(JTA) — The bodies of seven Moroccan-Jewish victims of the COVID-19 pandemic were flown to Israel last week after being interred in a Casablanca Jewish cemetery more than a year ago. The transfer was arranged by ZAKA, an Israeli volunteer rescue and...

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Analogies to the Holocaust have become commonplace at anti-vaccine protests around the U.S. and the world. But protesters displaying swastikas and a yellow star especially stung on Sunday, when they deployed the symbols...

(JTA) — Israel’s government reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer to purchase tens of thousands of doses of the company’s new anti-viral treatment for COVID. The news was first reported by Israel’s Channel 12 news station,...

Winterfest Kids Fun Run When/Where: 7:30–10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 20 at Kiener Plaza Virtual/In-person? In-person RSVP required: No, but cost is $15 per participant; register online at ArchPark.org/Winterfest Description:  The route begins...

A new class of small molecules for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases, is being developed at Neuromagen Pharma of Beersheva with several million dollars in seed money...

(JTA) — When Rabbi Lisa Gelber heard that the Food and Drug Administration had approved the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5-11, she couldn’t wait for the moment that her daughter would get the shot. But she also knew her daughter...