Holocaust survivors lament appropriation of their suffering in COVID debate
Since the beginning of 2020, more than 60 million online engagements linked pandemic-related issues with Holocaust terminology, according to the ...
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Holon cancels Purim 'Adloyada' for 2nd straight year due to pandemic
In the battle against the Omicron variant, the Holon Municipality waved a white flag on Thursday, canceling its Purim Adloyada ...
As of Jan. 27, Israel to end quarantine for students with twice-weekly testing
All students up to the age of 18 will perform two tests a week at home, one on Sunday morning ...
Record 2M Israelis contract COVID since outbreak of pandemic
Health Ministry data indicates children and adolescents vaccinated against COVID-19 are better protected against the Omicron variant than the unvaccinated. ...
Government mulls canceling quarantine for unvaccinated kids
Education Ministry is pushing for lawmakers to change the current self-isolation guidelines that have confined thousands of children – and ...
'Omicron has peaked,' Johnson says as UK lifts COVID restrictions
British leader says if data supports it, he may end the legal requirement for people to self-isolate if they test ...
Israel shortens quarantine as COVID chief reports 20,000 new cases
Government approves millions in aid for cultural institutions impacted by the Omicron wave. Under pressure, PM Bennett weighs ending weeklong ...
Majority of public unhappy with government's handling of 5th COVID wave, poll finds
Despite claims by Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton that 90% of Israeli students are going to school per normal, just 27% ...
'Millions of people are alive, healthy thanks to Dr. Bourla and his team at Pfizer'
"We are all called upon by God to repair the world," says Dr. Albert Bourla upon being awarded Israel's prestigious ...
WHO head says 'worst of COVID' could be over in 2022
Dr. Michael Ryan tells World Economic Forum that if vaccines and other tools aren't shared fairly, the "tragedy" of the ...