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Yaakov Litzman

Israel’s health minister has the coronavirus. He’s also under fire for allegedly defying his own department’s orders.

Yaakov Litzman, who is haredi Orthodox, denies that he ignored social distancing guidelines. But he’s still at the center of a COVID-19 controversy.

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Prominent speakers from around the world have participated in an array of programs through the Barcelona-Madrid mashup.

British Secretary of State Dominic Raab arriving to a briefing about the coronavirus at prime minister's residence on Downing Street 10, London, the United Kingdon on April 7, 2020. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Dominic Raab, whose father was a Jewish refugee, is Britain’s acting prime minister with Boris Johnson hospitalized

His father fled to Britain at the age of 7 from what was then Czechoslovakia following the Nazi annexations there in 1938.

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For Jewish law authorities, the coronavirus has caused an unprecedented flurry of questions

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Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tests positive for coronavirus, sending Netanyahu back to quarantine

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