

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The laboratory, developed by Israel’s SpacePharma, will conduct four experiments in the fields of medicine, biology and chemistry.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israeli Scientist Predicts End is Near for Coronavirus Peak in Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

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.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israeli Health Minister Urges Public to Refrain from High Holiday Gatherings

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“This year our responsibility is not to gather in large groups around the family holiday table,” says Yuli Edelstein.

Israel / Photo of the Day / Coronavirus

School Children Pamper Coronavirus Staff at Tiberias Hospital

By Jewish Press News Desk

Each member of the medical staff received a personal gift: designer coffee cup filled with chocolate bars.

Headline / Jewish / Coronavirus

Remembering the Jewish Lives Lost to COVID-19

By Chabad.org

“Each Person, a World” pays tribute to 1,200 Jewish victims of the coronavirus from around the globe.

Featured / Health and Medicine

2-Year-Old Drowning Victim Meets Rescuers

By Jewish Press News Desk

The family of a 2-year-old boy who drowned in sedot michah and miraculously survived thanked the first responders who saved their son.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Report: El Al Extends Ban on Passenger Flights Until End of September

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.”

Israel / Health and Medicine

First Time Ever - United Hatzalah Receives Official Visit From Israel's Health Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's previous health minister did not have a good relationship with the popular volunteer EMT organization.

Israel / Global / Travel / Coronavirus

(Partially) Open Skies: Israel to Accept Foreign Tourists in September

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel partially reopened its skies this week, with visitors from “green countries” exempt from quarantine upon arrival.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Europe / Coronavirus

Israel Reopens its Skies, with Caveats

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.

Featured / Jerusalem / Coronavirus

Jerusalem: 3 Corona Patients Treated with Passive Vaccine Fully Recover

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.

Israel / Travel / Europe / Coronavirus

Greece, Israel Sign Tourism Deal to Allow 600 Israelis to Visit Per Week

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.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Defense Minister Gantz Undergoes Back Surgery

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Gantz sustained a back injury years ago during his service in the IDF.

Travel / Jerusalem / Coronavirus

With No Incoming Tourism, Jerusalem Shifts Focus to Israelis

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The city is offering free entrances to tourist attractions, culinary tours, tour guides, and other attractions.

Featured / Israel / Arts and Entertainment / Coronavirus

Tel Aviv Municipality Presents: Israel's First Floating Cinema

By Jewish Press News Desk

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.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Israel to Begin Partial reopening of skies on Aug. 16

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Tourism Minister Asaf Zamir called the move “important news for the aviation sector and all Israelis.”

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