Interfaith Alliance says move violates separation of religion and state; Orthodox Union argues it would be discriminatory to leave religious groups out of relief package

Travelers disembark after weeks at sea, with 14 critically ill patients taken directly to hospitals; crew members left on ship getting sicker

New York City hospitals are filling up with COVID-19 patients, and officials fear they will soon run out of breathing machines for intensive care patients

Canadian Jewish News, established in 1960, shutters after years of financial woes brought to a head by pandemic, economic shutdown

Officials from Treasury, National Insurance Institute said to conclude they can't deliver funds by next week, after Netanyahu promised NIS 500 per child for holiday

New federal guidelines say all Americans should wear non-medical masks in public to stem spread of coronavirus; president says 'I'm choosing not to do it'

Death rate among Swedish Jews 14 times higher than their share of the population; country implements Europe's most lax containment policies

Three men and a woman in their 70s succumb to the disease; 113 patients in serious condition, 96 of them are on ventilators

$20,800 penalty comes after agency published story that said Baghdad was under-reporting confirmed COVID-19 cases

PM Shtayyeh says Israeli Health Ministry apologized to PA for 'unofficial statements,' in apparent reference to report about Israel needing to 'medically annex' West Bank