The Israeli government has set up a system to provide food stamps for those who can’t afford to buy food during this crisis. There’s just one problem: The government doesn’t have the infrastructure to distribute these food stamps to those who need them. And Israel’s social services realized that, of all the charitable organizations in Israel, the one with the best track record of providing food to Israel’s poor is none other than Colel Chabad • Full Story

Aerial Photographer Yisroel Bardugo is currently documenting the Israeli response to the coronavirus outbreak. Less cars on the road with less pollution created beautiful aerial pictures • Photos

Israel is reportedly imposing a nationwide lockdown on Erev Pesach, which falls out on Wednesday this year. The curfew will go into effect beginning on Tuesday at 4 p.m. and will continue until early morning on Friday • Full Story

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus, Litzman’s office said on Wednesday night • Full Story

One in three residents, or 34 percent, of the mostly haredi city of Bnei Brak in central Israel who have been tested for the coronavirus are positive. The high percentage of positive tests reported Tuesday by the Health Ministry compares to 6 percent in Tel Aviv and 10 percent in Jerusalem • Full Story

Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu spoke Tuesday with the Director of the Israel Institute for Biological Research Prof. Shmuel Shapiro, and heard from him updates on the progress of the Institute’s research and development efforts on vaccines and anti-body treatments for the coronavirus • Full Story

Israel’s Health Ministry imposed a complete lockdown on Kfar Chabad in light of the increasing spread of the coronavirus in the town, which is suffering from the second-highest percentage of confirmed cases in Israel. Seven new cases were confirmed over the weekend • Full Story

The Cabinet on Monday night approved the new emergency regulations in a way that would further restrict the civilian population as part of the efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus • Full Story

The United States informed its citizens of restrictions on leaving Israel and urged those who wish to leave to do so at their earliest convenience. As of today, the only available commercial flight departing from Ben Gurion Airport to the United States is via United Airlines, but that may change at any time • Full Story

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with leaders of the National Camp parties and made it clear to them that preserving the National Camp is more important than ever during the current efforts to establish a unity government • Full Story

El Al is grounding all flights to and from Israel on Thursday at midnight amidst a dire financial crisis in the wake of the lack of demand due to the global coronavirus pandemic • Full Story 

Breaking: MKs Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid faction and Moshe Yaalon of the Telem faction officially filed to separate their parties from Benny Gantz‘s Hosen L’Yisrael Party • Full Story

The Israeli Embassy in conjunction with Chabad in India completed a complex rescue operation of 316 Israeli travelers from across India, putting them on a plane back to Israel • Full Story

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz met on Tuesday with MKs from his Israel Resilience Party as well as with several MKs from Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party and Moshe Ya’alon’s Telem party, and concluded that there is no chance to form a minority government supported by the predominantly Arab Joint List party • Full Story

The Israeli government approved on Tuesday night emergency regulations to further restrict movement and curb the spread of coronavirus in Israel. Regulations include further reducing forays into public space, imposing liability on employers, closing non-essential stores, and imposing restrictions on public transport • Full Story

At the end of a seven-hour debate, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu directed a dramatic increase in enforcement of traffic restrictions in order to reduce contact and prevent the continued spread of the coronavirus • Full Story

65 out of 114 Bochurim who have returned to Israel from Crown Heights last week and are staying at the Dan Jerusalem Hotel were diagnosed with the coronavirus on Sunday evening • Full Story

Aryeh Even, who died on Friday evening after contracting the coronavirus, was laid to rest overnight Saturday at the Har HaMenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem. Even, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, made Aliyah to Israel alone from Hungary in 1949. He is survived by four children, 18 grandchildren and a great-grandchild • Full Story

Researchers at Israel’s Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus have successfully tested a new method, called “pooling,” that they claim will dramatically increase the country’s ability to test for COVID-19 • Full Story

Prime Minister Netanyahu said the Israeli government will later on Thursday approve orders to make the state of emergency declared by the Health Ministry legally binding. The move effectively enforces a lockdown on Israel for the first time since the days of the country’s establishment • Full Story

The family of Zusha Brandwein, a musician from the Gush Etzion community of Bat Ayin who has been missing for over a week and a half, claims he was kidnapped by terrorists • Full Story

Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services published a statement with the Health Ministry’s updated guidelines regarding men’s mikvahs, weddings and levayos. Men’s mikvahs will be able to open but only up to 10 men can enter and wait in line maintaining a distance of two meters from each other • Full Story

Despite the government restrictions, mispallelim are continuing to arrive at the Kosel, with hundreds davening v’sakin on Monday morning in separate small groups. Dozens of bar mitzvahs were also celebrated at the Kosel on Monday, with a smaller amount of participants than usual • Full Story

President of Israel Reuven Rivlin tasked Kachol Lavan Party Leader Benny Gantz with the job of forming the next government of Israel • Full Story

Today, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And Opposition Leader Benny Gantz for a meeting to discuss establishing an emergency unity government • Full Story