COVID

Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’

Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, MetroWest Jewish Day opened in 2003 and enrolls students in pre-K through eighth grade.

An empty classroom
Photo from Murder at the Dead Sea

What to watch in Israel: War is over with ‘Murder at the Dead Sea’

JPost sits down with Professor Michael Edelstein.

Professor Michael Edelstein: Measles outbreak and the trust gap in vaccines

The fate of Israeli tourism.

The fate of the Israeli tourism industry


Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden

The website was also critical of steps like social distancing, mask mandates and lockdowns.

 White House official COVID-19 website

COVID-19 was a 'social experiment', Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer player claims

The soccer player, Eran Zehavi, admitted on the Ben Ben Baruch's Mojo podcast that he is a big conspiracy theorist.

 THE LAST time Maccabi Tel Aviv made the group stage of the Champions League was 2015, when Eran Zahavi & Co. lost all six games to tough opponents.

Richard Gere shines in ‘Longing,’ the English remake of an Israeli hit

Talking to Gabizon, it seems important that the director/writer who created the movie was able to reshape the material himself for the English version.

 RICHARD GERE and Diane Kruger in ‘Longing.’

The Jewish community cannot ignore Israel's mental health crisis - opinion

This is not just about responding to an immediate crisis – it is about shaping the long-term emotional and spiritual health of our children, our families, our communities, and ourselves. 

 Israelis in unity, amidst terror attacks

WHO renews call for China to share data on COVID-19 origins

"Without transparency and cooperation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics," the WHO stated.

 WHO renews call for China to share data on COVID-19 origins. Shanghai, China, 2020.

Learning to count our blessings despite war, COVID, hurricanes, and more - opinion

Israel and the world both seem to be in a terrible mess at the moment. Wars, famine, droughts, hurricanes, massacres. Count our blessings? What blessings?

Olim from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah flight" to the Ben Gurion airport

Israeli breakthrough: Freeze-dried COVID vaccine needs no refrigeration

TAU’s groundbreaking project has received competitive research grants from the Israel Innovation Authority and Merck under the Nofar program.

 A COVID-19 TESTING center in France in 2022.

Israel’s world leading hyperbaric chamber performing medical 'miracles'

A breath of pressurized, oxygen-rich air can change the lives of patients with PTSD and many other conditions.

 THE SAGOL CENTER for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at the Shamir Medical Center.

COVID made Americans drink more. They haven’t stopped since

Excessive alcohol consumption among Americans has persisted in the years following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Drinking more since the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a year of living at war, I am nostalgic for the COVID-19 pandemic - comment

When you live through multiple crises, there is a tendency to reframe past hardships through the lens of current experiences, which is what I find myself doing a lot of these days.

 Nostalgia for the years of COVID during wartime.