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“Some 75% of the Baltimore area’s Jews – around 100,000 people – live in 21215 and four other contiguous ZIP Codes”
THE FORWARD Virus outbreak in black-Jewish Baltimore neighborhood leads to anti-Semitic blame game by Aiden Pink Apri 15, 2020 An African-American radio host’s public blaming of Jews for Baltimore’s coronavirus outbreak led to an accusation of anti-Semitism, particularly since data … Continue reading
“China’s defective “gifts” reflect a defective regime—and the world is beginning to notice”
THE AMERICAN INTEREST How China’s Mask Diplomacy Backfired by Charles Dunst April 15, 2020 ….Chinese state media has emphasized the purported strength of the CCP’s response, using this new “Health Silk Road” to portray China as a trustworthy torchbearer amid … Continue reading
Israel’s sectors with high productivity and employment, such as tech, commerce, and industry, will be the first to resume work
CTECH Back to Normal: Tech First, Culture Last by Omri Milman April 12, 2020 Israel’s return to normalcy post coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown is set to start with its most productive sectors, first among them the country’s tech sector, according to … Continue reading
“That Israel’s health system had to enlist Mossad was evidence that it had not readied itself to respond to the type of threat represented by the coronavirus”
NEW YORK TIMES Israel’s Not-So-Secret Weapon in Coronavirus Fight: The Spies of Mossad by Ronen Bergman April 13, 2020 When Israel’s health minister was found to be infected with the coronavirus early this month, all high-level officials in close contact … Continue reading
“Residents of neighborhoods with high infection rates to be confined to one of seven zones dividing the capital starting at noon, but can leave for work or other essential needs”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods to be locked down starting Sunday by Staff April 11, 2020 Several Jerusalem neighborhoods with high coronavirus infection rates will be locked down starting Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said early Sunday. … Continue reading
“With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity”
DAILY WIRE Epidemiologist Warns Of Unintended Consequences From Lockdowns by Amanda Prestigiacomo April 10, 2020 …“About 80% of the people need to have had contact with the virus, and the majority of them won’t even have recognized that they were … Continue reading
“With families confined at home, country belts out Four Questions, traditionally sung by youngest member of household, asking ‘Why is this night different from every other night?”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Under Passover lockdown, thousands take to balconies to sing ‘Mah Nishtana’ by Staff April 8, 2020 Tens of thousands of Israelis, locked down by the government and separated from their families on Passover, came out to their … Continue reading
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The Wuhan Virus pandemic “raises fundamental questions about how much economic interdependence nations want”
REAL CLEAR POLITICS How the Wuhan Virus Will Change the World Order by Charles Lipson April 8, 2020 …The WHO is probably beyond repair. China won’t give up its authority there, and the U.S. shouldn’t give China more weight by … Continue reading
Israel took a different approach to the coronavirus from the start because it’s a very different kind of society. Unlike the pampered West, Israel permanently lives in a state of potential emergency and existential threat.
JNS For Israel, recognizing another enemy is second nature by Melanie Phillips April 2, 2020 Among the world’s democracies fighting the coronavirus, Israel has so far been by far the most successful. With a population of about 8.6 million, it … Continue reading
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