Annual Diaspora Ministry assessment finds Jews and Israel are being blamed for pandemic, laying the path for continued animosity even after crisis abates
Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel s health and science correspondent
Seniors are vaccinated against COVID-19 at a New York State vaccination site in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, January 13, 2021, in New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
A Jewish group backed by the Israeli government is launching an initiative seeking to provide Holocaust survivors around the world with COVID-19 vaccines, but some are asking whether the plan is practical or even ethical.
While most of Israel’s elderly population is receiving vaccines, in many other countries people are gearing up for long waits, and the Shalom Corps humanitarian nonprofit is working on a plan to source vaccines for over 100,000 Diaspora-based survivors and administer them.