Dr Norman Swan: Coronavirus and Pesach

The ABC’s Dr Norman Swan has been the source of the news nationally of the growing progress of Coronavirus. In a video, he talks on the impact of the virus on Pesach. Read more

Israel brings home citizens stranded in wake of Coronavirus

Hundreds of Israelis returned to the country over the weekend from Peru on four El Al flights as the Foreign Ministry has been working over the past days to bring home Israelis from various countries who have shut down their borders in wake of the global spread of Coronavirus. Read more

First man, 88, dies of Coronavirus in Israel

Aryeh Even, 88, died of Coronavirus in a Jerusalem hospital over the weekend, the first Israeli to die of the virus. Read more

Lies, Transparency and Pandemics

Has the world ever been this perfectly synchronized? Read more

Joe Biden: Israel’s fake ‘friend’

Former Vice President Joe Biden has made a habit of describing himself as a loyal, stalwart friend and ally of Israel. At a campaign stop earlier this month, for instance, he declared: “I’m so proud of the Obama-Biden administration’s unprecedented support for Israel’s security.” Read more

Netflix announces release date for ‘Fauda’ season 3

Season 3 of the Israeli series “Fauda” will begin streaming on Netflix on April 16. Read more

On the other hand

An eerie silence prevails as Israelis hunker down and prepare to ride out an uncertain future. Read more

Australian Jewish community management of COVID-19 pandemic

The latest bulletin from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry on the fight against Coronavirus. Read more

Moriah students work from home

Sydney’s Moriah College remains open and is now providing online all educational services, ELC-Year 11, from today and for Year 12 students, from Monday. Read more

Sydney Beth Din says Jewish society is closer and therefore vulnerable

The Sydney Beth Din says it has an obligation to the entire community, to advise and make public our Halachic view in dealing with Coronavirus and wants any member of the community who has recently returned from Melbourne to self-isolate for 14 days. Read more

IDF Home Front Command opens hotels for patients recovering from COVID-19

Following a directive by Defence Minister Naftali Bennett, the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command opened its first coronavirus recovery centre for mild patients at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Read more

Gantz fomenting Knesset crisis as Netanyahu leads Coronavirus response

In the midst of a bitter political crisis and without the support of a functioning Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been leading an aggressive response to Coronavirus to limit the spread of the highly contagious disease. Read more

Unity talks continue despite Knesset shutdown, COVID-19 crisis

With Israel’s Knesset shut down and amid an ongoing national health crisis, negotiations towards a unity government are quietly continuing. Read more

The Economist

I think there’s been enough written about the virus crisis. Here is something less serious, to relieve the tension. Read more

Israeli researchers announce new, faster testing method for COVID-19

Researchers at Israel’s Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus have successfully tested a new method, called “pooling,” that they claim will dramatically increase the country’s ability to test for COVID-19. Read more

Indonesian Muslim leaders, educators visit Israel

A group of nine prominent Indonesian Islamic leaders and educators recently visited Israel on a special mission under the auspices of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s Rambam Program. Read more

Israelis told to stay at home

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis not to leave their homes and he has called on authorities to ensure that the directive is being enforced. Read more

Unchartered territory

Much is made of the fact that the coronavirus pandemic now spreading chaos worldwide is something unprecedented. Read more

President Rivlin discusses Coronavirus crisis with PA head Abbas

President Reuven Rivlin spoke on Wednesday with Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the Coronavirus crisis. Read more

Mossad delivers 100,000 Coronavirus tests to Israel from unknown country

Israel’s secret intelligence service, the Mossad, has delivered 100,000 Coronavirus test kits to Israel from “a country with which Israel does not maintain diplomatic relations,” Israeli sources say. Read more

Cycle with Israel’s top team

Israel’s only professional cycling team, Israel Start-Up Nation (ISN), will lead a virtual online team ride on Friday. Read more

Ark’s shule still open this Shabbat and social media advice from its rabbi NOW CANCELLED

Melbourne’s The Ark Centre remains open for services but the immediate future is uncertain. NOW CANCELLED Read more

Total lockdown ‘inevitable,’ says Israel’s Public Security Minister

In a conference call on Tuesday night with the heads of the country’s security branches, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan instructed the police and the rest of Israel’s domestic security apparatus to make preparations to implement a full closure, which the minister said was “inevitable.” Read more

AIJAC welcomes Australia’s stance on Palestine issue at the ICC

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the Australian Government’s formal submission to the International Criminal Court arguing that the Court does not have territorial jurisdiction to consider the “Situation in the State of Palestine.” Read more

ICC decision on Israel delayed by coronavirus shutdown

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will be forced to postpone its decision on whether to open full court proceedings against Israel for alleged war crimes for at least a month after the court building in The Hague was shut down due to fears of a further spreading of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). Read more

Jewish House calls for assistance

As part of  Sydney’s Jewish House emergency response plan to the COVID-19 Pandemic; they are calling for psychologists and counselling professionals to volunteer one hour of their time per day. Read more

World’s top math prize awarded to Hebrew University’s Hillel Furstenberg

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has announced it will award the Abel Prize to Hillel Furstenberg at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Gregory Margulis at Yale University “for pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics”. Read more

Apr-11 3:40pm Viceland-TV: Dead set on life

Matty experiences one of Canada’s oldest Jewish communities. Rabbi Bernath, aka ‘The Hipster Rabbi’, shows Matty around Montreal’s kosher food community. Read more

El Al scales back operations to 4 flights a day, lays off staff as coronavirus hits industry

Israel’s national airline El Al has announced it is scaling down its operations to a mere four passenger-flights per day and is placing nearly 80 per cent of its staff on unpaid leave as the Coronavirus crisis hits the aviation and tourism industry worldwide. Read more

NSW: all shules almost certainly to be closed

The Sydney Beth Din has recommended that all “minyanim in all synagogues be suspended from now until further notice” but Melbourne it will be case by case. Read more

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