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• The Jerusalem Post

  • Brooklyn man arrested after coughing on FBI agents

    5 minutes ago

    
    The suspect allegedly sold N95 respirators "and other assorted materials" for $12,000, a 700% markup from the masks' normal price.
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  • Israel’s coronavirus report card

    6 minutes ago

    
    The latest Health Ministry report says that 37% of infected Israelis are under age 30, 15% are 30-39 and 13% are 40-49. “What we are seeing now are the results of the steps taken three weeks ago."
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  • Eight Israelis died, near 7,000 infected, Bnei Brak lockdown ordered

    10 minutes ago

    
    Worldwide cases surpass 1 mil. * 900 people sick in the haredi city
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  • Shalom Jackson died of COVID-19 – Who looks after his friends?

    17 minutes ago

    
    Jackson was living at Mishan senior living center in Beersheba, where other patients of coronavirus were reported.
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  • US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman asks: Why a virus?

    17 minutes ago

    
    Under these extraordinary circumstances, anyone, and certainly a believer and amateur theologian like me, could be excused for searching for an underlying divine message.
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• Haaretz.com

  • Israeli government debates curfew on ultra-Orthodox coronavirus hot spot

    30 minutes ago

    Health Minister Litzman tests positive, prompting Netanyahu, Mossad chief to enter quarantine ■ Israel registers over 30 coronavirus deaths as cases surge past 6,800 ■ West Bank cases near 150

  • Israel’s coronavirus forecast plunges from tens of thousands to less than 1,000 deaths

    53 minutes ago

    National Security Council assessment credits drastic government action for dropping infection rate – but experts oppose easing the lockdown, advocate for very gradual return to work, over a long period of time

  • No brunch or band, but a real 'connection': Bar and bat mitzvahs in the age of Zoom

    57 minutes ago

    They planned every detail of the Jewish ceremony sometimes years in advance. Now these families have had to settle for a bat or bar mitzvah alone in their living room, in what some say has been a surprisingly powerful experience

  • Anti-Semitic social media posts target suburban New York Orthodox community

    2 hours ago

    ‘It is important to remember that viruses do not discriminate, and neither should we,’ the Jewish federation co-president in Rockland County says

  • From Mexico to Milan, coronavirus a time of reckoning for Israelis living abroad

    2 hours ago

    The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many Israeli expats to ask: Should I stay or should I go home? 'More and more Israelis who had neglected to do so in the past are now registering their kids for citizenship,' official says

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• The Times of Israel

  • Shaked: If Netanyahu breaks up bloc, we’ll be ‘combative right-wing opposition’

    11 minutes ago

    Yamina No. 3 says PM ignoring religious Zionist party in negotiations to form unity government; sources close to premier: 'no basis for hysteria'

  • Israeli coronavirus fatalities mostly elderly men, average age 79.8

    35 minutes ago

    64% of dead are male, only 6% under 60, in line with global averages; 50,000 now deceased worldwide, with nearly a million infections

  • Infected health minister accused of flouting rules, endangering Israel’s leaders

    44 minutes ago

    Yaakov Litzman's positive test has forced Netanyahu and most of the top Israeli officials tackling pandemic into quarantine; he denies claims he ignored ban on group prayer

  • IDF to send paratrooper division into virus-stricken Bnei Brak to help residents

    2 hours ago

    Unit will not enforce lockdown, but rather provide food, medicine and other services; military says over 12,000 troops involved in national pandemic response

  • Coronavirus cases in Israel rise to 6,857; Jerusalem woman, 98, dies

    2 hours ago

    Death toll climbs to 34 with 8 fresh fatalities and 689 confirmed new cases; 83 on ventilators; authorities ramp up testing, with 6,169 checks on Thursday

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