Health

Mikael Dolsten, the Jewish immigrant leading Pfizer’s vaccine charge, hopes the US stays a melting pot

“A lot of the great breakthroughs in America have come from people that immigrated,” said the Swedish Jewish doctor turned pharmaceutical industry leader.

Moderna’s Israeli chief medical officer helps spread his company’s good COVID vaccine news

Tal Zaks has a doctorate from Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba.

Israel signs COVID vaccine deal days after Netanyahu noted how Pfizer CEO is ‘proud’ of his Jewish heritage

“Albert Bourla is very proud of his Greek heritage and of his Jewish heritage, from Thessaloniki,” the Israeli prime minister said.

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo reduces restrictions on Brooklyn Jewish neighborhoods as COVID rates drop

Israeli Hasidic rabbi denounces ‘those Jews who snitch’ on Jews who flout pandemic guidelines

NY schools in Orthodox neighborhoods with COVID upticks can reopen under new testing plan

The Jewish Faucis: Orthodox doctors battle COVID — and disinformation — in Orthodox communities

Some Orthodox areas of NY see COVID rules relaxed, but not Brooklyn neighborhoods that protested

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: I regret how I handled that Orthodox funeral in April

Israel begins to lift lockdown restrictions as tensions over enforcement mount

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