Dozens of Israeli Cities Face New COVID-19 Lockdowns
JNS.org – Faced with alarming daily numbers of new confirmed cases in a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israeli Health Ministry decided on Tuesday to ask the...
Hebrew University Study Shows Coronavirus Restrictions May Be Working
JNS.org – New research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem indicates that since the Israeli government reinstated bans on public gatherings approximately 10 days ago, the country is seeing...
Israel’s 2nd COVID Lockdown Carries Hefty Economic Price
Restaurateur Tamir Barelko has had enough.
Israel‘s decision last month to impose a second nationwide lockdown after a resurgence in coronavirus infections has dealt a hammer blow to the economy...
Cuomo Moves Up NYC School Shutdowns in Hot Spots
All New York City public schools located in the nine ZIP codes that have been deemed hot spots for rising COVID-19 cases will be closed, beginning October 6, New...
Netanyahu: ‘Complete’ Lockdown Possible
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday there would be “no avoiding” a complete lockdown if the rate of coronavirus infections did not decrease.
“If we do not see...
Dr. Sicklick’s COVID Update for Lawrence and 5T
November 23, 2020
If you watch or read the news, you're being bombarded with conflicting messages on a continuous basis. Hang in there, the vaccines are coming. Watch out, the...
COVID-19 Phone Surveillance Extended for 21 More Days
JNS.org – Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Intelligence Services on Wednesday extended the mandate given to the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) to trace the mobile phones of coronavirus patients,...
Israel Sees Nearly 5,000 New COVID Cases in 24 Hours
JNS.org – Israel’s COVID-19 morbidity rate continues to rise, hitting another record from Monday to Tuesday with 4,973 confirmed positives, or 12 percent of all tests processed in that...
UK Chief Rabbi: ‘Synagogues Will Not Open for a Long Time’
JNS.org – Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis projected on Thursday that all houses of worship affiliated with the United Synagogue — the largest network of Orthodox...
Survey: Federal Loans to Jewish Groups Fall Well Below Need
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — A new survey found that Jewish organizations have received at least $264 million in U.S. government loans under the recently passed stimulus bill.
As of now, the...
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