Health Ministry records 1,068 diagnoses in 24 hours, highest rate since mid-October; ministers nevertheless push on with pilot to open malls and markets

Program to test efficacy of virus safety restrictions to last until December 6, Health Ministry says; some museums will also be allowed to open

As coronavirus cases again spike across the United States, Jewish institutes ask parents to avoid celebrations or host outside -- or risk the closures faced by the general public

Some nations ease restrictions while others continue to struggle ahead of Thanksgiving and Christmas; WHO leader warns drugs must be distributed fairly

A homegrown effort to trace cases within the city’s Orthodox population struggles under the onslaught of new cases, but Jewish schools say their protective measures are working

Ceremony for grandson of Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum attended by thousands, arranged to avoid detection by secular authorities, according to New York Post

Group says Friday opening was always planned to be single-day 'pilot,' will wait until government gives okay to get back to business

Heiko Maas says recent comparison to Anne Frank and resistance fighter Sophie Scholl 'trivializes the Holocaust and shows an unbearable forgetting of history'

Some open illegally in protest, saying they need to feed their families; 815 new virus cases reported as testing levels increase

With long lines and crowds not adhering to distancing rules, some shops extend opening hours or shut down; stall owners at Tel Aviv market open illegally to protest their closure