Israel Orders Full Coronavirus Lockdown

Israel Orders Full Coronavirus Lockdown | Campus Groups Use Coronavirus to Attack Israel | Yale University Rabbi Abused and Beaten

Daily Edition April 6, 2020 WORLD ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST OPINION CULTURE FEATURES Top NewsIsraeli Government Orders Full Coronavirus Lockdown for Passover Holidayby Reuters and Algemeiner StaffIsraelis celebrating the Jewish Passover holiday this week will hold the “Seder” — the traditional meal celebrating freedom from biblical slavery — confined…MoreIn Unprecedented Move, US State Department Designates Russian Neo-Nazi Group as ‘Terrorist Organization’by Ben CohenThe US State Department on Monday sanctioned a violent Russian neo-Nazi group as a terrorist organization — marking the first time that a white supremacist…MoreYale University Rabbi Abused and Beaten in Antisemitic Robbery Praises Swift Police Responseby Algemeiner StaffA rabbi who survived a violent antisemitic attack in New Haven last week praised the swift response of the police officers who arrived to assist him as he lay…MoreCoalition Hits Another Roadblock Hours After Netanyahu, Gantz Said to Reach Unity Government Dealby Benjamin KersteinAfter reports on Monday afternoon that a coalition government agreement had been reached, it was announced this evening that talks between Prime…MoreAustralian Jewish Group Charges Amazon With ‘Betrayal’ as Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Remains on Saleby Algemeiner StaffAustralia’s leading Jewish civil rights organization hammered online retail giant Amazon on Monday for allegedly reneging on a pledge to stop selling Mein…MoreNetanyahu and Putin Discuss Israel-Russia Cooperation in Fighting Coronavirusby Algemeiner StaffIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Monday regarding the global coronavirus crisis and how…MoreTop European Rabbis Hold Zoom Meeting to Discuss How to Handle Cornavirus Crisisby Algemeiner StaffThe Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) held a Zoom meeting on Sunday to discuss how Jews on the continent were…MoreAmid Coronavirus Crisis, Tel Aviv Skyscraper Lit Up With Words of Jewish Prayer ‘Shema Yisrael’by Shiryn GhermezianAmid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Azrieli Sarona Tower in Tel Aviv — the tallest building in Israel — was lit up on Friday night with the words of the…More Opinion Jews Are Survivors: Coronavirus Will Be No Differentby Jason ShviliReading the Israeli news recently, I came across an article that asked if Jewish life could continue during the coronavirus pandemic. I think anyone who knows their Jewish history well enough will be able…More Anti-Israel Campus Groups Use Coronavirus to Attack Israelby Ariel BeharAs the first coronavirus cases reached Gaza, anti-Israel groups launched a social media campaign to falsely smear Israel for allegedly blocking needed medical aid. “This could become one of the…More Passover 2020 Will Be the Calm in a Sea of Chaosby Eli HechtkDespite these trying times, we have wonderful opportunities. Some of us wonder whether there will a better tomorrow, while others are denying the enormous impact and consequences of the…More Hitler as Plague Doctorby Harold BrackmanHermann Esser was a second-tier Nazi and friend of Hitler. He has made a recent internet list of “Ten Dead Nazis You’ve Never Heard Of.” Starting in the mid-1920s, when Hitler was writing Mein Kampf, Esser began work on The Jewish World Plague. It…More