Rabbi Michoel Green's status has been terminated and removed from the database of recognized Chabad houses. Green, who describes himself on Facebook as "not just anti-vax" but "consistently anti-pharma," has been highly critical of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Influential rabbinical figures speak out against those who flaunt guidelines and refuse to get vaccinated, placing everyone around them in danger.
Jerusalem police official: With children among the crowd, attempting to disperse the throngs of people would have been “unwise and dangerous.” A disproportionate number of Israel’s COVID-19 cases are within the country’s ultra-Orthodox minority.
The Republican Jewish Coalition, which opposed the campaign of the now-Georgia congresswoman, said it was “offended and appalled” by her comments and actions.
Community members say the ministry is looking to task Chief Rabbinate with ascertaining the Jewishness of Ethiopian Israelis to bolster the Shas party’s standing ahead of the upcoming election.
Tu B’shvat celebration organized for families from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Israel, and Chicago. Jewish Agency Chairman Herzog: Having the Jewish community from the United Arab Emirates openly join in the Jewish Agency’s Tu B’shvat celebrations, connecting with other communities, is one of the exciting moments of our time.
Legislative initiatives against Jewish traditions send a “clear signal” to European Jews that “their way of life is not welcome in today’s Europe,” Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog says.
Organizer of vaccine drive in the Jewish Community of Vienna Erika Jakubovits: They have suffered so much trauma and have felt even more insecure during this pandemic.
Yoram Haimi of the Israel Antiquities Authority: The hardest thing is to hear that one of the kids who tag you're holding in our hand arrived at Sobibor on a train full of children ages four to eight, who were sent here to die alone.
Bill Harvey, 96, who lost 37 family members at Auschwitz, says Jan. 6 attack by supporters of then-President Donald Trump reminded him of Nazi misinformation and propaganda.
