Global day of Holocaust remembrance grows in scope — and urgency By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jan 27, 2022 It has been 77 years since Nazi collaborators marched György Bánhidi and his family from their spacious home in Budapest into the city’s Jewish ghetto. But Bánhidi, who is now 84, remembers even the tiniest details from that short trip to a place where he endured months of hunger, and the trauma of watching his… Read More
Bay Area Survivor’s granddaughter from Livermore now a sergeant in Israeli army When Ariel Cohen talks about his granddaughter Ronnie, the word “hero” comes up, like, a lot. That’s because the 24-year-old from Livermore recently moved… By Ryan Torok Jan 26, 2022
Israel Israeli panel recommends 4th Covid vaccine for all adults over 18 A panel of experts that advises Israel’s Health Ministry on matters related to the coronavirus is recommending that all adults over the age of 18 be… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 26, 2022
Israel How planting trees in Israel became controversial Each year on Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday celebrating trees and plants, Lior Weitz and his wife take their two daughters to plant saplings of… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jan 13, 2022
Israel Israel's coalition teeters over tree-planting in Bedouin villages Members of one of Israel’s Arab political parties are vowing to boycott Knesset proceedings, and thus threatening the coalition that governs by a slim… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 12, 2022
U.S. Israel to allow US visitors back in for the first time since November 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… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 6, 2022
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
World Spain and Portugal have naturalized more than 90,000 Sephardic Jews At least 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews have become citizens of Portugal or Spain since 2015, when those countries passed laws offering a… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jan 4, 2022
Israel Israel begins administering 4th Covid vaccine dose Israel has begun administering a second booster shot to citizens over 60 and to medical workers who received their first booster at least four months ago.… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 3, 2022