National Security Council, education and health ministries hold consultations; Teachers' Union urges PM to shut all education institutions; Hebrew U to switch to remote learning

Kosher soup kitchens work to feed families whose needs might grow as quarantines, school closures and work cancellations become more widespread

Actor, 63, is most famous person yet to publicly announce a positive test for the virus, which he contracted while in Australia

66-year-old man is first death in Greece from deadly virus; driver of his tour group hospitalized in serious condition in northern Israel

Health Ministry says 2 in serious condition, 3 moderate; Jerusalem detention center places staff and prisoners in quarantine; some trains on reduced schedule

Number of daily tests to jump from 400 to 1,600, Health Ministry director says; ministry orders large supplies of anti-malaria, HIV medication, believed to help treat disease

Dov Zinger spent time at Yeshiva University, which is linked to New York outbreak that led to setting up of a containment zone in New Rochelle

The governor’s arbitrary one-mile containment policy disregards the Orthodox community’s social patterns and endangers local children