Israel
Israel reports record nearly 9,000 Covid cases in one day
Israel reported a record number of nearly 9,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in a 24-hour period. The 8,919 confirmed infections reported Thursday…
Israel
Hezbollah has secret arms depot in Beirut, Netanyahu tells UN
Hezbollah is keeping a secret arms depot in a residential neighborhood in Beirut, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations General…
Israel
Israel has more per capita deaths from the coronavirus each day than US
Israel’s daily number of deaths from the coronavirus is higher than the United States on a per capita basis, according to a new report. Israel’s daily…
Israel
More restrictive lockdown set for Israel as coronavirus cases rise
Israelis are facing a much more restrictive general lockdown, including the closure of synagogues, to prevent the record spread of the coronavirus. The…
Yom Kippur
You can't visit the Western Wall — but you can still have your prayer placed there
A visit to Israel and the Western Wall before Yom Kippur is pretty much out of the question due to coronavirus restrictions, but Jews can still have their…
Israel
Israel has nearly 7,000 lockdown violations over Rosh Hashanah
Traffic jams and violations citations are the hallmarks so far of Israel’s second lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Israelis heading to work…
World
How the peace deal will affect Bahrain's 140-year-old Jewish community
Ebrahim Dahood Nonoo, the leader of Bahrain’s tiny Jewish community, was among the Gulf country’s approximately 50 Jews who thought peace with Israel…
Bay Area
Israeli firefighter in California: ‘The mind can’t understand the size of this fire’
Israeli firefighter Idan Braun, who had come halfway around the world to help fight Northern California’s wildfires, couldn’t believe his eyes. “The mind…
Israel
Israel enters second lockdown to stop record spread of coronavirus
Thousands of police officers and soldiers in Israel on Friday began imposing the country’s second lockdown due to the coronavirus. The number of Covid-19…