Posts Tagged: coronavirus
Researchers Double US COVID-19 Death Forecast, Citing Eased Restrictions
A newly-revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling...
Five HR Executives Share What It Takes to Get Hired During the Covid-19 Crisis
CTech - Even now, amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and the uncertainty and restrictions that come with it, some companies manage to avoid layoffs and...
Jerusalem-Born Venture Capitalist: ‘We Know From Past Crises That Some Great Startups and Companies Will Rise’
CTech - Venture capital investment, much like life, is all about capitalizing on opportunities. Shayma Sharif knows all about that. Not only because she 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...
Palestinian Workers Return to Israel for First Time Since Coronavirus Closures
Palestinian workers entered Israel on Sunday for the first time since coronavirus closure measures were imposed. Construction, agricultural, and industrial workers were allowed in, in coordination...
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...
Don’t Trust Putin’s Lies on Coronavirus
The coronavirus has caused a three-dimensional crisis in Russia: a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a personal crisis for President Vladimir Putin. The false...
Conservative Groups Advising White House Push Fast Reopening, Not Testing
Conservative groups advising the White House have issued an array of coronavirus economic reopening plans with a common theme -- Americans should go back to...
Facebook Deplatforms Antisemitic Conspiracy Theorist David Icke Over False Coronavirus Claims, Including Blame of Jews
Facebook has removed the official page of British antisemitic conspiracy theorist David Icke for publishing "health misinformation that could cause physical harm,” the BBC reported...
What We Can Learn From COVID-19: ‘Things’ Don’t Always Make Us Happy
Elective surgery in most hospitals has been eliminated. Pollution is way down in Los Angeles and other places in the world, because people are not...
Where Are Orthodox Leaders on Unacceptable Coronavirus Behavior?
To be perfectly frank, until earlier this week, I had never heard the name Rabbi Chaim Mertz. And truthfully, nor would I have heard of...
In Call With Cuomo, Rivlin Expresses Israel’s Solidarity With US Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin spoke by phone on Thursday with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo about the ongoing coronavirus crisis. A statement published by Rivlin's office...
