Posts Tagged: coronavirus
Coronavirus Prompts Israel’s National Carrier El Al to Suspend Most Routes
CTech - As daily life in Israel becomes increasingly limited as the government ups its country-wide restrictions in an effort to battle the spread of...
Mid-Pandemic, Microsoft Israel Wants to Hire 200 New Employees
CTech - As Israel yet again escalates its coronavirus-fighting measures and employers in various industry sectors prepare for extensive layoffs, Microsoft Israel is bucking the trend....
Lockdowns and Entry Bans Imposed Around the World to Fight Coronavirus
France and Spain joined Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people, Australia ordered self-isolation of arriving foreigners and other countries extended entry...
Israel to Use Anti-Terror Tech to Counter Coronavirus ‘Invisible Enemy’
Israel plans to use anti-terrorism tracking technology and a partial shutdown of its economy to minimize the risk of coronavirus transmission, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Coronavirus, Europe, and Israel
JNS.org - Now it’s official: The head of the World Health Organization says Europe has become the global epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, replacing China,...
Muslims Pray in Thousands, Heed Coronavirus Warnings at Jerusalem Holy Site
Muslims gathered in smaller-than-usual numbers at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday after religious authorities decided to keep Islam's third holiest site open for prayers...
As Coronavirus Chaos Spreads Globally, Trump Declares US Emergency
President Donald Trump declared a US national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more government aid to combat a pathogen that...
Pandemic Panic a Breeding Ground for the Virus of Jew-Hatred
JNS.org - Burned into the historical memory of the Jewish people is what happened in the period when the bubonic plague swept through Europe from...
Coronavirus Is Uniting Us
JNS.org - I read in The New York Times this week that German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that two-thirds of the German population could end...
In the Wake of Coronavirus, Israeli Tourism Is in Free Fall
CTech - The rapid global spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) poses a threat to the Israeli economy as a whole, but the harshest and most immediately...
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Urges Worshipers to Avoid Prayers at Western Wall Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi ruled on Thursday that praying at the Western Wall should be avoided, as well as all religious services with large groups,...
Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, New Jersey, Closes Synagogues Due to Coronavirus
The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, New Jersey, is closing all synagogues, forbidding public celebrations, and recommending against home minyans, shiva visits and large gatherings...
With a 100 Person Cap on Gatherings, Israel’s 120 New Parliament Members Cannot Be Sworn In
CTech - Riddle me this: how do you swear-in 120 parliament members when only 100 people are allowed in the room? On Wednesday, Israel restricted...
Travel Clampdown Needed to Contain US Coronavirus Outbreak: Pence
The United States is preparing for thousands of new coronavirus cases and will ask Americans returning from abroad to go into "self-quarantine" for 14 days as part...
