The crown jewel of Israel’s relief efforts is the unprecedented, even historic establishment of a civilian field hospital as requested by the Ukrainian authorities.
Rabbi Paysach Freedman cuts red tape and opens doors for Anglos in Israel
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f there is a geographical center to Jerusalem’s sprawling English-speaking yeshivah and kollel life, it’s probably Givat Moshe, a neighborhood abustle with avreichim and yeshivos a short journey to Belz one way, up the road from the Mir empire another, and just over the junction from the American strongholds of Ramat Eshkol and Maalot Dafna. Better known by its municipal map allocation as Gush Shmonim (“Bloc 80”), a more fitting moniker would be Kollel Mile.
And that’s why crossing the threshold of Rabbi Paysach Freedman’s office from the heimish world beyond feels a bit like a disconnect. The mahogany desk, wall-mounted flat-screen, and Rabbi Freedman’s own monogrammed shirt-cuffs are not quite C-suite. But they’re definitely more boardroom than Bar Ilan, the main thoroughfare down the road.
Israel s Covid vaccine rollout is the fastest in the world here are some lessons for the rest of us CNBC 1/8/2021 Holly Ellyatt
While the U.S. and Europe attempt to ramp up their own Covid vaccination drives, Israel is outpacing them all.
Israel s vaccination drive began on Dec. 19, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the first person to be vaccinated in the country.
Priority has been given to people aged over 60, health care workers and anyone clinically vulnerable reported to make up around a quarter of its 9 million population.
Public health physician outlines how Israel became the world leader in Covid vaccinations
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein attend the arrival of a DHL plane carrying the first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, last Wednesday. (Abir Sultan/Pool via Reuters)
The Health Ministry Monday told the country’s
Kupot Cholim that Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination drive will begin next week, with members of the general public receiving vaccinations from December 23, next Wednesday.
Medical personnel to begin receiving inoculations on Sunday.
In radio interviews with Army Radio and Kan Bet, Israel’s Coronavirus Commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash said Monday. “I estimate that within a few months – in March, April – we will have vaccinated a significant portion of Israeli residents, so that we can open up the economy, return to being active and more or less return to a normal life. I hope we can celebrate this P