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What Matters Most On Friday, April 10, 2020

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A Haredi man prays at the almost empty Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the Old City of Jerusalem, April 7, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Analysis

More basic than a crisis of faith: Will the virus upend ultra-Orthodox society?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Haredi culture is resilient, cohesive and more self-critical than most outsiders realize, but its strengths became its vulnerabilities in the face of COVID-19

Ultra-Orthodox Jews some wearing face masks line up to buy eggs, in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Residents of virus hotspot Bnei Brak to be randomly tested — report

Police at a temporary 'checkpoint' on Highway 60 outside Jerusalem on April 10, 2020, to check if people are disobeying the government's orders on a partial lockdown, in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel media reviewLet my people exit: 6 things to know for April 10

Illustrative: Citizens of Tournai bury Black Plague victims. Pierart dou Tielt, 1340-1360 (Public Domain)

'It was the worst Jewish persecution before the Holocaust'

German exhibit on Black Death goes viral, then virtual; shows Jews were blamed

After the COVID-19 outbreak, a museum suddenly finds itself in the spotlight as its now-online display on the religious and medical reactions to medieval plagues spikes in demand

Illustrative. Magen David Adom paramedics transferring a man suspected of carrying coronavirus to an ambulance in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak, March 31, 2020. (Gili Yaari/ Flash90)

Israel’s death toll from virus rises to 94, while cases surpass 10,000

Six new deaths from pathogen reported; 125 people on ventilators, while 1,061 have recovered

Illustrative: A woman stands next to a makeshift checkpoint in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on April 9, 2020. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Nationwide lockdown eased, Bnei Brak restrictions relaxed amid cautious optimism

Volunteer Einat Kedem, left, speaks with emergency room doctor Maayan Bacher after delivering her a home-cooked meal, in the Israeli city of Raanana, April 6, 2020 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

‘Adopt A Doc’: Israelis looking out for overworked healthcare professionals

Op-ed

This year, the Seder tale of our ancient Exodus packed a mighty realtime wallop

Usually, we read ‘Now we are slaves, next year may we be free men,’ while arrogantly musing that our unconstrained reality has overtaken the text. Not this time

The Seventh Plague: John Martin, 1823, from the Old Testament 'plague of hail and fire', Exodus 9:13-35. (Public domain)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his son Avner hold a Passover Seder, April 8, 2020. (video screenshot)

Netanyahu holding Passover Seder with his son leads to criticism

From left: Tzipporah, Aaron, Moses and Miriam, voice by Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Val Kilmer and Sandra Bullock, respectively, in 'The Prince of Egypt.' (Screen shot from YouTube/ via JTA)

Still good after 15 yearsLocked down? Open up to… ‘The Prince of Egypt’

By Gabe Friedman

In virus-hit Brooklyn, an Orthodox rabbi takes his Seder online

By Kathy Willens

‘When circumstances abruptly change … we need to adapt and serve effectively,’ says self-described liberal rabbi Shlomo Segal of Congregation Kehilat Moshe in Sheepshead Bay

Rabbi Shlomo Segal, left, and his family wave goodbye to participants after he conducted a virtual Passover seder for members of his congregation, friends and family and broadcast it on YouTube and internet dial-in connections from his home in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn during the current coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in New York. From left, are Segal, daughter Shira, 12, wife Adina and daughter Rayna, 8. (AP/Kathy Willens)

A person wearing a protective face mask for protect against COVID-19 walks in New York, Monday, April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP/Matt Rourke)

City under siege: 24 hours in the fight to save New York

Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island, April 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York amid the mounting death toll from the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New York deaths up by another 800, but lower hospitalization numbers spark hope

By AP

A family wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus, March 18, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

‘Silent spreaders’: Almost a third of infected kids under 9 are asymptomatic

In Israel, highest number of cases seen in the 20-29 age group; overwhelming number of seriously ill are over 60

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-defense minister Naftali Bennett (2nd L) visit an army base on the Golan Heights overlooking Syrian territory, on November 24, 2019. (Atef Safadi/Pool/AFP)

As Bennett blasts government’s virus policy, PM tells him to stay in his lane

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: An aid worker talks to an elderly woman before a test at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Three women over 90 recover from coronavirus at Nahariya hospital

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 9, 2020, in Washington, as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listens. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Cautious optimism as global COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000

By ToI Staff and AFP

US officials suggest Americans could yet go on vacations this summer; EU agrees on rescue package as ‘fire begins to come under control’

A family applaud from their balcony, adorned with a banner reading 'Everything will be OK,' April 9, 2020, in Valencia, Spain, during a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP)

Spain sees lowest virus daily toll in 17 days — ‘only’ 605 deaths

By AFP

US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House on March 22, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)

Panel tells White House summer unlikely to restrain coronavirus spread

The fifth cup of Jewish resilience

As Israel and the Diaspora ask how each can help the other at this time, the powerful sense that we are in this together brings me hope

Without the JN and JC, we’ll all feel less connected

Britain’s Jewish News editor on the liquidation of the UK’s two main Jewish papers: Our community dearly needs a vibrant, independent and secure newspaper

In this Tuesday, April 7, 2020 photo, a paramedic from the Palestinian Ministry of Health disinfects Palestinian laborers to help contain the coronavirus, as they exit an Israeli army checkpoint after returning from work in Israel, near the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians report second coronavirus death in West Bank, 266 infected

PA says patient, 55, had preexisting conditions; 3 new cases confirmed, including two women in their 20s and a 7-year-old girl

Masked Hamas gunmen march during a protest against the Mideast plan announced by US President Donald Trump, February 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas arrests Gaza peace activists after Zoom video call with Israelis

By ToI Staff and AP

A Christian worshiper prays outside the gates of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem, which is closed in line with coronavirus regulations, April 04, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

In Jerusalem, Christians mark a somber Easter

By AFP

Mass to be broadcast on television and online as churches shuttered due to coronavirus lockdown

An ultra-Orthodox man prays the morning prayer in his apartment as his children look through the window during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, April 8, 2020 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

NIS 500 government payout per child to be deposited in families’ accounts Sunday

Pedestrians are reflected in a quotation board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 8, 2020. (Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

World faces potential new ‘Great Depression’ as virus toll mounts

By AFP

An aerial view shows the Great Mosque and the Mecca Tower and the deserted surroundings in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on April 8, 2020, during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. (BANDAR ALDANDANI / AFP)

As many as 150 Saudi royals said infected with coronavirus

By ToI Staff and AP

New York Times says Riyadh Governor Prince Faisal in intensive care, with elite hospital preparing for influx of other royals

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech, April 9, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran virus deaths pass 4,000, but regime says number of new cases dropping

By AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK’s Johnson out of intensive care as his condition improves

By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA

Downing Street says PM has been moved back to ward, ‘will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery’

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at Downing Street in central London to chair the government's Covid-19 daily briefing on April 7, 2020. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)

ProfileUK’s stand-in PM lost his great-grandparents in Holocaust, studied in West Bank

Pakistani soldiers patrol during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown to help contain the spread of coronavirus, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP/Muhammad Sajjad)

UN chief warns virus threat exacerbating global tensions

By AP

Dov Tiefenbach as Mr. Harchol and Tibor Feldman as Daddy in this still from 'About a teacher.' (Courtesy Hanan Harchol Productions)

Director interview

Inner-city film teacher turns camera on himself and his award-winning students

By Rich Tenorio

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In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, North Macedonian officials unload Personal Protection Equipment donated by Turkey to help the country combat the coronavirus outbreak, April 8, 2020. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP)

Turkey to supply Israel with coronavirus protective equipment – report

Eden Ben Zaken sings "Vehi Sheamda" as part of YouTube's Stay at Home initiative to provide entertainment (Courtesy YouTube)

Still standingPop star Eden Ben Zaken brings poignant Passover tune to YouTube

By Jessica Steinberg

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury deliberations in his rape trial, February 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein recovers from coronavirus

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustrative: A humpback whale leaps out of the water in the channel off the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii in 2005. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Untroubled watersAmid pandemic, whales enjoy human absence in Mediterranean

By John Leicester

Helene Aylon, 89, died of coronavirus on April 6 (Sandi Dubowski via JTA)

ObituaryFeminist Jewish artist Helene Aylon dies of coronavirus at 89

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Shabbat UNPLUGGED invites Israelis to come out on their balconies on Fridays at 5 p.m., to welcome the Sabbath together (Courtesy Israeli Associations of Community Centers)

Sing before your supperOnline, a virtual congregation rises to greet the Shabbat queen

By Jessica Steinberg

Mitchell Schwartz is having some fun, with food, off the gridiron. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images; Mitchell Schwartz/Instagram)

Quarantined Jewish NFL star Mitch Schwartz embraces his inner chef

By Emily Burack

Mad magazine cartoonist Mort Drucker (Mad magazine)

Legendary Mad magazine illustrator Mort Drucker dies at 91

By AP

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Reporter's NotebookTrump’s virus briefing room antics entertain — and appall

By Sebastian Smith

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds postponed their June 2020 concert in Tel Aviv, rescheduling for June 2021; photo taken in 2017. (Courtesy Jason Williamson)

OffstageNick Cave reschedules June gig in Israel; Chili Peppers set to cancel

By Jessica Steinberg

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