Following meetings with the Health and Interior Ministries, Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz, head of the Igud of Yeshivas and Seminaries, tells YWN that all Yeshiva Bochrim and Seminary girls will be allowed into Israel after the summer – if they were either vaccinated or can show proof that they have recovered from COVID.
Having anti-bodies will not be accepted by the government, but only positive test results from when the person actually had COVID.
Nothing else will be accepted.
The Igud will be exclusively responsible for student visa applications. Approved yeshivas and seminaries will need to submit lists of their new students during the second half of Av. Students must be between the ages of 17 and 25 years old and must be either vaccinated or recovered from Covid. Recovered Covid patients will be required to present positive PCR tests to prove that they had Covid.
Approved students will receive entry permits to travel to Israel, and upon arriving in Israel, they will be automatically issued A2 student visas, which will be valid until December 31, 2021. Between their arrival in Israel and December 31, students will need to obtain visas for the remainder of their stay in Israel.
Chaim V’Chessed commends the Igud on this important achievement. At previous times during the ongoing pandemic, students were left hanging until the last minute. Now, thanks to this arrangement, new students can prepare for their upcoming studies knowing that they will be allowed entry to Israel.
It should be pointed out that students and their families should not contact the Igud or Chaim V’Chessed. Rather, they must be in touch exclusively with their yeshivas and seminaries, who will guide them in this process.
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4 Responses
What will be considered proof of vaccination in the USA.
I don’t understand why there’s a difference between proof of (past) infection, and proof of antibodies.
Don’t they both indicate the exact same thing???
That’s today! Tomorrow is another day!
Everyone in the U.S. who has been vaccinated has received a small card with the name of the vaccine, the production lot no. the date of vaccination and the name of the party administering the vaccine. We don’t yet have a formal “vaccine passport” but a number of respected medical groups will provide an unofficial card if you upload your vaccination cards to their websites.