Health

What Israel has learned from its battle with COVID-19

The man who led Israel’s initial response to the coronavirus and the former governor of the Bank of Israel share their takes on what Israel has done right and wrong in its management of the pandemic.

Israel to start vaccinating Palestinians who work in Israel and West Bank within days, military says

Netanyahu’s previous plan to aid the Palestinians in the face of international pressure ran into legal hurdles.

Israel’s plan to deliver vaccines to Palestinians and allies is on hold

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit froze the vaccine transfer over calls from lawmakers.

Bess Soffer, 68, Jewish community leader whose last words, by FaceTime, were ‘group hug’

Effi Hertzke, 81, appears on Israeli Channel 12 Sunday. (Screen shot from YouTube)

‘Want to see my muscles?’ An 81-year-old American bubbe at an Israeli gym gave the best interview ever.

Israel rocked by COVID death of pregnant 32-year-old who had not been vaccinated

1 in 73 haredi Orthodox Israelis over age 65 has died of COVID, Israeli report finds

Federal court blocks NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s capacity limits on houses of worship

In Orthodox communities where pregnancy is prized, vaccines and variants leave women confused and afraid

Anti-vaxxer rabbi fired by Chabad over social media posts

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