It's unfortunate that Diaspora Jews can't come to family events in Israel due to COVID-19, but it is hardly the same as the distress Jews experienced in the 1890s in Russia.
President Isaac Herzog, then serving as Jewish Agency chairman, speaks during a rally in Jerusalem in 2020 held in solidarity with Jews in the US and around the world following a wave of antisemitic attacks.(photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90)ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
