Health

Germany funds vaccination drive for Holocaust survivors

(JTA) — The German government is providing $13.5 million to get Holocaust survivors to COVID-19 vaccination locations around the world. The new Holocaust Survivor Vaccine Assistance Program (HSVAP) will be administered by the New York-based Claims Conference, which announced the program on Wednesday, through its network of more than 300 agency partners. Funds will cover […]

By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 24, 2021 12:01 am

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After losing her father, this NY paramedic went back to work responding to COVID calls

“I heard the cold and a little bit of cough, and I just knew,” Carol Ackerman, a paramedic, recalled about losing her father, Stanley Teich, to COVID-19.

March 22, 2021 10:53 am

Synagogues are not rushing to reopen, even as vaccines are making gatherings safer

Even synagogues that are taking steps back into their sanctuaries don’t plan to end the popular virtual services of the last year.

March 16, 2021 5:58 pm

Thousands of Orthodox Jews participated in a COVID-19 study last year. The first results are in.

By Shira Hanau March 10, 2021 5:48 pm

What Israel has learned from its battle with COVID-19

By JTA Staff March 4, 2021 3:02 pm

Israel to start vaccinating Palestinians who work in Israel and West Bank within days, military says

By Gabe Friedman March 1, 2021 3:32 pm

Israel’s plan to deliver vaccines to Palestinians and allies is on hold

By Gabe Friedman February 28, 2021 1:10 pm

Bess Soffer, 68, Jewish community leader whose last words, by FaceTime, were ‘group hug’

By Shira Feder February 24, 2021 3:48 pm

Effi Hertzke, 81, appears on Israeli Channel 12 Sunday. (Screen shot from YouTube)

‘Want to see my muscles?’ An 81-year-old American bubbe at an Israeli gym gave the best interview ever.

By Ben Sales February 22, 2021 12:55 pm

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