Passengers who land at Ben Gurion Airport starting on May 20, 2022, will not be required to perform a PCR test, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced Sunday, in agreement with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett • Full Story
Tourists will still be required to submit a negative PCR test prior to boarding the flight to Israel and be tested again upon landing at Ben-Gurion Airport. Returning Israelis will no longer have to submit a negative PCR test before leaving to Israel, but will be required to be tested upon arriving in Israel • Full Story
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was expected as early as next week to loosen its guidance on indoor masking as COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to drop and the White House considers a new nationwide strategy to move past the pandemic • Full Story
As Israel’s number of daily COVID cases and seriously ill patients continue to drop, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with senior health officials on Thursday morning to discuss lifting almost all COVID restrictions by March 1 • Full Story
Israel has again loosened Covid restrictions for yeshiva and seminary students. In a newly released video, Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz of Eretz Hakodesh announced on Wednesday that any traveler holding a student visa can enter Israel even if they’re not vaccinated or recovered • Full Story
Students and faculty of Cheder Menachem of New Brunswick, NJ found themselves on the street on Wednesday morning, after being escorted out of the building and locked out • Full Story
Berel Grossbaum (Minnesota) to Chana Shmotkin (Detroit)
L’Chaim tonight in F.R.E.E.
Baby boy to: Shmuel and Esther Neft (nee Tyshenko) – Toronto.
Baby boy to: Menachem and Esty Sheinberger – Crown Heights
Baby girl to: Meir and Chanie Levinger (nee Richler) – Yerushalayim, Israel