The Igud of Foreign Yeshivos & Seminaries, headed by Rabbi Nechemia Malinowitz, published a letter on Monday with preliminary guidance for institutions receiving students from abroad, the Chaim V’Chessed organization reported on Monday.
The Igud wrote that students who wish to enter Israel for Elul must be vaccinated or recovered, with recovered students required to present a positive PCR test, something that many US residents lack.
Due to the current heightened concern in Israel regarding the Indian variant, recovered patients who don’t have a positive PCR test will not be approved for entry even if they have a letter from a doctor or a positive antibody test.
The Igud staff is working to extend approval to those who have antibodies but lack a positive PCR test and do not wish to vaccinate. However, at this time, those who fall into this category will need to wait for a final answer about their approval to enter Israel.
Students who aren’t vaccinated or recovered will not be allowed entry into Israel.
Additionally, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Sunday that vaccinated tourists will be able to enter Israel beginning July 1, as has been planned. Children under age six who are not vaccinated will be allowed to accompany their vaccinated parents.
Tourists from countries with high morbidity, including Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa, will only be authorized to enter Israel under special circumstances, such as the parents of a chassan or kallah.
It should be noted that there have been several coronavirus outbreaks in Israel in the past week, and the sources of the outbreaks have been traced to people entering Israel from abroad. As of Monday, Israel is discussing tightening coronavirus restrictions. Although at this time, there is no plan to restrict the entry of tourists, anything could change at any time.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Taking Corona vaccination is a מצוה עשה מן התורה של “ונשמרתם מאד לנפשותיכם and anyone opposed to taking this vaccination or failing to take this vaccination, has absolutely no respect nor regard for human life nor for the sanctity of human life.
My 6, 9 and 10 year olds will just have to stay home when the rest of our family goes on our vacation.
Stay in America. No need to study in Israel. Don’t vaccinate and don’t get the PCR. It’s all poison. And there’s no outbreak in Israel. There’s 25 sick people in the whole country.
The question is:
If the Government says you need to be vaccinated; if almost all scientists (regardless as to whether they are politically correct anti-Trump or real scientists) who honestly recommend the vaccine even for those who already had Covid, and the student thinks that he knows better and refuses to vaccinate or shows fake documentation, do you think any government or Rosh Yeshiva should be interested in letting in that student with that “I know better” attitude into the country or Yeshiva?
@silentmoishe
What does Trump have to do with this? He was the one most responsible for bringing us the vaccine. He himself took the vaccine even though he recovered from coronavirus. The association of anti-corona-vaxxers with Trump is perplexing.
something is wrong. a positive PCR test means that the person is currently infected or still has virus material in their system. how is that a reason to be approved for a visa?