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A man wearing a shirt celebrating the October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel at funeral rally for Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah, in New York City, February 23, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
May 9, 2025, 11:11 pm
New York passes law backed by Jewish groups to crack down on masked crime
Legislation establishes offense of ‘evading arrest by concealment of identity,’ a watered-down version of proposals aimed at combating upsurge in antisemitism
By Luke Tress
Protesters wearing Hamas headbands and masks at Baruch College in Manhattan, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress via JTA)
August 23, 2024, 11:34 pm
US federal suit filed against NY county’s mask ban aimed at countering antisemitism
NGO says Nassau County law discriminates against people covering their faces for health reasons; proponent says antisemitic incidents ‘often perpetrated by those in masks’
By AP
A mask-wearing pro-Palestinian protester stands outside the CUNY Grad Center as a pro-Israel demonstration takes place behind them, in New York, July 22, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
August 7, 2024, 1:23 pm
NY county outlaws masks at protests in response to anti-Israel intimidation
Nassau law, with medical, religious exceptions, is backed by 12 Republicans, legislature’s 7 Democrats abstain; state’s Civil Liberties Union says law violates free speech
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli family celebrates together on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on September 25, 2022, in Rananna. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 10:36 pm
Health Ministry advises some to don masks again as Jews gather for Rosh Hashanah
Those with underlying illnesses, compromised immune systems urged to take precaution; authorities promise COVID booster shots soon, urge getting flu shot which is already available
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A new device, invented by scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, which mounts on a hat and provides an "air screen" to protect from viruses. (courtesy of Wisdom Wearables)
November 24, 2022, 3:58 pm
Israeli scientists invent face mask made of thin air, which blows virus away
Instead of fabric on face, small air-pressure device is worn on baseball cap, creating a ‘shield’ blocking 62% of incoming, 99% of outgoing virus droplets, says peer-reviewed study
By Nathan Jeffay
People in Jerusalem wear face masks on January 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 23, 2022, 10:26 am
After more than 2 years of COVID, we still can’t recognize the face behind the mask
‘Zero improvement’ in human ability to identify masked faces, researchers from Israel and Canada say in peer-reviewed study
By Nathan Jeffay
Screen capture from video of national coronavirus czar Salman Zarka during a video press briefing, July 6, 2022. (Twitter)
July 6, 2022, 6:47 pm
COVID czar says health officials weighing return of indoor mask mandate
Salman Zarka says highly infectious variant driving 6th wave is a danger to the elderly, steps must be taken to protect at-risk groups; calls for returning travelers to get a PCR
By ToI Staff
Israelis wear protective face masks in Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv, on September 13, 2021 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 19, 2022, 4:05 pm
Officials said weighing indoor mask mandate, offering COVID shots for youngest kids
As new variant BA.5 gains ground, 158 patients in serious condition, up from 106 last week
By ToI Staff
Coronavirus czar Prof. Salman Zarka attends a press conference about the coronavirus in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 15, 2022, 2:06 pm
Health official: Israel likely seeing up to 20,000 daily COVID cases amid outbreak
Virus czar Salman Zarka reiterates importance of indoor masks, says BA.5 strain quickly overshadowing Omicron
By ToI Staff
A woman wearing a face mask walks in downtown Jerusalem, March 16, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2022, 9:41 pm
Health Ministry urges, but doesn’t demand, return to masks amid spike in infections
Nearly 6,000 new COVID cases diagnosed in a day and 103 in serious condition, with reproduction number climbing to 1.51 — the highest it has been since previous wave
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom medical team members at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Tel Aviv, on March 22, 2020 (Flash90)
June 8, 2022, 12:31 pm
Official warns of COVID wave; PM, health minister hold off new restrictions for now
As cases rise, indoor masking recommended for the public; virus czar says 5th vaccine dose may be needed; transmission rate continues to rise, positive test rate over 20%
By ToI Staff
A woman wears a face mask on a flight from Ben Gurion International Airport to Rome on February 21, 2020. (Nati shohat/Flash90)
May 17, 2022, 1:44 pm
Israel to end mandatory masking aboard international flights on May 23
‘We aren’t keeping unnecessary restrictions in place,’ health minister declares, while testing requirements for flying will end Saturday
By Alexander Fulbright
Magen David worker take a COVID-19 rapid antigen test from Israelis, at a Magen David Adom drive through complex in Jerusalem, March 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 16, 2022, 1:23 pm
Serious COVID cases in Israel drop below 100 for first time in months
Deaths, serious cases of coronavirus dip while testing for active cases rises over previous seven days, as country weighs lifting international flight mask mandate
By ToI Staff
Crew members wearing masks stand at the door for the first direct flight between Tel Aviv and Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, on April 17, 2022. (Flash90)
May 12, 2022, 9:35 pm
Israel said set to scrap in-flight mask mandate
Move would follow in the footsteps of EU decision; Israel also nears end of mandatory COVID tests upon landing
By ToI Staff
Israelis, some wearing protective face masks and some not, on the streets of Tel Aviv, April 21, 2021. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
April 27, 2022, 4:13 pm
Daily Briefing April 27: Israelis unmasked and the Strauss salmonella scare
Health and science writer Nathan Jeffay discusses no-mask mandate, salmonella in Strauss products as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at a Chevron case and wetlands proposal
By ToI Staff
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