Health

Israeli scientists develop self-disinfecting face mask

Technion researchers have applied for a patent in the United States and are looking into mass producing the masks.

With the number of cases rising, Israel extends emergency measures to halt spread of coronavirus

Israel has seen a rise of 300 cases in the past 24 hours, the largest single-day increase in the past two months.

37 Peruvian Jews move to Israel amid high COVID-19 rates and street riots

“This is a country that was in financial calamity even before the coronavirus pandemic,” said a director of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, the nonprofit that organized the flight.

Israeli rabbis are divided over temperature checks on Shabbat, a tool to stop the spread of disease

Defying their own dire projection, the Orthodox Jewish community of Antwerp has weathered the coronavirus surprisingly well

After dramatic rise in COVID-19 infections, Israel halts reopening plans

England is allowing places of worship to reopen for individuals, but synagogues won’t open yet

Rabbi Gilberto Ventura, right, and volunteers prepare to dispatch food packages to a needy residents of Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 27, 2020. (Courtesy of Sinagoga sem Fronteiras)

As COVID-19 puts Brazil’s poverty issues into sharp focus, Brazilian Jews rush to help favelas

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