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An Israeli healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a health clinic in Jerusalem on January 14, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli COVID expert panel recommends expanding 4th vaccine dose to all adults over 18

The advisory panel’s recommendation would have adults over the age of 18 receive a fourth shot at least five months after receiving their third shot or recovering from the virus.

Sheldon Silver, powerful Jewish NYC politician brought down in corruption scandal, dies at 77

Silver’s arrest and conviction sent shock waves through New York’s Jewish establishment, where he was highly regarded.

Ukraine’s Jews prepare to commemorate the Holocaust as Russia’s war drums thunder

The escalating conflict, which is coinciding with the Jan. 27 anniversary, is making some look for lessons in the tragic histories of their families.

Culture

‘Devil’s Arithmetic’ author wins Sydney Taylor Book Award for lifetime achievement in Jewish children’s literature

New York

‘Antisemitic, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel’: CUNY professors sue faculty union over controversial resolution

Israel

Michael Steinhardt’s looted Israeli antiquity came from same caves his donations helped preserve

Sports

A year ago, Modern Orthodox ice skater Hailey Kops was studying in Jerusalem. Now she’s heading to the Winter Olympics.

Israel

China was Israel’s largest source of imports in 2021, surpassing US

Culture

Pamela Adlon discovers her great-great-grandfather was a rabbi on ‘Finding Your Roots’

Obituaries

Miriam Naor, former Israeli chief Supreme Court justice, dies at 74

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