Abigail Klein Leichman
• Published August 17, 2021
In February, the world’s attention was focused on Covid-19 experimental drugs. By April, with the worldwide vaccine campaign in full swing, Covid treatments didn’t seem important anymore.
Now that we know the virus isn’t going away despite...
Lea Loeb, The Jewish News Of Northern California
• Published August 16, 2021
Vitali Voskoboinik’s bright blue eyes sparkled behind his glasses as he sat in his sunny Pacifica apartment. At 79, the Holocaust refugee looked full of life; he laughed and smiled, introducing himself first in Russian, then in Hebrew, and then in English.
One...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
• Published August 16, 2021
Even with Israel’s world-leading rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations, drugs to treat Covid patients are in desperate need across the world.
Two such drugs developed in Israel show great promise in clinical trials: EXO-CD24 and Allocetra.
EXO-CD24,...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published August 13, 2021
August 12, 1991 — Nasser Friend Yeruham Cohen Dies
Yeruham Cohen, known for befriending Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser, dies at 75. Born into a Yemeni family in Tel Aviv, Cohen was fluent in Arabic. He was an intelligence aide to Gen. Yigal Allon, and...
NEW YORK (JTA) — When the school year ended two months ago, Rabbi Bini Krauss allowed himself to breathe a sigh of relief.
His Modern Orthodox day school, SAR Academy, had been perhaps the first Jewish school in the country to close due to COVID...
Ori Itzchaki is an aspiring journalist. He has interviewed “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot and Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo for the magazine of Shavvim, an Israeli organization for people with disabilities.
For now, however, journalism doesn’t pay...
(JTA) — The Florida shock radio host and former Newsmax anchor who died of COVID-19 after spending months telling his followers not to get the vaccine was a Jewish man from Queens.
The Aug. 4 death of Dick Farrel, who was 65, has made global headlines...
ALEX KRUTCHIK, CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS
• Published August 8, 2021
Eighty-five percent of Jewish Americans are accepting of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute. The study surveyed several religious groups and subgroups, such as Black Protestants, Hispanic Catholics,...
Lorelai Kude, SPECIAL FOR THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 8, 2021
ELUL 5781: TESHUVA TIME, AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON
Has any year in recent memory so vividly illustrated the spiritual reality that the actions of one person can affect myriads, for good or for evil? Chodesh Elul, the season of communal and personal...
Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published August 6, 2021
It would take 10 men to defeat Ovadia (Moris Cohen), the strongest doorman in Tel Aviv. Revered by customers and beloved by his co-workers, he only wishes there was some way he could help his wife (Rotem Zissman-Cohen) get pregnant with their first...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published August 5, 2021
August 5, 1953 — Special Forces Unit 101 Is Formed
Unit 101, an independent special forces section of the Israel Defense Forces, is launched with about 20 soldiers under the command of Ariel Sharon to provide a rapid, nimble response to terrorist attacks...
