OU awards $100,000 to synagogues for initiatives to welcome back congregants
"Our hope is that this repository of ideas can serve as a launching pad for others," OU synagogue initiatives director ...
Tag: Coronavirus
Zoo takes herd immunity to new level with experimental COVID vaccine
Using an experimental drug, Oakland Zoo begins treatment with the species most susceptible to the coronavirus.
Israel, South Korea sign COVID vaccine exchange agreement
Health Ministry records 501 new cases, the highest number of daily infections since March. Officials at Ben-Gurion airport struggle to ...
Bennett: If infection rate keeps rising, we will consider reinstating 'Green Pass'
Health officials are also considering administering a third vaccine dose for people with weakened immune systems. Meanwhile additional vaccination site ...
Israel scrambles to curb jump in COVID infections
"It's possible we're at the beginning of a wave, but it will be much more tolerable, without lockdowns and at ...
UN warns COVID tourism collapse could cost global economy $4 trillion
International tourism has suffered an estimated loss of $2.4 trillion in 2020 due to a sharp drop in international travel. ...
Israeli hotels ignore plea to keep local travel affordable to stem COVID
Despite Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's call on hotels not to increase prices, some have raised costs by as much as ...
Delta strain accounts for 90% of Israel's active COVID cases, mostly traceable to UAE, Russia
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli instructs Ben-Gurion Airport to direct arrivals from countries with a high infection rate into a separate ...
Several cities 'red' as Israel sees troubling uptick in new COVID cases
Officials attribute the spike to the Delta strain which is "twice as contagious and deadly as the British variant." Prime ...
Modiin man who violated quarantine questioned by police
Police in central Israeli city question 43-year-old father who sent his unvaccinated daughter to school in violation of quarantine guidelines ...