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Congregants at Sherith Israel’s first in-person Shabbat service of the pandemic, June 18, 2021. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
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More Bay Area synagogues are going mask-optional

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

A growing number Bay Area synagogues are doing away with their mandatory mask requirements as Covid-19 cases dwindle and public health officials revise mask-wearing guidelines in various indoor settings. They’re […]

Travelers at Ben Gurion Airport, Dec. 22, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel to allow unvaccinated tourists to enter beginning March 1

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA February 22, 2022
An Israeli health care worker prepares a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a health clinic in Jerusalem, Jan. 14, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ahmad Gharabli-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israeli panel recommends 4th Covid vaccine for all adults over 18

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 26, 2022
A healthcare worker prepares a vaccine at a facility operated by the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Rabin Square, Dec. 31, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Miriam Aster-Flash90)
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4th Covid shot increases antibodies fivefold, data from Israel shows

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 5, 2022January 5, 2022
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
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)
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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
People wearing face masks at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
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Israel set to permit vaccinated tourists starting Nov. 1, but questions remain around children and boosters

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 21, 2021
Rabbi Asher Meza, in addition to supporting anti-vaccine activists, has bucked the wider Orthodox community in other ways. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Meza)
Posted inU.S.

A Proud Boys-sympathizing rabbi in Florida has provided 200 vaccine exemption requests

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 12, 2021
A protester holds a yellow star reading "Not Vaccinated = Jew" as protesters take part in a demonstration in Milan, Italy, July 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Miguel Medina-AFP via Getty Images)
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An anti-vaxxer in Montreal said he would stop wearing a yellow star. He still thinks vaccine mandates are like the Holocaust.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 2, 2021
Students at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto during the 2020-21 school year. (Photo/Deena Riddle)
Posted inEducation

Kehillah students must be vaxed. Other local Jewish schools are still weighing their options.

by Gabriel Greschler August 18, 2021August 23, 2021

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