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  • After Ignoring Warnings, Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Hit By Virus

    By: Ariel Schalit and Ilan Ben Zion – AP News; ap.com BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Early this week, the streets of the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak were bustling with shoppers as ultra-Orthodox residents, obeying their religious leaders, ignored pleas to stay home in the face of the coronavirus threat. By Friday, Bnei…

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  • Mayor de Blasio, You Have Overstepped Your Bounds

    By: Michael Brown – The Christian Post; christianpost.com As a religious leader born and raised in New York, I’m appealing to you to reconsider your threats to the synagogues and churches of your city. Your words, sir, were reckless and could actually provoke people of faith to defy you. What on earth prompted you to…

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  • Differences on Key Issues Threaten to Bog Down Netanyahu-Gantz Unity Talks

    By: Dov Lipman – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org Implementation of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria under the Trump peace plan, the distribution of senior government posts and the appointment of a new Knesset Speaker are reportedly three of the major sticking points threatening to send Israel back to the polls. While Israeli Prime Minister…

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  • Prime Minister Netanyahu Sings Psalm 147 by Heart

    In February 2020, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined Israeli television personalities Yinon Magal, Erel Segal, and Shimon Riklin in an impromptu jam session. Together, they sang Psalm 147:12–13 in its original Hebrew. Netanyahu knew the Psalm by heart and didn’t skip a beat. https://www.israel365news.com/145268/prime-minister-netanyahu-sings-psalm-147-by-heart-watch/

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  • Israeli Universities, Institutes Lead the Fight against Coronavirus

    By: Eliana Rudee – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org Staff members are at the forefront of medical technologies and innovation, task forces, methods and vaccines in the making, working to protect the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Israeli universities and institutes—and their affiliated academics, researchers, doctors, scientists and students—are leading the fight against the coronavirus. Ben-Gurion…

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  • Israeli Company Is Donating Potential Coronavirus Treatment to Hospitals Across US

    By: Emily Jones – CBN News; cbn.com JERUSALEM, Israel – An Israeli pharmaceutical company is donating to US hospitals more than 6 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump and others as a potential new treatment for COVID-19 patients. Teva, a pharmaceutical giant in Israel, has announced it will begin…

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