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What Matters Most On Friday, April 19, 2019

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The Great Synagogue of Warsaw, which was destroyed by the German forces during World War II, was recreated virtually with light as part of anniversary commemorations of the 1943 uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, April 18, 2019. The multimedia installation, which included the archival recordings of a prewar cantor killed in the Holocaust, is the work of Polish artist Gabi von Seltmann. It was organized by a group that fights anti-Semitism. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Recordings play of cantor Gerszon Sirota, who died in ghetto

Warsaw’s Great Synagogue ‘reappears’ on anniversary of 1943 ghetto revolt

By Vanessa Gera

For two hours, grand building with its Greek-style columns, blown up by the Germans 76 years ago, is returned virtually to a city where most traces of Jewish life have gone

Illustrative: The Nazi liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto. (Courtesy of USHMM)

From our partner100 families to celebrate seder in Warsaw Ghetto for first time since 1943

19th century murals that had remained concealed under several coats of paint discovered during preparations for the reopening of Stockholm’s Jewish museum at what used to be the Tyska Brunnsplan Synagogue (Jean-Baptiste Béranger/ Jewish Museum of Stokholm)

Rare 19th-century murals discovered inside former synagogue in Sweden

By JTA

Interview

Amanda Borschel-Dan

It’s meant to be sour! A food historian’s quest for the most authentic haroset

Author Susan Weingarten finds unusual and surprising recipes in a lively work that traces the origins of the mainstay sweet Passover dish and how it’s eaten today

Haroset in a silver holder for Passover. (The Toby Press)

Jewish men slaughter a sheep for the Passover Sacrifice 'practice' ceremony at the Old City of Jerusalem, on April 15, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Activists, journalists detained over Passover sacrifice attempt at Temple Mount

A temporary worker rolls shopping carts past striking workers outside a Stop & Shop supermarket in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (AP/Michael Dwyer)

New England rabbis say crossing picket line for Passover shopping not kosher

By Philip Marcelo

Photo Essay

Tiny Samaritan community marks Passover sacrifice as numbers grow

Biblical ritual held annually at West Bank mountaintop ceremonial ground provides participants young and old with hope for future of ancient community

Samaritans take part in the traditional Passover sacrifice at Mount Gerizim near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on April 18, 2019. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

Chinese Catholic pilgrims carry a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 19, 2019. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

Pilgrims mark Good Friday in Jerusalem as Passover and Easter converge

By AP

Orthodox Christian worshippers hold candles during the Easter Eve service at the St. Porphyrios church in Gaza City, Saturday, April 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Official: Israel to grant Gaza Christians permits to visit Jerusalem for Easter

A children’s Haggadah from 1945 compares draws parallels between the Passover narrative and the Holocaust. (Yeshiva University Museum/Center for Jewish History/via JTA)

From 1600s Europe to a lesbian seder, 4 haggadahs show Jewish history

By Josefin Dolsten

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Carpe diem: Passover and maple syrup

When ’seizing the moment’ became absolutely necessary, it’s likely that matzah wasn’t the only thing not quite ready to go

Without the wicked child, it ain’t no seder

I’ll apply ’wicked’ to those I find dogmatic, those who ask rhetorical questions to make their own points, and have no interest in mine

A Passover message from Jerusalem’s mayor

Every family has a journey that connects to the holy city of Jerusalem — mine began in Salonika

Michal Yudelman O’Dwyer

Why I hate Passover

The militant gloating at our ancient enemy’s downfall in the most influential Jewish text has no place in modern Israel

Andres Spokoiny

The messenger who can’t speak

Pharaoh, with all his glib self-assurance, was brought low, while Moses, with his vulnerable, faltering speech, was chosen by God to lead

Dayeinu — absurdity and the art of appreciation

The very fact that not one of those stages of the Exodus would have been enough without all of them is what teaches us to value each step of the way

Illustrative: A patient getting a measles vaccination in Jerusalem in November 2018. (Courtesy Health Ministry)

Israel sounds alarm on measles after El Al flight attendant, boy slip into comas

Illustrative: A view of SAR Academy in Riverdale New York, on June 2018. (Google Street View)

Major modern Orthodox school in New York bans unvaccinated students

By JTA

The Notre Dame center in Jerusalem is illuminated with the colors of the French flag in solidarity with Paris, April 18, 2019. (Courtesy/Arnon Bosani)

Jerusalem’s own Notre Dame lights up in solidarity with Paris

By ToI Staff and AP

French flag is projected onto massive complex next to Old City walls; Mayor Moshe Lion offers Parisians ‘a warm embrace’

Electrical short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame fire, police say

By Elaine Ganley and Sylvie Corbet

In letter to bishops, Polish rabbis grieve over Notre Dame damage

2 Jewish philanthropists pledge $134 million toward restoring Notre Dame

By Cnaan Liphshiz

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on June 5, 2018. (Philippe Wojazer/AFP)

Macron congratulates Netanyahu on election win, says he hopes PM will seek peace

French president: Next Israeli government should ‘make it possible to decisively revive the Middle East peace process and to achieve a two-state solution’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)

Netanyahu in Passover message: Israel now admired by ‘the Arab and Muslim world’

Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich attends a committee meeting regarding the so-called Regulation Bill, which is designed to avert the court-ordered demolition of the West Bank outpost of Amona by December 25, on November 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel media reviewFrankenstein’s minister: 8 things to know for April 19

By Joshua Davidovich

MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a demonstration outside Jerusalem's Old City, calling for Jews to be allowed to pray there, on July 25, 2015. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Legal, police sources warn against giving ministry posts to hardline candidates

By Michael Bachner

Unnamed sources said to caution that potential justice ministers will ‘destroy’ court, raise alarm over fears new public security minister will allow Jewish rituals on Temple Mount

New Right candidate Caroline Glick (L) with party leader Naftali Bennett, January 2, 2019. (New Right)

New Right official: We’d be in Knesset if US-born candidate Glick was in top 4

By Raoul Wootliff and Sarah Sachs

Deputy health minister Yaakov Litzman seen during a press conference after meeting with president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox party says won’t join government if Haredi draft bill not amended

By Michael Bachner

An Israeli Merkava battle tank on the border with the Gaza Strip on March 15, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Shot fired at Israeli troops from Gaza; IDF strikes Hamas posts in response

By Judah Ari Gross

No one injured in exchange, which comes as unofficial ceasefire agreement between Israel and terror group said to advance; thousands protest on border

Six Democrats introduce Senate bill to restore humanitarian aid to Palestinians

By JTA and ToI Staff

Troops raze home of Palestinian terror suspect in killing of teen

Army announces 9-day closure of West Bank, Gaza for Passover holiday

Likud MKs David Bitan (L) and David Amsalem attend a Knesset committee meeting on September 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

Dr. Chen Friedberg, Avital Fridman and Niv Shoval

6,644 bills, 5,756 queries: Was 20th Knesset a tale of quantity over quality?

No other democratic parliament in the world is close to Israel when it comes to the number of laws proposed by private members. This is not a good thing

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (2nd R), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (2nd L), House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (L) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (R) speak to the media following a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House about the partial government shutdown, on January 9, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Democrats vow to keep probing Trump after Mueller report points to obstruction

By AFP and ToI Staff

While slamming president for ‘intimidation and abuse of power,’ opposition party’s senior leadership rules out impeachment proceedings ‘at this point’

AnalysisMueller report paints damning portrait of president willing to press limits

Claiming victory after report release, Trump says he could have fired everyone

By AP

6 Jewish takeaways from the Mueller report

By Josefin Dolsten and LAURA E. ADKINS

More Headlines

Aryeh Deri, head of the Shas party, greets supporters as the results in the Israeli general elections are announced at the party headquarters in Jerusalem, April 09, 2019. (Flash90)

Let Iraqi baby into Israel for emergency surgery, group implores minister

By Tamar Pileggi

This file photo taken on March 25, 2012, in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows France's Jewish scout placing flowers under a banner paying tribute to the victims of jihadist Mohammed Merah who killed three children and a teacher at the 'Ozar Hatorah' Jewish school. (AFP/Eric Cabanis)

Brother of Toulouse killer given 30 years for aiding Jewish school attack

By AFP

Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)

Netanyahu’s office denies Russia found body of legendary spy Eli Cohen in Syria

In this July 12, 2017 file photo, an issue of the National Enquirer featuring President Donald Trump on its cover is displayed on a newsstand in a store in New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

National Enquirer being sold to former newsstand mogul James Cohen

By AP

Ukrainian-Israeli-Swiss oligarch Igor Kolomoisky seen in a 2015 video. (screen capture: YouTube/Radio Svoboda)

Ukraine reverses nationalization of Israeli tycoon’s bank

By AP

People wear kippas at a demonstration in Berlin, April 25, 2018. (AP/Markus Schreiber)

German state to offer basic course in Judaism in public schools

By Toby Axelrod

Illustrative: People worship at a Baptist church in, New York, April 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Poll: US synagogue membership stable, as number of churchgoers plummets

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The main gate leading into the former Nazi German Stutthof concentration camp in Sztutowo, Poland, July 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

92-year-old ex-SS guard charged with 5,230 counts of accessory to murder

By AFP

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