Covid-19

Acclaimed mental health campaigner and author Jonny Benjamin speaks to students at JFS (Jewish News)

April 28, 2022, 4:03 pm

Surge in young Jewish people seeking mental health support

Jami, the mental health service for the Jewish community, reports experiencing an unprecedented demand from young adults seeking assistance.

By Jenni Frazer

Women’s Health Event with CHANA, a Jewish charity focusing on fertility support, and the Interlink Foundation (Jewish News)

April 20, 2022, 12:13 pm

Medics and strictly Orthodox women discuss vaccine hesitancy at Women’s Health Event

Dr Veronique Berman from CHANA reassured the audience that there was “no evidence to suggest that Covid-19 vaccines affect fertility”.

By Jewish News Reporter

Dr Sharon Raymond, director of the Crisis Rescue Foundation, previously the Covid Crisis Rescue Foundation (Jewish News)

April 13, 2022, 2:58 pm

Doctor launches programme for trainee Ukrainian medics

Sharon Raymond, GP and director of the Crisis Rescue Foundation, has signed up around 250 experienced medics, professors and academics.

By Jenni Frazer

A Jewish Ukrainian immigrant holds her baby after disembarking from an airplane at Ben Gurion international airport, 6 March 2022. Credit: ilia Yefimovich/dpa/Alamy Live News

April 4, 2022, 6:30 pm

OPINION: Israel keeps balance on a diplomatic tightrope

Israel is – not for the first time – caught between a rock and a hard place, trying to steer mediation between Russia and Ukraine.

Sir Lloyd Dorfman speaks at Never to Forget Covid-19 memorial concert at St Paul's Cathedral, 23 March 2022

March 29, 2022, 1:02 pm

British entrepreneur stresses interfaith inclusivity at Covid memorial concert

Sir Lloyd Dorfman expresses pride in his commitment to St Paul’s Cathedral’s Remember Me online memorial book

By Jewish News Reporter

Protester wearing yellow stars during the 'Unite for Freedom' anti-lockdown and anti-vaccines protest during final stage of the national lockdown. Credit: Mario Mitsis/WENN

February 15, 2022, 1:18 pm

Dortmund is latest German city to ban yellow stars at COVID protests

'Anyone who displays the Jewish star in this way is trivialising the planned murder of millions of Jews by National Socialist Germany and endangering public peace'

By JTA

A medical worker prepares a vaccine against the COVID-19 at a municipality vaccine center in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 31, 2020. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

January 31, 2022, 10:48 am

Israeli Covid expert panel recommends expanding 4th vaccine to all adults over 18

Health Ministry announced the preliminary results of a study which showed the fourth vaccine tripled protection against serious illness and doubled protection against Omicron

By JTA

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.

October 18, 2021, 5:16 pm

Colin Powell, who brokered the Middle East ‘road map’ to peace, dies at 84

First black US National Security Adviser, Chief of Staff and Secretary of State, remembered fondly for his ability to speak Yiddish as a second language and support for Israel

By JTA

A woman holds up a placard denouncing President Emmanuel Macron and several prominent Jews denounced as traitors at a protest against COVID restrictions in Metz, France on Aug. 7, 2021. (Gérald Darmanin/Twitter) via JTA

August 11, 2021, 5:24 pm

French police detain woman for poster deemed antisemitic at COVID protest

Cassandre Fristot held up a brown cardboard poster at the rally Saturday in Metz condemning President Emmanuel Macron and several well-known Jewish people as “traitors.”

By JTA

New arrivals: Olim at Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport this year (Credit: Yonit Schiller)

July 16, 2021, 2:11 pm

All UK passengers must quarantine for a week, Israel decides

Rising rates of coronavirus in both countries mean even vaccinated travellers must self-isolate, ministers rule

By Michael Daventry

A Palestinian worker receives a shot of the Moderna vaccine from an Israeli paramedic (Photo: Magen David Adom)

July 13, 2021, 9:22 am

In world first, Israel to offer third COVID jab to clinically vulnerable people

Authorities say they are not yet planning a third vaccine rollout for the general population as the Delta variant takes hold

By Michael Daventry

July 9, 2021, 9:55 am

Israel confirms first deaths in a fortnight as virus variants spread

Authorities identified the first case of the 'delta plus' variant as the number of patients with serious illness doubles

By Michael Daventry

Jewish couple tie the knot with masks in the peak of last year's first wave. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90

July 1, 2021, 1:14 pm

Summer of love! Jewish wedding bookings soar by 160 percent

With Freedom Day on 19 July, figures obtained by Jewish News show a surge in plans for celebrations, with at least 110 weddings due to take place

By Sandy Rashty

A nurse holds a phial containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19.

July 1, 2021, 11:06 am

Israel and UK ‘in talks’ over COVID-19 vaccine swap

The deal would see Britain accept one million Pfizer doses that are due to expire at the end of July

By Michael Daventry

Some parents of teenagers are more enthusiastic than others (Photo: Reuters)

June 23, 2021, 9:07 am

Israel debates jabs for children as Delta virus variant takes hold

Daily COVID-19 cases doubled on Monday as arrivals for vaccinated tourists are set to be delayed to August

By Michael Daventry

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