Posts Tagged: coronavirus response
The Most Popular Video on Israel’s Health Ministry YouTube Page Is Meant to Save Arab Lives
Remember when anti-Israel haters accused the Jewish state of withholding information about COVID-19 from Arabic-speaking residents? It was all false, of course. But the most popular video...
Mourning in 2020: Tisha B’Av Spotlights Losses Old and New
JNS.org - This year, Jews the world over got into the Tisha B’Av mood several months earlier than usual. During a typical summer, Jewish families and...
Israeli COVID Travel Restrictions: An Ethical Borderline
JNS.org - Of the many transformative realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps the most evident on the global scale is how it has forced...
Fighting Food Shortages in Israel During COVID-19
JNS.org - In early July, Knesset member Tzachi Hanegbi maintained on Israel’s Channel 12 news that those who claim to have reached the point of...
Israeli Defense Companies Team With UAE Firm to Develop Breakthrough Coronavirus Technology
JNS.org - Two leading Israeli defense companies have recently announced historic cooperation agreements with Group42 (G42), a technology company from the United Arab Emirates, in...
Checking in on COVID-19 and Jewish Seniors
JNS.org - As America’s battle with the novel coronavirus has raged on, America’s Jewish community has suffered its share of losses, particularly early on when...
How Israel Is Cultivating Peace During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has pillaged the global community. Everyone has been affected. In Israel, the disturbing side effects trickle down through society, and millions have...
Following COVID-19 — Right Over the Green Line
JNS.org - The coronavirus pandemic knows no borders, and its rate of infection is breaking records by the day. It’s also a fact that shutting...
Facing a Pandemic of Crises, Few Middle Eastern Leaders Step Up
A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is raising its ugly head. It is putting Middle Eastern leaders at a crossroads as they struggle to...
The Overnight Camp Summer That Wasn’t
JNS.org - Dahlia Jones was looking forward to this summer. For six years, she’s been attending Eisner Camp, and this year would have been her...
Masked Mitzvot: Welcoming New Life Amid COVID-19
JNS.org - “In this time of great darkness, the souls who come down now must be sources of great light.” -- Rabbi Doniel Katz, whose...
A Trip to Israel During Coronavirus Yields Some Lessons
Earlier this week, after months of self-imposed quarantine and rigidly adhered-to social distancing, I abandoned caution and flew with my son Meir to Israel, so...
A Lesson in Surviving Coronavirus: The Need for Mental Health Professionals
This past March, while I was in Miami, I contracted COVID-19. I was put into an induced coma on a respirator twice, for nearly 30...
Amid Coronavirus, Israelis Seek Travel Within
JNS.org - Israelis love family, they love the beach, they love parties, and they love Bamba snacks. But most of all, Israelis love to travel....
