Posts Tagged: coronavirus response
Young Doctors Help Fight Israel’s War on COVID-19
JNS.org - As Israel battles the coronavirus pandemic, its health-care system has emerged as its first and foremost line of defense, thrusting medical teams to...
On COVID-19, True Leadership Is the Ability to Listen
Sitting outside in the square-shaped courtyard, we awaited his arrival. The patio was enclosed on three sides, and only a twisting, lurching angle would allow...
IDF Expands Its Role in the Battle Against Coronavirus
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is significantly broadening its involvement in the national effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Israel....
Everyone Must Wear a Mask and Social Distance
I am a proud traditional Jew. My children attend Jewish day schools, and we attend Orthodox synagogues. Inside and outside the Jewish community, mask wearing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
As We Search for a COVID Vaccine, Remembering Past National Unity and the Legacy of Jonas Salk
JNS.org - Each year in the 1940s and ’50s, more than 15,000 Americans were paralyzed by polio and thousands died. The disease reached its peak...
The Negative Repercussions of the IDF’s Flight From South Lebanon in May 2000
The IDF’s departure from Lebanon after 18 bloody years was the fulfillment of a campaign promise by then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Whatever the virtues of...
‘Now We Can Torture and Kill Jews With Impunity’: Fury Among French Jews as Top Appeal Court Rejects Criminal Trial for Killer of Sarah Halimi
Muslim Nurse Who Recited ‘Shema’ Prayer for Dying Jewish Patient to Bear Torch for Israeli Independence Day Ceremony
Iran’s State Media Says Jews Are the Problem — Not Israel
Iran’s ‘Look to the East’ — and Dark Ties with China and Russia — Precludes Any Deal with the West
Blinken Hints at New Normalization Deals in Israeli Independence Day Remarks: ‘I Expect Israel’s Group of Friends to Grow’