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Stop using Israel as an excuse not to support Black Lives Matter
Take a moment and remember where you were when you first heard about the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. I was in Tel Aviv getting ready to go to the movies after Havdalah. more
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Israeli scientists develop self-disinfecting face mask
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli scientists have developed a self-disinfecting, reusable face mask as the demand for protective masks has risen dramatically since the start of the coronavirus … more
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AIPAC cancels next year’s policy conference
(JTA) – AIPAC has canceled its 2021 policy conference, citing the “continued uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic.”Betsy Korn, the president of the American Israel Public … more
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BEIJING, March 21, 2017 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Beijing, capital of China, March 21, 2017. (Xinhua/Rao Ainmin)
Breaking China: A rupture looms between Israel and the United States
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel’s announcement last week that an Israeli consortium would build Sorek 2, the world’s largest desalination plant, surprised many who had been watching the deal: The … more
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Commercial flights will not resume to Israel until at least mid-July
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Commercial flights will not resume to Israel until mid-July at the earliest, according to the head of Ben Gurion Airport.Shmuel Zakaim, the airport’s managing director, … more
Masa participants will be able to enter Israel despite border closure due to the coronavirus
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Participants in the Masa Israel Journey program, an umbrella organization for gap-year experiences in Israel, will be able to enter Israel from other countries despite … more
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Students at Nishmat in Jerusalem wear masks and are separated by Plexiglas barriers to protect against the coronavirus.
As colleges go virtual, students instead are heading to Israel on gap year programs
(JTA) — Hadara Bilsky thought she’d spend her first semester of college making friends in her dorm, having discussions with professors and students in class, and attending Shabbat services at … more
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Israeli students at the Orot Etzion school in Efrat wear protective face masks as they return to school for the first time since the outbreak of the Coronavirus. 1st-3rd graders returned to school this morning, with keeping social distance inside of the classrooms, wearing face masks (exempted for 1st graders) and showing off doctor's notes at the entrance to assure they are healthy. May 3, 2020.
‘The entire system got confused’: Israeli schools reopen, but many parents aren’t sending their kids back
JERUSALEM (JTA) — On the first day that Israel’s schools reopened nine weeks after closing to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Kalanit Taub’s 8-year-old daughter stayed home. As a … more
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We can’t take the bond between American and Israeli Jews for granted
Ambassador Dani Dayan, consul general of Israel in New York, last week shared a short message with JTA readers ahead of  Yom Ha’Zikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut … more
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A view of orthodox jewish people during Passover in Williamsburg in Brooklyn New York USA during coronavirus pandemic on April 11, 2020. (Photo by John Nacion/NurPhoto)
Mayor de Blasio is no enemy of Orthodox Jews. But others are weaponizing the coronavirus to vilify our community.
NEW YORK (JTA) — Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been the attacks on haredi Orthodox Jews in both Israel and the United … more
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