Israel to allow US visitors back in for the first time since November By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 6, 2022 Israel will lift its Covid-related travel ban on visitors from the United States, United Kingdom and several other countries for the first time since restrictions were put in place in November. According to Israeli media, the restrictions on countries given a “red” status because of their high rates of Covid cases will be lifted Thursday… Read More
Israel 4th Covid shot increases antibodies fivefold, data from Israel shows A fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine increases antibodies fivefold in patients who receive the shots, preliminary findings from an Israeli study show.… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 5, 2022
Israel Israeli study: 2 doses of Pfizer can’t fight Omicron, but booster helps Two full doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are not effective at all against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but a third booster shot… By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c Dec 15, 2021
U.S. Some Jewish NYC schoolteachers seek religious vaccine exemption When Rivka Taub Rivera decided to apply for a religious exemption to New York City’s vaccine mandate for teachers, she didn’t turn to the rabbis of… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Oct 4, 2021
Education Virus and vitriol: Berkeley’s Jewish school board president reflects on Covid Berkeley school board president Ty Alper used to love meeting parents and community members out and about. After all, both he and his wife grew up in… By Maya Mirsky Sep 28, 2021
Bay Area How this Holocaust refugee beat Covid-19 against all odds Vitali Voskoboinik’s bright blue eyes sparkled behind his glasses as he sat in his sunny Pacifica apartment. At 79, the Holocaust refugee looked full of… By Lea Loeb Aug 16, 2021
Israel Sharansky once offered advice on life in lockdown. Now he has Covid. When the world shut down last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Natan Sharansky figured his experience as a Soviet political prisoner meant he had a… By Ben Sales, JTA Aug 11, 2021
Bay Area Oakland Temple Sinai halts preschool camp due to six Covid cases A summer camp for preschoolers at Temple Sinai in Oakland was cut short after two vaccinated staff members and four children tested positive for Covid-19,… By Gabriel Greschler Aug 10, 2021
Israel Birthright cancels remaining summer trips to Israel due to Covid Birthright, the program that brings young Jews to Israel for free, is canceling its remaining 42 trips this summer because of new Israeli rules that… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Aug 10, 2021