1 In 4 Chareidim Test Positive For Virus In Israel’s Chareidi Cities
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel is facing a significant increase in cases of COVID-19 as well as in the number of people who are in serious condition or on respirators. However the Ch...
Rabbis Ponder COVID-19 Queries Of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Life
JERUSALEM (AP) — Must an observant Jew who has lost his sense of taste and smell because of COVID-19 recite blessings for food and drink? Can one bend the metal nosepiece of a surg...
Israeli President Calls On All Jews To Light Memorial Candles For Israel’s Covid-19 Victims
JERUSALEM (JNS) - On the eve of Yom Kippur 5781, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called on Jewish communities around the world to light an additional memorial candle in memory of t...
Israelis Mark Yom Kippur Under ‘Painful’ Virus Lockdown
JERUSALEM (AP) — The solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which annually sees Israeli life grind to a halt, begins on Sunday in a nation already under a sweeping coronavirus lockdo...
From Mideast To Al East: Orioles’ Israeli Prospect Blooms
Dean Kremer is a budding celebrity in Israel and a developing star in the big leagues.
Kremer this month became the first Israeli citizen to pitch in the majors. Not only that, ...
Alexandria Ocasio-cortez Withdraws From Event Honoring Yitzhak Rabin
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, the popular progressive New York congresswoman, is withdrawing from an Americans for Peace Now event memorializing Yitzhak Rabin, the I...
Thousands Of Israelis Protest In Jerusalem, Despite Lockdown
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night to demand his resignation, pressing ahead with...
Israel To Hold Us-mediated Talks With Lebanon On Sea Border
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will hold rare talks with Lebanon next month in an effort to resolve a longstanding maritime border dispute, an Israeli official said Saturday.
The offic...
Palestinian Leader Calls For New Peace Process In UN Speech
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called for an international conference early next year to “launch a genuine peace process” while criticizing the rece...
With Spy Series ‘Tehran,’ Israelis Reach Out To An Enemy
NEW YORK (AP) — Things are not as they seem in the new Apple TV+ series “Tehran” — as it should be in a spy thriller.
The series opens with a commercial flight from Jordan to In...
Trump Camp Hopes Mideast Pacts Translate To Jewish Support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jewish American voters have leaned Democratic for decades, but Republicans are hoping the recent steps toward normalized relations between Gulf states and Israel ...
Czechs To Acquire Israeli Air Defense System In $400M Deal
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic wants to buy a new air defense system for its military from the Israeli government, the defense ministry said on Friday.
The Czechs want to acqu...
Israeli Leaders Bicker As Virus Lockdown Goes Into Effect
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers cannot agree on legislation governing a tightened nationwide lockdown that took effect Friday, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pro...
AP Interview: Israeli Virus Czar Fights Outbreak, Politics
AIRPORT CITY, Israel (AP) — When Dr. Ronni Gamzu, one of Israel’s leading public health experts, was named the country's coronavirus czar in mid-July, he was hailed as Israel's bes...
South Africa Lifts Spirits With Jerusalema Dance Amid Virus
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans of all walks of life are dancing to “Jerusalema,” a rousing anthem to lift their spirits amid the battle against COVID-19.
In response to a ca...
Doctor In Corona Unit: ‘Yom Kippur Is Approaching And I’m Very Worried’
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Dr. Or Goren, a member of the anasthesia staff at the ICU in Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, shared a shocking Facebook post in which he describes his feelings of ...
Sudan, US Hold Talks In UAE On Arab-Israeli Peace
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (JNS) — Sudan and the United States held talks on how the African country can advance Arab-Israeli peace, as well as the possibility of it being removed from t...
Israel Tightens Second Lockdown As Virus Cases Soar
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday moved to further tighten its second countrywide lockdown as coronavirus cases continued to soar, ordering all nonessential businesses to close a...
Rise In Israel’s Mortality Can Be Traced Directly To Coronavirus
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the first months of coronavirus, Israel's mortality rate from the virus was extremely low compared with world figures and people could claim that there...
Israel’s Netanyahu Calls For Tough Lockdown As Virus Rages
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pushing on Wednesday for an immediate and strict nationwide lockdown as the country's raging coronavirus outbreak sho...