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Omicron

Janet Silver Ghent and Allen Podell disembark at Montevideo for a city tour and tango performance.
Posted inAct Two

When CDC said ‘Don’t cruise,’ our sails were already up

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent January 13, 2022February 4, 2022

“What, are you crazy?” “Boy, are you brave!” We were neither crazy nor brave — just itching to hit the high seas because we love sailing. After our congregation Covid-canceled […]

Susan Aronovsky visits with her 94-year-old father, Albert Stark, at the S.F. Campus for Jewish Living on March 29, the first time they had seen each other in over a year. (Photo/Camille Cohen)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

New California public health rules make it harder to visit relatives in nursing homes

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 13, 2022
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland held its first indoor service in a year, March 14, 2021.
Posted inBay Area

Facing omicron spike, Bay Area synagogues weigh their options

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Emma Goss and Maya Mirsky December 30, 2021January 5, 2022
A flock of gray cranes are seen in the Hula Valley in northern Israel, Dec. 9, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Shang Hao-Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Scientists worry an avian flu killing thousands of cranes in Israel could spread to humans

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 30, 2021
boy receiving injection
Posted inNews

Israel likely to go for 4th dose to fight spread of omicron

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 22, 2021December 22, 2021
Ben Gurion International Airport, Nov. 28, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel may bar travel to United States as NY consulate staff walloped by latest Covid wave

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 20, 2021December 20, 2021
A syringe and a bottle reading "Covid-19 Vaccine" next to the Pfizer company logo in Jerusalem on December 10, 2020.
(Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli study: Double dose of Pfizer can’t fight Omicron, but booster helps

Abigail Klein LeichmanISRAEL21c logo by Abigail Klein Leichman and ISRAEL21c December 15, 2021
Stanford University students in Jerusalem on a Birthright Israel trip in 2017.
Posted inNews

Omicron variant scuttles major Stanford Israel trip as borders close 

by Emma Goss December 7, 2021December 7, 2021
Dr. Elad Maor (Photo/JTA-Sheba Medical Center)
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An Israeli doctor tested positive for Omicron but infected few of his close contacts

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 2, 2021

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