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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 8, 2019

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Bereaved family members stand in front of their loved one’s grave at Ashkelon’s military cemetery on Memorial Day, May 8, 2019. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

'I miss you, I miss you, I miss you,' the grandma repeated

From siren to siren: Rocket trauma deepens grief as Ashkelon marks Memorial Day

Days after two more people were killed in southern town hit hard by latest missile barrages from Gaza, longing for loved ones is fresh and poignant for bereaved families

Presenters at a memorial event for ultra-Orthodox soldiers in Jerusalem on May 7, 2019. (screen capture: Facebook/ Bogrei Netzah Yehuda)

In first, hundreds gather in Jerusalem to honor ultra-Orthodox fallen soldiers

By Michael Bachner

An Israeli soldier at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, which commemorates Israel's fallen soldiers and Israeli civilians killed in terror attacks, April 18, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Israel commemorates 23,741 fallen soldiers, 3,150 terror victims

By Michael Bachner

Israeli soldiers participate an official Memorial Day ceremony in Nahalat Yitshak Cemetery cemetery, Tel Aviv on May 8, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

As Israel marks Memorial Day, PM vows to bring home remains of soldiers

Netanyahu mourns fallen soldiers at state ceremony, says return of Zachary Baumel last month proved Israel ‘doesn’t forget its sons’

IDF soldiers stand still as the memorial siren sounds during the ceremony marking Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 7, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Somber Memorial Day events begin with siren and ceremony at Western Wall

By Michael Bachner

Screen capture from video of Leah Goldin speaking about her son Hadar, an IDF soldier killed in combat and whose remains are held in the Gaza Strip, May 7, 2019. (YouTube)

‘I am a captive’: Leah Goldin urges return of son’s remains from Gaza

By Stuart Winer

Mika Almog and Samira Saraya, the service’s emcees, speaking to a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day service on May 7, 2019. (Rami Ben-Ari/Combatants for Peace)

Thousands of Israelis, dozens of Palestinians hold Tel Aviv Memorial Day event

Five right-wing activists arrested after shouting racist slogans at protest outside controversial joint ceremony; small group watches live stream from Gaza

Israeli surfers stand still on a beach in the coastal city of Netanya as a siren is sounded for Memorial Day, May 8, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Israel media reviewThousands of ways to remember: 6 things to know for May 8

By Joshua Davidovich

Israeli soldiers participate in an official Memorial Day ceremony in the Nahalat Yitshak Cemetery, Tel Aviv on May 8, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90

Mystery man leaves millions for families of fallen soldiers

By Stuart Winer

Memorial/Independence Day

‘I wish I didn’t have the honor,’ says Pittsburgh Jewish leader on torchlighting

Federation head Jeff Finkelstein, in Israel to memorialize the 11 victims of Tree of Life synagogue massacre, says people-to-people relationships are only way to bridge our divides

Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein in Jerusalem, May 7, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Marnie Fienberg, the daughter-in-law of Joyce Fienberg, who was murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, lights a memorial torch together with chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel Isaac Herzog (Noam Sharon)

Jewish Agency pays tribute to Jews killed in US synagogue shootings

By Stuart Winer

Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in a shooting at a San Diego County synagogue on April 27, 2019 (Facebook)

Jewish Pittsburgh couple name baby girl after Poway victim

Iran partially withdraws from nuke deal, threatens resumed high-level enrichment

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Year after US pullout, Rouhani says Tehran will keep excess uranium and heavy water; will restart high-level uranium enrichment in 60 days if no new terms with remaining partners

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran, January 13, 2015. (Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno/AP)

Netanyahu vows to keep Iran from nukes after Tehran backs away from deal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Russia, China blame US for Iranian step-back from nuclear deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US official: Intel indicates Iran moving missiles by boat

By Robert Burns

Performers dance during the main rehearsal of the 71st anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 6, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

With flags and fireworks, 71st Independence Day celebrations get underway

Torch-lighting ceremony in Jerusalem kicks off national party as somber speeches give way to fireworks and concerts across the country

5:55 pm

Pittsburgh federation head lights Independence Day torch
5:52 pm

Edelstein at Independence Day ceremony: Israel succeeded and will continue to succeed 'against all odds'
5:37 pm

SpaceIL chairman and co-founder light 1st Independence Day torch

Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Amir Baram, center, awards a certificate of appreciation to Yisrael and Orit Klausner, whose son, Ohad, was killed on July 26, 2006, in the Second Lebanon War, during a ceremony in May 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

13 years on, soldier earns posthumous honor for saving comrades in 2006 battle

By Judah Ari Gross

Northern command presents award to parents of Staff Sgt. Ohad Klausner, who was killed in Second Lebanon War’s Battle of Bint Jbeil

An armor unit on alert in the Negev desert, May 20, 1967. (IPPA/Dan Hadani archive via National Library of Israel)

Library seeks help identifying soldiers in thousands of archived photos

By Stuart Winer

A picture showing Egyptian soldiers resting during fighting in the War of Independence. A collection of 'rare' photos from the war is to be auctioned off in May 2019 in Jerusalem (Courtesy/Kedem Auction House)

Rare photos from Israel’s War of Independence to be auctioned

The sudden, shocking, fitting leap from mourning to jubilation

It’s jarring, but don’t forget we went from the darkest period of a long, terrible exile into the sunshine of rebirth in a single generation

Kaddish. Some sad songs sung by talented high schoolers who have practiced well. A speech or two. Hatikva. And we are done.

The not-so-promised Jewish State

Israel is not divinely guaranteed, leaving us to continually ask the question: What must we do to be worthy of this privilege?

Shirin H. Herzog

Israel turns 71 — Is the Startup Nation ready to be a scale-up nation?

A less known secret about Israel is the growing phenomena of more mature scaled-up companies; this is a positive trend and could expand horizons for some Israeli firms

Zero Mostel as Tevye in a still from 'Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles.' (Courtesy Toronto Jewish Film Festival)

Tradition

How ‘Fiddler’ surprised critics to become a top-billed musical for over 50 years

By Rich Tenorio

Illustrative image of a handshake (stnazkul; iStock by Getty Images)

Independence Day

Shoshanna Solomon

Turning 71, Israel can look with pride at the tech firms it has generated

From Mobileye and Mellanox to Mercury and Mazor, blue and white companies have won accolades upon their successful exit

Motorbikes lined up for delivery at the Tel Aviv garage of Blitz Motors, a maker of electric and fast motorbikes April 2, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Israeli startup Blitz eyes India, Europe with speedy electric motorbikes

By Shoshanna Solomon

Visitors tour the new International Spy Museum during a media preview ahead of its opening in Washington on May 7, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Israeli-designed drone among gadgets on display at new Washington spy museum

By AFP and ToI Staff

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, addresses the "MiSK Global Forum" in the Saudi capital Riyadh on November 16, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)

How alleged Israel-based scammers caused a ‘diplomatic incident’ with France

By Simona Weinglass

The car that was hit by a missile fired from the Gaza Strip near the Israeli-Gaza border on May 5, 2019. (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)

Four Democratic presidential candidates weigh in on Gaza violence

Of the 21 Democrats running for president, only 4 comment on the 2 days of fighting; 3 candidates condemn rocket fire by Hamas

Rashida Tlaib, US Democratic Rep. for Michigan's 13th congressional district, listens during a rally in Dearborn, Michigan, October 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff: May 8, 2019

Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, briefing fellow ambassadors to the UN May 7, 2019, during a tour of homes and buildings in the coastal city of Ashkelon hit by rockets fired from Gaza over the weekend. (Mission of Israel to the UN)

UN envoys tour rocket-hit Ashkelon

Supporters of Hamas attend a rally marking the terror group's founding in Gaza City on December 14, 2015. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)

Gaza terror groups say fighting could soon resume if ceasefire not honored

Lebanese daily quotes source in Strip saying Tel Aviv could be in crosshairs if Israel carries out further targeted killings; Netanyahu: ‘The campaign is not over’

Palestinian members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad terror group, parade with a replica rocket on a truck during a march in Gaza on October 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Islamic Jihad warns of upcoming war, calls last flareup a ‘live fire drill’

AnalysisAfter four die in Gaza onslaught, some ask if Iron Dome still as effective

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Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox men walking in the rain and fog in Safed, December 18, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)

State watchdog gives Haredi colleges failing grade over sky-high dropout rates

By Marissa Newman

Screen capture from video of a man holding up a swastika sign during an event marking Israel's Independence Day held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (Twitter)

Swastika sign mars U. of Wisconsin Israel fest; campus police say they can’t act

By JTA and ToI Staff

In this file photo, Feb. 18, 2004, presidential candidate Sergey Glazyev speaks at a Russian TV channel 1 studio in Moscow. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)

Israel slams Putin adviser for claim Ukraine to move Jews into ‘cleansed’ area

By Raphael Ahren

Linda Sarsour speaking onstage during the Women’s March on Washington in Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 2017. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images via JTA)

UMass Amherst holds pro-Palestine event branded anti-Semitic

By JTA

A street advertisement for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, seen on a central street in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2019. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

Israel to bar entry to activists planning to disrupt Eurovision — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Elad Dvash-Banks, left, and his partner, Andrew, pose for photos with their twin sons, Ethan, center right, and Aiden in their apartment in Los Angeles, January 23, 2018 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

US State Dept. appeals ruling granting citizenship to son of gay Jewish couple

Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)

17 US Democratic lawmakers ask Netanyahu to stop deportation of HRW director

By ToI Staff and AFP

Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, smiles during an event at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (MCFR), at the Marriott Chateau Champlain in Montreal on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Sebastien St-Jean / AFP)

Canadian who has vowed Jerusalem embassy move kicks off election bid

By AFP and ToI Staff

The Israeli teen (L) suspected of killing Aisha Rabi in the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on January 23, 2019. (YouTube/Screen capture)

Israeli teen charged with killing Palestinian woman to be freed to house arrest

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Andrews Air Force Base April 18, 2019 in Maryland prior to boarding Air Force One for departure to Florida where they will spend the Easter weekend. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

A square dealOn July 4, Israeli city to name square after Donald Trump

Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour addresses the United Nations Security Council, at UN headquarters, January 22, 2019. (AP/Richard Drew)

PA asks EU, Russia to counter Trump plan, warns it could resort to demographics

A view of the Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas (Google Street View via JTA)

Lawsuit claims Dallas JCC ignored sexual abuse of teen girl

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