Jewish mum creates book outlining coronavirus to kids
March 25, 2020 by JNS
A Jewish mother in the U.S. has created an illustrated online book in a PDF format that helps parents explain to preschoolers and toddlers the school closings due to coronavirus. Read more
Likud accuses centre-left bloc of ‘stealing the Knesset,’ vows right-wing boycott
March 25, 2020 by JNS
Despite the lack of a working coalition, the centre-left political bloc comprising the Blue and White, Joint List and Yisrael Beiteinu parties got to work on Tuesday crafting and staffing six special parliamentary committees. Read more
Israeli coronavirus cases rise to 1,656
March 25, 2020 by JNS
Israel’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday morning that the number of Israelis diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus has risen to 1,656, an increase of 214 cases since Monday evening. Read more
Netanyahu urges Gantz to join unity government, vows ‘no shticks and tricks’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night that his Likud Party and rival Blue and White Party had reached agreement on the outlines of a national unity government, and called on Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to sign the deal, saying “millions of Israelis are waiting for us.” Read more
Netflix announces release date for ‘Fauda’ season 3
March 22, 2020 by JNS
Season 3 of the Israeli series “Fauda” will begin streaming on Netflix on April 16. Read more
Israeli researchers announce new, faster testing method for COVID-19
March 20, 2020 by JNS
Researchers at Israel’s Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus have successfully tested a new method, called “pooling,” that they claim will dramatically increase the country’s ability to test for COVID-19. Read more
Jewish organization applauds Portuguese commemoration of Spanish Inquisition victims
March 17, 2020 by JNS
Jewish organization Reconectar applauded the recent passing of a law in the Portuguese Parliament that established March 31 as the official date to commemorate victims of the Inquisition. Read more
Israeli lawmakers sworn in to an empty 23rd Knesset
March 17, 2020 by JNS
With Israel, like most of the world, reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, a surreal scene took place on Monday as the 23rd Knesset was sworn in to a largely empty chamber. Read more
Sharansky, Carr blast those attempting to blame Jews for coronavirus
March 17, 2020 by JNS
The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement held a digital awards ceremony on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Joint List unanimously backs Gantz for Israeli premiership
March 16, 2020 by JNS
All 15 lawmakers of the Joint List alliance of Arab and Arab-majority parties on Sunday recommended Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as Israel’s next prime minister, marking the first time that an Arab party has endorsed anyone for prime minister since Yitzhak Rabin in 1992. Read more
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial closed for two weeks due to coronavirus
March 14, 2020 by JNS
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial will be closed to all visitors for two weeks to help contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the museum said in a March 12 statement. Read more
Israeli doctors offer online advice to those quarantined in China and elsewhere
March 14, 2020 by JNS
Israeli doctors are giving webinars to quarantined COVID-19 patients in China and elsewhere in a project organized by Innonation, an Israeli innovation platform for international collaboration. Read more
Iranian cleric allows buying potential Israeli vaccine, ‘if there is no substitute’
March 14, 2020 by JNS
A prominent Iranian cleric said this week that would be acceptable for the country’s citizens to use a coronavirus vaccine developed by Israel—if “there is no substitute.” Read more
British lawmakers demand changes in Palestinian, UNRWA textbooks
March 14, 2020 by JNS
Members of the British Parliament have said they want answers as to why textbooks used to “radicalize” children in schools run by the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) remain unchanged. Read more
Amid new virus cases in Israel, synagogue restrictions, nationwide school closures
March 13, 2020 by JNS
Coronavirus cases in Israel topped 100 on Thursday, with an emergency-room doctor at the top-rated Sheba Medical Center contracting the illness, and the chief rabbinate issuing new directives for conducting prayers. Read more
Holocaust memorials set in pavement in Berlin in memory of Jews deported
March 13, 2020 by JNS
Nearly 50 Holocaust stone memorials were recently set into the pavement around a major German publisher’s new main office in Berlin in honour of the dozens of Jews deported from the city in the 1940s. Read more
Netanyahu invites Gantz to form ‘emergency’ unity government
March 13, 2020 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to talks about forming an emergency unity government amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Israel’s attorney general opposes Netanyahu’s request for trial delay
Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit informed a Jerusalem District Court on Monday that he is opposed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to delay his trial. Read more
Israel issues mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arrivals, including citizens
March 10, 2020 by JNS
Israel has made the unprecedented move to require all incoming arrivals, including Israeli citizens, to enter a mandatory 14-day quarantine as a result of the coronavirus. Read more
Israel’s hospitality industry suffering worst-ever crisis, says Israel Hotel Association
March 10, 2020 by JNS
Amid the worldwide tourism slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, Israel Hotel Association (IHA) president Amir Hayek warned on Monday that the hotel industry is “on the brink of collapse.” Read more
Israel tightens restrictions as global coronavirus concerns mount
March 9, 2020 by JNS
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the country’s total to 25, as global apprehension over the virus continued to climb. Read more
Gantz agrees to Lieberman’s conditions for joining a centre-left coalition
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz agreed to Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman’s coalition demands on Sunday, tweeting a Facebook post by Lieberman showing his party’s preconditions for joining a Gantz-led government and writing, “Agreed, we must move forward.” Read more
Johnson takes opportunity to berate Labour’s antisemitic ‘bullying and discrimination’
March 8, 2020 by JNS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticized a member of the Labour Party during a Parliament session on Wednesday for her party’s antisemitic “bullying and discrimination” against those who support Israel and the Jewish people. Read more
Far-right Polish lawmaker says pogroms were good for Jews, made them powerful
March 8, 2020 by JNS
Jews benefited from the murderous pogroms against them in Europe and became more powerful because of the violence, said a far-right Polish lawmaker. Read more
Hungarian Holocaust survivor turned Olympic gold medalist dies at age 92
March 6, 2020 by JNS
Eva Szekely, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who later became an Olympics multiple award-winning swimmer, died on Feb. 29 the age of 92. Read more
Eden Alene reveals song she plans to sing when she represents Israel in Eurovision 2020
March 6, 2020 by JNS
Eden Alene, the Israeli teen selected to represent Israel in the Eurovision international song contest this year, unveiled the track she plans to sing in the competition on May 16 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Read more
Wiesenthal Centre uncovers list of 12,000 Nazis in Argentina with accounts transferred to Credit Suisse
March 6, 2020 by JNS
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre announced this week that it has received a list of 12,000 Nazis living in Argentina, many of whom contributed to bank accounts at the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, which became the Credit Suisse bank, based in Zurich, Switzerland. Read more
Joint Arab List presents conditions for endorsing Gantz government
March 6, 2020 by JNS
Joint List Party leader Ayman Odeh said on Thursday if Blue and White leader Benny Gantz must back down from the idea of a “Jewish majority” coalition and abandon efforts to extend Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria before the Joint List can recommend that he form Israel’s next government. Read more
After 40 years, Lionel Richie gives first concert in Israel
March 6, 2020 by JNS
American singer Lionel Richie performed his first concert in Israel on Monday night at Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim Arena. Read more
IAEA sounds alarm about Iran’s stockpile of uranium
March 4, 2020 by JNS
The International Atomic Energy Agency warned on Tuesday that Iran is drastically increasing production of enriched uranium since the United States withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. Read more
