coronavirus restrictions

In this file photo, police use water canons to clear a blocked road near the German federal parliament, as people attend a protest rally in Berlin, Germany, against the coronavirus restrictions in Germany in July 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

June 15, 2021, 3:52 pm

German officials, Jewish groups warn far-right extremism on the rise

Head of Jewish umbrella group says report shows ‘shocking extent’ to which threat has grown; authorities say neo-Nazis sought to join protests against virus restrictions

By Frank Jordans

Aranka Engel, 103, left, holds the hand of fellow Holocaust survivor Jean Kurz, 81, while watching Orthodox Jewish singer Yaakov Shwekey perform at a concert honoring them and dozens of other Holocaust survivors on Monday, June 14, 2021, at the Yeshivah of Flatbush theater at Joel Braverman High School in the Brooklyn borough of New York. It was the first large gathering for New York-area Holocaust survivors after more than a year of isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

June 15, 2021, 5:52 am

NY Holocaust survivors celebrated at concert after COVID isolation

For many, performance held at Yeshivah of Flatbush auditorium is 1st public interaction in months; ‘It’s extremely good for the soul, for the heart,’ says one Auschwitz survivor

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a news conference after visiting the Holocaust Museum, outside the US Capitol on June 14, 2021. Greene repeatedly apologized for comparing coronavirus pandemic precautions to the oppression of Jewish people by Nazi Germany. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP )

June 15, 2021, 3:20 am

Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizes for comparing mask requirements to Holocaust

Controversial Republican lawmaker retracts statements after visit to US Holocaust Museum: ‘There’s no comparison and there never ever will be’

By Alan Fram

People outside the unemployment bureau in Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

June 9, 2021, 10:01 pm

Liberman said planning to drastically slash COVID-era unemployment benefits

TV says incoming finance minister plans to cancel furlough payments for under-45s in bid to force tens of thousands to go back to work

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony to honor medical workers and hospitals for their fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, in Jerusalem, on June 6, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

June 7, 2021, 2:28 pm

Daily Briefing June 7 – Likud tricks & shtick to delay ‘change bloc’ government

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By TOI staff

May 26, 2021, 2:29 pm

Daily Briefing May 26 – Back to real life: COVID progress and coalition deadlock

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By TOI staff

Israelis, some wearing protective face masks and some not, as Israel lifts the restrictions on wearing a mask outdoors, April 21, 2021. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)

May 25, 2021, 12:19 am

As pandemic wanes, Israel’s indoor mask mandate said set to be lifted in 2 weeks

But Health Ministry official says she won’t commit to timeframe; travel restrictions needed to prevent entry of new variants

By TOI staff

Family members and relatives wearing protective gear stand next to the funeral pyre of a COVID-19 coronavirus victim at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 24, 2021 (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

May 24, 2021, 10:05 am

India’s reported coronavirus death toll passes 300,000, 3rd highest in world

4,454 new deaths in last 24 hours; true toll thought to be significantly greater; surge of infections appears to be easing in big cities but is devastating the poorer countryside

By SHEIKH SAALIQ

Eden Alene, Israel's 2021 Eurovision representative and winner of the reality show 'The Next Star,' during the final in Neve Ilan studio near Jerusalem on February 4, 2020. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)

May 18, 2021, 7:14 pm

Amid war at home, Eden Alene to represent Israel at Eurovision Tuesday night

The country’s first Ethiopian-Israeli representative tweets a message of love and support to family and fans back home ahead of her semifinal performance in the Netherlands

By TOI staff

A man protests coronavirus restrictions with a yellow star and a photo of Anne Frank outside the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. (@ZSKberlin/Twitter via JTA)

May 11, 2021, 6:01 am

Germany wants ban on wearing yellow star to protest pandemic lockdowns

Antisemitism commissioner Felix Klein says those wearing symbol with word ‘unvaccinated’ on it trivialize the Holocaust

By Toby Axelrod

In this picture taken on May 5, 2021, relatives grieve as they arrive for the cremation of their loved one who died due to the COVID-19 coronavirus at a crematorium in Moradabad (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

May 8, 2021, 9:38 am

India records over 4,000 COVID deaths in a day amid devastating virus surge

Experts, who express doubts about the official death toll, say wave may not peak until the end of May; mounting calls for tough nationwide lockdown measures

By AFP

Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2020 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

May 7, 2021, 8:23 pm

Israel among 12 ‘green’ countries okayed for UK summer travelers

As United Kingdom begins lifting foreign travel ban, major destinations like France, Spain and Greece left off list that will let people travel without quarantining on return

By Jill Lawless

May 5, 2021, 2:23 pm

Daily Briefing May 5 – Lapid, Bennett… Rivlin: Who will get president’s vote?

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By TOI staff

Dutch right-wing leader Thierry Baudet speaks to reporters at the Dutch Senate in the Hague, Feb. 5, 2020. (Sem Van Der Wal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

May 5, 2021, 1:09 am

Dutch party equates COVID measures to Nazism on national Holocaust memorial day

Central Jewish Board of the Netherlands slams claim that coronavirus restrictions have undone liberation from Nazi Germany as ‘deeply offensive and inexcusable’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Israeli students return to school in Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

April 29, 2021, 1:17 pm

Children from 5 schools among Israel’s 41 cases of Indian COVID strain

Health Ministry says 17 cases identified among people who haven’t left the country, indicating community spread; 4 of those diagnosed are fully vaccinated

By TOI staff