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In this Oct. 18, 2019, file photo a JetBlue Airways flight flies in to Salt Lake City International Airport (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 21, 2020, 9:29 am
Brooklyn mother of 6 ordered off JetBlue flight as 2-year-old won’t keep mask on
Passengers on flight from Orlando seen supporting woman, as flight attendants insist family deboard despite airline regulations excusing young children from mask-wearing
By Marcy Oster
Sarah Nadav, shortly after being attacked on a Tel Aviv bus (via Sarah Nadav)
August 13, 2020, 12:58 pm
Tel Aviv woman says she was attacked after asking bus passenger to wear mask
Sarah Nadav says she was hit in head with an energy drink, spat at, subjected to angry tirade after making request; advocacy group says it receives complaints daily
By Nathan Jeffay
Parts and a model of a mask are displayed by the Israeli jewelry company Yvel in Motza near Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner)
August 10, 2020, 11:06 am
Israeli jeweler makes $1.5 million gold, diamond virus mask
Isaac Levy says a Chinese businessman in the US has requested priciest face covering in the world; 18-karat mask will be decorated with 3,600 diamonds
By ISAAC SCHARF
A man wearing a protective mask walks next to travelers as they queue up to board a boat at Stranvagen in Stockholm on July 27, 2020, during the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
August 4, 2020, 5:28 am
Northern exposure: Nordic countries defy rest of world to go mask-free
While most of the world moves toward face coverings, Scandinavian countries have not recommended the practice and citizens won’t wear them unless the government tells them to
By Marc Preel and Nioucha ZAKAVATI
The new ViriMASK, invented by Noam Gavriely (courtesy of ViriMASK)
July 30, 2020, 6:55 pm
New Israeli-made mask claims to offer best protection yet against coronavirus
Former IDF gas mask innovator says his invention stops 99.25% of airborne particles — better than N95 — while insisting this outweighs its clunky look
By Nathan Jeffay
A photo tweeted by a city councilman in the Hague that references the yellow stars Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust, to protest an application for monitoring coronavirus carriers. (Arnoud van Doorn/Twitter via JTA)
July 29, 2020, 11:26 am
Minnesota Republican group posts meme comparing masks to yellow Star of David
State party chairwoman says ‘they believe this was a hack’; image showed Jewish man with star on his chest facing down Nazi officer, with the text ‘Just put on the mask’
By Agencies
Screen capture from video of a man and woman wearing swastika face masks as they shop at a Walmart in Minnesota, July 25, 2020. (Facebook)
July 27, 2020, 2:08 pm
Video shows couple wearing swastika face masks in Minnesota Walmart
When confronted, woman says attire is a warning against Joe Biden becoming president because he will introduce socialism; pair banned from chain for a year
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A hair stylist works on a customer, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
July 15, 2020, 6:09 am
US study shows masks prevented major coronavirus outbreak at hair salon
CDC investigation adds weight to rules on face coverings, finds two stylists worked on 139 clients in two week period while they were infected, but no customers became sick
By AFP
Batya Getter, center, along with her family as they meet with senior Jerusalem police officers, July 13, 2020. (Israel Police)
July 14, 2020, 1:39 am
Police minister meets ultra-Orthodox girl left in tears by cop run-in
Amir Ohana tells Batya Getter, filmed after police stopped her for not wearing a mask, that my heart went out to you,’ vows to improve ties between police and Haredi community
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then Health Minister Yaakov Litzman hold a press conference about the coronavirus, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 8, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2020, 6:27 pm
PM to meet ultra-Orthodox MKs amid claims virus rules are masking discrimination
Senior Haredi politicians complain of serious police violence, say lockdowns unfairly target ultra-Orthodox areas
By Sam Sokol and TOI staff
People wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus at the Mamilla mall in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 11, 2020, 6:51 pm
Face mask can cut risk of infection to wearer by 65%, says US health expert
New research suggests increased protection for those wearing facial coverings, not just reducing spread
By TOI staff
People wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus at the Mamilla mall in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 9, 2020, 11:30 pm
Government said mulling requiring masks only in indoor areas, buses, gatherings
According to reported suggestion by Public Security Minister Ohana, people in outdoor spaces would only need to have face mask within reach
By TOI staff
Police officers patrol in the ultra orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, July 6, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2020, 12:48 am
Knesset approves law hiking fine for not wearing a face mask to NIS 500
Municipal inspectors, Nature and Parks Authority inspectors and local government workers are also now able to enforce the penalty for not sporting a face covering in a public place
By TOI staff
Police arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in the Mea Shearim neighborhood, following a protest against the coronavirus restrictions April 19, 2020. (Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 5, 2020, 5:14 am
Haredi protesters in Jerusalem scrap with cops over mask enforcement
Two arrested as dozens in Mea Shearim throw bottles and other objects at officers attempting to give a fine to a woman refusing to cover her face, police say
By TOI staff
A vendor waits for customers at a drive-thru farmers market, Saturday, May 2, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas. (AP/Charlie Riedel)
July 5, 2020, 12:38 am
Kansas newspaper equates mask mandate with Holocaust, drawing fire
Anderson County Review publisher defends cartoon posted on Facebook with image of cattle car, Star of David as adding to ‘marketplace of ideas,’ calls critics ‘Marxist parasites’
By John Hanna
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