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In Israel, teenagers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine

In all, Israel has vaccinated about 2.5 million out of its approximately 9 million citizens.

By Gabe Friedman January 24, 2021 12:58 pm

An Israeli healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a health clinic in Jerusalem on January 14, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

Israelis are bending the rules to get COVID-19 vaccines — and nurses are helping them do it

Israel’s vaccination rate is outpacing the world, partly because many Israelis are trying to jump the line.

January 21, 2021 3:12 pm

Thousands attend secret Hasidic wedding in Brooklyn, many reportedly from Europe and Israel

An Israeli news site published an article before the wedding about the secrecy involved in its planning, then replaced it with another version that said the affair would be small and in keeping with COVID rules.

January 19, 2021 5:29 pm

92-year-old sex therapist Dr. Ruth got her COVID-19 vaccine in NYC

By Gabe Friedman January 14, 2021 11:32 am

5 things to know about Israel’s attention-grabbing COVID-19 vaccination spree

By Philissa Cramer and Ben Sales January 5, 2021 5:17 pm

Holocaust survivor pens moving NY Times op-ed about how COVID is ‘stealing’ her last years

By Gabe Friedman January 4, 2021 12:19 pm

NY attorney general recuses herself from vaccine-fraud investigation into ParCare clinics, owned by a Hasidic supporter

By Shira Hanau January 2, 2021 11:54 pm

Israel has vaccinated over 10 times more of its population than the US

By Gabe Friedman December 31, 2020 10:20 am

Meet Christie Moore, the Portland oncologist who made a bracha on her vaccination

By Shira Feder December 30, 2020 4:25 pm

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In Israel, teenagers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine

Israelis are bending the rules to get COVID-19 vaccines — and nurses are helping them do it

Thousands attend secret Hasidic wedding in Brooklyn, many reportedly from Europe and Israel

92-year-old sex therapist Dr. Ruth got her COVID-19 vaccine in NYC

5 things to know about Israel’s attention-grabbing COVID-19 vaccination spree

Holocaust survivor pens moving NY Times op-ed about how COVID is ‘stealing’ her last years

NY attorney general recuses herself from vaccine-fraud investigation into ParCare clinics, owned by a Hasidic supporter

Israel has vaccinated over 10 times more of its population than the US

Meet Christie Moore, the Portland oncologist who made a bracha on her vaccination

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