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Surgeons at Hadassah hospital's Mount Scopus campus use the ROSA robot during knee surgery.

Deluged by pandemic needs, Israeli doctors get help from unlikely source: robots

JERUSALEM — Orthopedic surgeons at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center on Mount Scopus recently welcomed a newcomer to their team. She’s incredibly efficient, never needs a coffee break, … more

Larry Luxner | 7/17/20

Ukraine bans annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The tens of thousands of Jewish pilgrims who travel each year to Ukraine for a Rosh Hashanah rite will have to make different plans for September. more

MARCY OSTER | 7/15/20

Israelis may be limited to spending High Holy Days with nuclear family

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s Health Ministry is considering ordering Israelis to limit their Rosh Hashanah celebrations to only their nuclear families, an Israeli newspaper is … more

MARCY OSTER | 7/15/20

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

MAAYAN BELDING-ZIDON | 7/3/20

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

MARCY OSTER | 6/18/20

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

MARCY OSTER | 6/5/20

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: … more

Ron Kampeas | 6/3/20

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

6/2/20

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

Marcy Oster | 6/2/20

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

Josefin Dolsten | 5/21/20