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What Matters Most On Thursday, April 6, 2017

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Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, attends a ceremony for a new Torah scroll brought to the synagogue of the Knesset on June 9, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former chief rabbi: What’s happening in Syria is a holocaust

A Holocaust survivor himself, Yisrael Meir Lau calls for emergency Knesset session; Yad Vashem expresses ‘deep concern’ over ‘carnage’

Syria chemical attack was ‘direct order’ from Assad, Liberman says

By Alexander Fulbright

Israelis who raised $550,000 for Syrian kids urge government to step up

Israeli intelligence believes Assad behind chemical attack

Elhai Tehralev, an IDF soldier who was killed in car-ramming attack outside Ofra on April 6, 2017, in a picture dated from 2014. (Facebook)

Soldier killed as Palestinian rams car into West Bank bus stop

By Judah Ari Gross

Victim named as Sgt. Elhai Teharlev, 20; second person treated for light injuries after attack at Ofra junction, north of Ramallah; driver apprehended

European envoys condemn deadly West Bank car-ramming

By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross

Hamas hangs 3 in Gaza for ‘collaborating with Israel’

Hamas says ‘collaborators’ were behind Faqha assassination

By Avi Issacharoff

Ken Livingstone, April 4, 2017 (Sky News screenshot)

UK’s PM May says Labour ‘betrayed’ Jewish community by failing to expel Livingstone

By Sue Surkes, Jenni Frazer and AFP

100 of Labour’s 229 MPs slam lenient treatment of ex-London mayor who insists Hitler was initially a Zionist

US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)

Trump: Assad regime ‘crossed many lines’ with chemical attack

US president calls Syria incident ‘an affront to humanity’; UN envoy says US may be ‘compelled to take our own action’

Turkey: Syria autopsies show chemical weapons used in attack

By Suzan Fraser and Bassam Mroue

AnalysisFor Trump, the weight of world’s problems sinks in

Assad accuses Israel of waging war against Syria via rebels

By Alexander Fulbright

Famous Jewish insult comedian Don Rickles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Live updates (closed)

Legendary Jewish comedian Don Rickles dies at age 90

By Judah Ari Gross

In unprecedented move, Russia recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; Sgt. Elhai Teharlev identified as soldier killed in car-ramming outside Ofra settlement; Israeli troops raid assailant’s West Bank home

Jewish tombstones lay vandalized at Mount Carmel Cemetery February 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP)

In first, poll finds most Americans worried about violence against Jews

By Eric Cortellessa

Anti-Defamation League survey shows slight uptick in US anti-Semitism; large majority of Americans want Trump administration role in fight against hatred against Jews

Jewish groups across board defend J Street against ‘anti-Semitic’ label by state legislator

Germany approves bill targeting online hate, fake news

By Jacob Magid and AP

Jewish woman found dead outside her Paris home

By JTA

A photo shows a coloring book with an image of Adolf Hitler bought at the Dutch store Kruidvat by Ray Vervloed in Pijnacker, the Netherlands, on April 5, 2017. (Alexander Schippers/AFP)

Outside the lines

Dutch store pulls coloring book with Hitler picture

By AFP

Drawing complete with swastika somehow made its way into the children’s book ‘despite various tests,’ retailer says

A sheep is carried by a member of the Temple Institute, which works to preserve ancient Jewish traditions, for a 'practice' ceremony of the Passover sacrifice at Beit Orot in East Jerusalem, on April 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

In modern first, Passover sacrifice to take place in Old City

Annual reenactment of slaughter of paschal lamb to be held Thursday inside the walls of ancient Jerusalem

Volunteers and employees pick through finds at the Temple Mount Sifting Project in Emek Tzurim, located on the Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem's Old City on March 10, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu intervenes to save Temple Mount sifting project

By Ilan Ben Zion and Sue Surkes

Working on a building for Gulliver's Gate. (Courtesy)

'We’re not a museum. We are about art'

It’s a small world, after all: Israeli creates a tiny universe in Times Square

By Cathryn J. Prince

Conceived by retired IDF officer Eiran Gazit, a $40m. fantastical 1:87 scale environment opens its doors in New York

The sigh of slavery

The harsh bodily labor, the back sore from whippings, the thin tunic, the coarse hands — all teach the compassion that’s the essence of Passover

Andrew Silow-Carroll

That zone around Mike Pence’s marriage

The vice president won’t dine alone in public with a woman because he’s religious — but does that make sense?

Miriam Schacter

My father, savior of Buchenwald

She found R. Herschel Schacter’s letter explaining why he left his pulpit for a WWII army chaplaincy

Confederation now!

The Two States One Homeland movement calls on Israelis and Palestinians to work together, as one large dysfunctional family

An American-Israeli Jewish teenager, accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, is escorted by police as he leaves a courtroom in Rishon Lezion on March 23, 2017. (AFP/Jack Guez)

JCC bomb hoaxer made millions selling forged docs online — report

After finding his bitcoin account, investigators believe Israeli-American teen sold counterfeit IDs on dark net for cryptocurrency

President Donald Trump and Jordan's King Abdullah II speak during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump thinks he’ll ‘be successful’ on Mideast peace

By Eric Cortellessa

During a joint press conference with Jordan’s king, president says he’s ‘working very, very hard’ to strike coveted deal

Illustrative image of soldiers of the Nahal Brigade during military training, Northern Israel. April 1, 2009. (IDF Spokesperson / Flash 90.)

3 IDF soldiers jailed for beating Palestinian man

By Tamar Pileggi

Nahal Brigade troops sentenced to 42 days in prison for excessive use of force when detaining suspect who resisted arrest

Picture of a whitefly (Courtesy: Jyothish Kumar P.G. at Flickr)

Whiteflies can help us make better drones, study says

By Shoshanna Solomon

The tiny insects may hold the secret to stabilizing the takeoff of small robotic drones, Tel Aviv University researchers find

Attendees at this past weekend's anti-Israel conference at University College Cork, in Ireland, which ran from March 21 - April 2, 2017. (Courtesy)

Critics claim Irish confab on Israel’s right to exist uncorks anti-Semitism

By Michael Riordan

Event, previously planned for Southampton University in the UK, was rescheduled after massive protests and allegations of one-sided bigotry

Demonstrators in Dublin protest Israeli military operations in Gaza in early 2009. (CC BY/albertw via Flickr.com)

Israel pans bid to fly Palestinian flag over Dublin city hall

Palestinian Football Association (PFA) head Jibril Rajoub holds a press conference on October 12, 2016, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

Senior Fatah member hit with lawsuit upon arrival at JFK

Jibril Rajoub served with civil claim for $250 million by family of Palestinian-American man allegedly tortured, killed by PA

In this Saturday, May 9, 2015 file photo, a Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (AP Photo/Bassem Mroue, File)

Explosions heard at Hezbollah compound near Damascus — report

Local media also report battle between rebels and Syrian troops, Hezbollah fighters in southern Syria

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner leaving after the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2017. (Saul Loeb/Pool/Getty Images/via JTA)

White supremacists don’t know what to make of Jared Kushner

Jew-haters looking to define Trump’s ‘nefarious’ son-in-law take a page from the ‘Elders of Zion’

Illustrative: A woman breaks the middle matzah at a model seder on March 11, 2016. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU)

Let all who are hungry come and eat: Mormons make model seders

By Rich Tenorio

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Barry Manilow performs in concert during his 'One Last Time! Tour 2016' in Hershey, Pa., March 17, 2016. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

Ready To Take a Chance AgainBarry Manilow comes out of the closet

By AP and ToI Staff

Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an anti-draft protest in Jerusalem on March 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

With 1 undercover as soldier, police arrest ultra-Orthodox assailants

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

The main stage at the GameIn Pro video game competition in Tel Aviv, April 5, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Israel’s gamers flock to Tel Aviv for first national championship

Shia LeBeouf speaking with Jimmy Kimmel in an interview in October 2014. (YouTube screenshot)

Down but not outShia LeBeouf movie opens in the UK to audience of one

The annual CannaTech cannabis technology conference in Tel Aviv on March 20, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Higher educationHebrew University launches cannabis research center

By Andrew Tobin

The 28 Eurovision 2017 participants after planting KKL-JNF trees during their four-day trip to Israel (Courtesy Yosi Zeliger)

Douze pointsEurovision singers plant trees, perform in Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, left, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett arrive at a press conference at the Education Ministry on March 19, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Government offices hit most 2016 targets, government report says

By Shoshanna Solomon

Syrian President Bashar Assad appears in an interview with Japanese television station TBS aired on January 20, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Hebrew media reviewTaking names, but not kicking Syria’s gas

By Ilan Ben Zion

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