Posts Tagged: coronavirus
COVID-19 in Israel: Days of Awe — and Loopholes
JNS.org - Ahead of Israel’s nationwide lockdown that was to go into effect on Friday at 2pm -- a mere four hours before the beginning...
The Moral Failure of Israel’s Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Democracy as a method of government was designed to ensure individual freedom by decentralizing governmental power, with power descending from the top of a pyramid...
A Message From the Front Lines: Israel Must Lock Down for Coronavirus
JNS.org - The question of whether hospitals are at full capacity is a matter of definition. I don’t like using terms such as “collapse” or...
Do the Lessons of 9/11 Still Apply in a Post-COVID World?
JNS.org - For some of us, it seems like it happened yesterday. For others, the 9/11 attacks are ancient history or just a meme about...
An Insider’s Look at ‘Corona Hotels’ Operated by the IDF Home Front Command
JNS.org - As the Israeli cabinet weighs increasingly stringent steps to deal with the growing number of confirmed coronavirus cases, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)'s...
Viral Apathy in Israel
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference on Monday evening with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, and...
Israel to Establish a National Laboratory to Study Covid-19 and Future Life-Threatening Viruses
CTech - Due to the urgent need for research on the coronavirus (Covid-19) and the obstacles preventing civilian researchers from accessing the advanced laboratories of...
Scaring People About Covid or Climate Change Won’t Work, Says Israeli Future Studies Researcher
CTech - If there is one thing the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has taught us it is that there is no responsible adult on the geopolitical...
Why All Jews Should Care About New York’s Subway System
As Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel once sang, “The words of the prophets are written on subway walls.” Soon after opening in 1904, New York...
Social Distancing in the Warsaw Ghetto
JNS.org - “I was told that these were human beings. They didn’t look like human beings.” With these haunting words, the Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski...
Jewish Institutions Jump Hurdles to Meet Social Needs During Corona, Economic Crisis
JNS.org - In the first few weeks of the global pandemic, the Jewish Family Service (JFS) and Children’s Center Service of Passaic-Clifton, a regional JFS...
Kamala Harris Says Trump Not Credible on Possible COVID-19 Vaccine
Democratic US vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump's word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine. In an interview excerpt...
For the High Holidays, Double Down on Your Giving
JNS.org - With Jewish communal life turned upside down during these pandemic times, and the High Holidays fast approaching, the anxiety of uncertainty is reaching...
Aliyah During COVID-19
To see Israel today is to witness prophecies come true: the Jews are back in the mix, on their land, and at the helm of...
