Business and Economy
The sales, which took place as the world grapples with economic uncertainty tied to the coronavirus pandemic, represent an indication of confidence by investors in the nation’s economy and future, experts say.
A new ventilator prototype to be used in Israel and beyond can offer a faster and significantly more cost-effective way to produce vitally in-demand medical equipment compared to existing options.
Elbit Systems engineers worked with staff at the Rambam Healthcare Campus in Haifa “around the clock to get the system up and running, and adapt it to the language of doctors and nurses facing the corona challenge.”
Presenters will give an overview of the Israeli response to COVID-19, followed by a discussion on the failures and successes the Jewish state has experienced to date.
“Already struggling, we are not able to sustain the enterprise in an environment of an almost complete economic shutdown,” said CJN president Elizabeth Wolfe.
“When my husband and I went to read it, despite the cover being as expected, it was actually a reprinting of a 1936 pro-Nazi propaganda book,” said Lorraine Phipps.
NCSY international director Rabbi Micah Greenland said “it is disappointing that during this time of great worldwide peril, when people should be joining in solidarity, there are individuals with such hatred in their hearts that they are harassing Jewish groups meeting via Zoom.”
As Israel’s medical establishment battles the pandemic, unemployment has shot up to more than 24 percent, up from 4 percent before the crisis.
With synagogues locked up, religious and day schools in abeyance, JCCs shuttered and Shabbat meals now nuclear family affairs, how can parents keep the Jewish flame alive?
A March 24 webinar about anti-Semitism hosted by a Massachusetts Jewish student group was interrupted by a white supremacist, who pulled down his shirt collar to show a swastika tattoo on his chest.
The health-care campus in Haifa will also receive two systems that can detect the presence of the virus.
The virus has claimed the lives of 12 Israelis, with 49 in serious condition • Next two weeks will be “critical,” said Health Minister Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, warning of high potential for further spread.
