Posts Tagged: Coronavirus Israel
Our Response to Coronavirus Must Be Selflessness Toward Others
One of the 17th century’s greatest intellectual celebrities was Sir Isaac Newton, a central figure of what we now refer to as the Scientific Revolution,...
Nearly Half of Israelis Say They Have Taken Financial Hit From Coronavirus Pandemic
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Thursday published information on the psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing lockdown on the country's population. According...
Fighting COVID-19, Conspiracy Theories, and Antisemitism
It is a story that dates back centuries. A crisis occurs and conspiracy theories emerge to offer one-size-fits-all explanations. More often than not, Jews are...
The Very Strong Silver Lining of COVID-19
Coronavirus has shaken up the world to an extent not experienced since World War II. In an era when the word unprecedented is used constantly,...
If You Hate Flying Now, Just Wait
JNS.org - Everyone’s got an opinion on what the post-corona world will look like. What will the economy look like? Which businesses will remain and...
For Israel, a Country With No History of Pandemics, Improvisation Is Key
Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina opens with the well-known sentence, “All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Applying this logic...
Israeli Researchers Throw Cold Water on Defense Minister’s Claim of ‘Breakthrough’ Coronavirus Treatment
Israeli experts on Tuesday urged caution a day after Defense Minister Naftali Bennett hailed Israeli scientists for making a “breakthrough” in treating the coronavirus. On Monday,...
Israeli Army Partners With HMO to Develop Innovative Coronavirus Testing Unit
CTech - Israeli health maintenance organization (HMO) Leumit Health Care Services has partnered with the Israeli Army's Technology and Logistics Branch to build an innovative...
Pandemic Sets the Stage for a Western-Asian Ideological Contest
As the scale of the coronavirus pandemic grew more and more apparent, apocalyptic scenarios quickly multiplied. Many expected the world to undergo structural changes primarily...
Why Israel Will Beat COVID-19
Sitting in the tiny, closet-like office, we could barely move the chairs around to get the four of us into the cramped space. There was...
Coronavirus and the Arab Culture of Secrecy
Misinformation is a pillar of governance in most Arab regimes. Anyone trying to follow current events in the Arab world could be misled into believing the...
Coronavirus Threatens to Drive Wedge Into US-Gulf Relations
The coronavirus crisis is changing the political landscape of the Middle East, as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and militants in countries like Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon...
Despite COVID-19, the Israeli Economy Will Continue to Thrive
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics reported that Israel’s economy grew by 3.3% in 2019. While this is slightly lower than...
Judaism’s Priorities During Coronavirus and Other Times
My nephew Dov, a philosopher, scholar, and rabbi of YAKAR Jerusalem, sent me an essay he recently published entitled “On Social Distancing and Deontology.” It...
