Health

Israeli Orthodox rabbi who said children should get vaccinated receives threats

Some have even tried to break into Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky’s home, Ynet reported.

Israeli leader of Belz Hasidic sect urges teachers in new Brooklyn yeshiva to get vaccinated as NYC implements vaccine mandate

“In the matter of vaccinations against Corona, indeed, it is proper for all staff members to be vaccinated — the men as well as the women, and may it be with great hatzlacha [success,]” Rokeach wrote in a letter.

A child holds a sticker she received after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Jewish day schools rushed to hold vaccine drives. Mandates may come more slowly.

A few Jewish day schools have set vaccination deadlines for young children. More are sticking to encouragement for now. And a few have said nothing at all.