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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

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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 9,000-year-old stone mask discovered in the South Hebron Hills area of the West Bank in early 2018. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 6, 2024, 1:12 pm
9,000-year-old stone mask from Hebron Hills on display at Israel Museum
On public view for the first time, the mask is part of the ‘Common Ground: Israeli Art Meets Archaeology’ exhibit, which juxtaposes contemporary art with ancient artifacts
By Gavriel Fiske
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
Jerusalemites wearing face masks walk in the city center in February 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 18, 2022, 6:32 pm
COVID czar cautiously optimistic sixth wave will recede soon
Despite recent discovery of new subvariant BA2.75 in Israel, Salman Zarka says mask mandate not expected to return anytime soon
By Ash Obel
Illustrative image: In April 2021, when the requirement to wear masks outdoors was dropped, an Israeli man cut through a huge face mask in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2022, 2:18 pm
As more COVID rules axed, Israel in stable state, but not yet at endemic stage
In a Times of Israel Q&A, epidemiologist Michael Edelstein says that while Israel has COVID calm, and is abolishing travel-related rules, big fluctuations in cases still possible
By Nathan Jeffay
People read from Megillat Esther (the Story of Esther) during the Jewish holiday of Purim, at the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, on March 16, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 16, 2022, 10:28 pm
Israel to keep indoor mask mandate as it warily watches COVID resurgence elsewhere
Government decides to maintain cautious approach as Passover approaches, while not announcing any new restrictions after Bennett, Horowitz huddle with health experts
By ToI Staff
Anti-mask activist wearing a yellow star at the Anchorage Assembly meeting on mask mandates, September 20, 2021 (Screen grab/Twitter)
October 1, 2021, 9:38 am
Anchorage mayor: Anti-maskers’ use of yellow stars as symbol is ‘credit’ to Jews
Mayor of Alaska’s largest city later apologizes for supporting use of Holocaust imagery to liken mask mandates to oppression of Jewish people in Nazi Germany
By AP
Illustrative: Students participate in outdoor activities at the Denver Jewish Day School, 2020. (Courtesy of Denver Jewish Day School/ via JTA)
August 15, 2021, 4:12 am
Amid mask and vaxx debates, US Jewish schools prepare for a third year of COVID
With spread of the Delta variant and rising case numbers, instead of celebrating a return to in-person education, school heads are again planning for all scenarios
By Ben Sales
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican of Georgia) arrives for a House Republican caucus candidate forum to replace outgoing conference chair, Rep. Liz Cheney (Republican of Wyoming) at the Capitol on May 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
May 23, 2021, 4:46 pm
Far-right congresswoman compares US House mask mandate to Nazi yellow star
Jewish group condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘disgraceful’ comparison of health order to persecution of the Jews
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Using old surgical masks as plant pots. (Courtesy, Pablo Chercasky, Director of the KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund's Gilat Tree Nursery in southern Israel)
October 27, 2020, 11:36 am
JNF official: Don’t trash used masks, use them to grow plants
Head of KKL JNF Jewish National Fund’s Gilat Tree Nursery in Negev discovers that old surgical masks are perfect for cultivating seeds, seedlings and cuttings
By Sue Surkes
Shoppers wearing protective face masks walk along Oxford Street in London, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
July 30, 2020, 10:15 am
Iranian health official accuses UK of ‘hijacking’ masks earmarked for Tehran
Deputy health minister says British government took hold of 3 million masks purchased by Islamic Republic early on in pandemic and never delivered them to Tehran
By ToI Staff
Models wearing face masks pose during a mask fashion show in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
July 24, 2020, 10:30 pm
Tighter mask rules, more tests introduced in Europe, as WHO warns of spike there
Britain joins France, Germany and Austria in announcing more stringent mask requirements and greater testing for COVID-19; new clusters emerge in China, India
By Marc Preel
Illustration of a face mask (Peter Hamlin via AP)
July 2, 2020, 1:36 pm
Does wearing a mask pose any health risks?
Not for most people, though babies and toddlers should not wear them; expert says no reason to fear decreased oxygen
By AP
A discarded mask lays on the ground in Lima, near to where people wait to register in a list to return to their home province of Abancay, Peru, April 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
May 17, 2020, 8:31 am
From producer to wearer — lifecycle of the humble face mask
Different cultural attitudes, supply problems and price gouging mean the outward symbol of the coronavirus pandemic varies in popularity around the world
By Julien Girault and Marie-Morgane LE MOEL
Matthew Jason (left) and Jeremy Jason at headquarters for their Kippas to the Rescue project, at home in Houston, April 2020. (Mark Jason)
May 3, 2020, 12:09 pm
Houston family uses kippas to make masks for the homeless
Teenage sons lead effort to produce hundreds of protective items from upcycled skullcaps donated by local Jews
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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