'We're being crushed': Hospital directors beg Health Ministry for lockdown
Medical experts say staff is exhausted, despairing, and COVID units are at capacity. Deputy Director of Assuta Ashdod Dr. Hagit ...
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'Another lockdown will prevent the economy from recovering'
Extended unemployment benefits "incentivize" Israelis to stay out of the workforce, Treasury Director-General Keren Turner-Eyal tells Knesset Finance Committee.
Residents of 'red' towns under curfew respond with rage, resignation
Haredi cities and local authorities decry lack of government transparency in decision-making process and "stigma" about Haredim, while the mayor ...
Survey: 2/3 of New York restaurants might be forced to close by end of 2020
"These recent survey results illustrate just how dire the financial situation has become for most restaurants," says President of the ...
Republican congressman pleas with Pompeo to advocate for Hassidic visits to Uman
US Rep. Jeff Duncan's (R-SC) letter to the US secretary of state, co-signed by 25 congressional colleagues, highlighted the fact ...
Cabinet approves nighttime curfew for list of 'red' towns
Coronavirus coordinator Ronni Gamzu to Israel Hayom: People will have to cut back on the "endless round of meals" for ...
Haredi pressure prompts gov't to scrap lockdown plan
Leaders of Haredi cities and towns tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will not forget who painted them as ...
US Surgeon General briefs Jewish leaders on best practices for High Holidays
Dr. Jerome Adams empathizes with community's needs, and suggests that outdoor services would be the safest bet to avoid spreading ...
Israel's COVID death toll nears 1,000 ahead of partial lockdown
Corona coordinator Professor Ronni Gamzu says that not all cities and towns designated "red" will be under full lockdown, but ...
'Half of COVID patients on ventilators don't survive'
Israel prepares for localized lockdowns as death toll from coronavirus expected to cross 1,000.