(Israel21c) - A year and a half of lockdowns, school closures and social distancing caught adolescents at a vulnerable time in their emotional development, says Dr. Shelly Ben Harush Negari, a physician specializing in adolescent medicine.
Many kids...
Abigail Klein Leichman , Israel21c
• September 19, 2021
Israeli researchers have determined that a third (“booster”) dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is effective at preventing both infection and severe illness, according to a first-in-world study published September 15 in The New England Journal...
(JTA) — Shonna Levin is an Orthodox Jew, but she won’t be spending Yom Kippur in a synagogue.
The Brooklyn activist had planned to set up camp in Prospect Park, where she was going to host an all-day gathering for Jews with eating disorders for...
(Israel21c) - When Covid-19 first broke out, a telltale sign of catching the nasty virus was loss of smell. Almost two years later, it turns out that it is likely having long-term effects on the sense of smell of recovered patients.
A study by the...
(Israel21c) - Lockdowns, as we in Israel have learned, do a good job preventing the spread of Covid. But as many of us have personally experienced, they also have quite an impact on our mental health – especially when we go through them for a second...
(JTA) — Hundreds of Israelis who traveled to Ukraine for an annual Rosh Hashana pilgrimage to the grave of a Hasidic rabbi are suspected of using forged negative COVID tests to return to Israel after testing positive for the virus.
Tens of thousands...
This article originally appeared on Kveller.
My father, Michael Horen, was an artist by training and a graphic designer by profession. But the word I most often use to describe him is “humanitarian.”
That’s not because he ever did any international...
ALIX WALL , The Jewish News of Northern California
• September 9, 2021
As soon as she was old enough to know what was on her plate, Lauren Chew didn’t want to eat animals. But it’s hard to be in control of those choices when you’re a child.
As soon as she was on her own, she went cold turkey, cutting out all animal...
Rachel Mikva , Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Chicago Theological Seminary
• September 8, 2021
The most restrictive abortion law in the country went into effect on Sept. 1, 2021, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal. In Texas, abortions are now illegal as early as six weeks into a pregnancy — before many women...
CATHLEEN KRONEMER, Special to the Jewish Light
• September 5, 2021
As the leaves turn from verdant green to robust shades of orange, yellow and red, losing their tenuous hold on the tree branches and drifting aimlessly downward, Jews recognize this as not only heralding the coming of autumn but also the advent of the...
(JTA) — Birthright Israel is resuming its trips after a month of cancellations over Israeli COVID-19 quarantine rules, the organization announced Thursday.
Participants who have been fully vaccinated in the past six months will not have to quarantine...
(JTA) — Greece has appointed a health minister who defended the antisemitic writings of his father in court more than a decade ago.
Thanos Plevris, who was named to his post as part of a government reshuffle, said Wednesday in a statement that he...
