Posts Tagged: coronavirus response
Coronavirus and Muslim Clerics
On hearing initial reports of the deadly spread of coronavirus in China, many in the Arab world rejoiced. Arab social media threads called the virus...
Homebound Seniors in Israel Battle Isolation, Loneliness During Pandemic
JNS.org - While a number of Jewish organizations are focused on helping the elderly in Israel, who are at a higher risk of getting extremely...
Inspiring American Youth When Coronavirus Demands Altruism
I grew up in Miami but never participated in the spring break ritual, because I was studying in a yeshiva. So no doubt there is...
The Effect of Coronavirus on the Global Economy
China has been severely affected by the outbreak of the devastating coronavirus (COVID-19). The Chinese manufacturing and services sectors plunged to record lows in February,...
Coronavirus Is Bringing Israel Together — and Help to the World
The world is currently dealing with a micro-sized enemy. It’s a type of enemy rarely seen before. It already has sent millions of humans into...
Finding the Silver Lining in COVID-19
It is often the challenging times that we remember the best -- and learn from the most. They are also our proudest moments, if we...
Israel’s Critics Distort the Country’s Coronavirus Response
At a time of a global pandemic, Israel is taking drastic measures to prevent COVID-19 from potentially killing thousands of its citizens. But while the...
New Immigrants to Israel Jump Right In… to a Coronavirus Quarantine
JNS.org - The first few weeks after making aliyah are typically a flurry of activity, with the newly minted Israeli dashing from government offices to...
Coronavirus in the Middle East: A Missed Chance for Reform
Iran has become the poster child of what happens when the public distrusts a government that has a track record of being untransparent from the...
Can the Arab World Cope With the Coronavirus?
Just as Italy is the source of much of the spread of the coronavirus in the Western world, Iran has been the source of most...
The World’s Newest Virus Intersects With the World’s Oldest
The coronavirus pandemic may be new, but Jews have a long and tragic history when it comes to viruses -- wrought by nature or conceived...
Don’t Fear Shin Bet Technology for Curbing Corona
JNS.org - During the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the Israeli government unanimously approved an additional emergency measure to track and trace the steps of...
How Shin Bet, Israel Police Will Use Tracking Technology to Battle a New Enemy: COVID-19
JNS.org - The interim Israeli government took the unprecedented step on Monday night of passing emergency regulations to bypass existing law, and equip the Shin...
