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What Matters Most On Saturday, April 11, 2020

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The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport on March 11, 2020 (Flash90)

Netanyahu stops all flights to Israel after more NY arrivals enter unchecked

Order comes after plane from virus epicenter lands Saturday morning and 70 passengers go home in taxis; flights already en route will be allowed to land

The nearly empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on March 11, 2020. (Flash90)

Shabbat arrivals from epicenter New York not checked at airport, take taxis home

Illustrative: Travelers wearing protective masks arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, Feb. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Health Ministry hits out at abiding failure to quarantine Ben Gurion arrivals

Holocaust survivor Naftali Pirset talks about the coronavirus in a broadcast on April 10, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 12)

‘Nobody is hitting you. Be optimistic’: Holocaust survivors stoic amid the virus

Those on their own cite loneliness, but not fear; say there must be hope for the future and an end to blame and incitement over the pandemic

Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing with a patient with suspected coronavirus at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on April 10, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel’s virus death toll rises to 96, with 10,525 confirmed infected

The Mishan assisted living facility in Beersheba (Screen grab/Channel 13 news)

Police said to open probe of virus-hit senior living home for alleged neglect

A woman walks past boxes of matza for sale at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

No gatherings or flights until September: How Israel may be planning to exit

Netanyahu reiterates plans to start gradual easing after Passover; officials tell news site there will be gradual ‘liberation’ of economy, but warn restrictions could return

President Reuven Rivlin (C) flanked by his children during the funeral of his wife, Nehama Rivlin at Mount Herzl cemetery on June 5, 2019.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Rivlin apologizes after daughter joins him for Passover seder despite virus ban

Coronavirus Q&A

Simona Weinglass

Hopefully we can return to a semi-normal life: Expert sees control; no quick fix

In a 2nd ToI interview, top epidemiologist Yehuda Carmeli warns of spike in cases as curfew eases; deplores unproven drugs; sees outbreak subsiding in summer, returning in winter

An Israeli police officer wears a face mask and gloves on a roadblock during lockdown following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A new Israeli-designed protective face covering for treating coronavirus patients is seen in footage aired by Channel 12 news on April 10, 2020. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

New Israeli-designed mask creates ‘air curtain’ for those treating COVID-19

Israeli Police officers at a temporary "checkpoint" near the Old City Walls in Jerusalem on April 10, 2020, to check if people are not disobeying the governments orders on a partial lockdown, in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Government approves locking down some Jerusalem neighborhoods

Four mainly ultra-Orthodox areas of capital with high infection rates to be quarantined, Prime Minister’s Office says

9:58 pm

Government details which areas of Jerusalem quarantined
9:38 pm

Government approves quarantining certain areas of Jerusalem
8:58 pm

Three shipments of medical gear, experimental drugs arrive in Israel

A Magen David Adom worker outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, April 10, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Seriously ill COVID-19 patient, 29, treated with plasma from Jerusalem donor

Woman who recovered from disease donates blood with virus-fighting antibody for infusion

Illustrative: Police enforce a temporary road closure outside Jerusalem, April 8, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

3 Israeli towns close their roads to outsiders due to fears of virus spread

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony marking the six-year anniversary of death of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, at the Knesset, November 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Deri said to clash over lockdown of ultra-Orthodox areas

Leah Hecht and other volunteers assembling and delivering food packages in south Tel Aviv, April 3, 2020 (Courtesy ARDC)

Inside story

For African migrants in Israel, COVID-19 means health, jobs, homes all at risk

Palestinian workers making hand sanitizer at a factory in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 16, 2020 (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

Amid coronavirus pandemic, Gaza medics trained by Israeli teams — report

Medical staff from enclave attend workshops at Erez Crossing and Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center; conference calls held between medics on both sides of border

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Ankara, Turkey, March 18, 2020. (AP/Burhan Ozbilici)

Erdogan said holding up privately purchased Israeli medical shipment in Turkey

People exercise social distancing as they take their exorcise on the Long Walk in front of Windsor Castle during the Easter bank holiday weekend, as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Windsor, England, April 10, 2020. (Steve Parsons / PA via AP)

UK reports worst day, with nearly 1,000 virus deaths; Johnson improves

By Jill Lawless

People wear facial masks for protection against the coronavirus as they walk their dogs on the Brooklyn Bridge, April 10, 2020, in New York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

US becomes first country with over 2,000 virus deaths in 24 hours

An illustrative photo of Apple store employees, one holding a stock of bags, stands at a counter displaying rows of iPhones, March 14, 2020, at the downtown Brooklyn store in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Apple, Google to harness phones for tracking virus infections

By AP and ToI Staff

Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. On Thursday, New York City’s medical examiner confirmed that the city has shortened the amount of time it will hold on to remains to 14 days from 30 days before they will be transferred for temporary internment at a City Cemetery. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

As virus kills, NYC officials seen digging mass grave for unclaimed bodies

By Michael R. Sisak and JOHN MINCHILLO

Health workers cry during a memorial for their co-worker that died of the coronavirus at the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes in Leganes, Spain, April 10, 2020. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus hits 100,000

By Matt Sedensky and Jim Mustian

Christian leaders call on public to observe social distancing rules over Easter holiday as WHO chief warns that lifting restrictions too early could ‘lead to a deadly resurgence’

In this April 8, 2020, photo, Tali Arbel and her family and friends from other places are pictured on a New York computer screen during a virtual Seder for Passover. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel)

First person‘Hopefully, it’s the only Zoom Seder we’ll ever have to experience’

In this image from video made available by NASA, US astronaut Jessica Meir speaks, accompanied by Andrew Morgan and Chris Cassidy, during a news conference held by the American members of the International Space Station on Friday, April 10, 2020.(NASA via AP)

Jewish astronaut about to return: Earth still looks stunning, but it has changed

(Virtual) Israel travels

Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

The Last Supper, Cave of Agony & Via Dolorosa: An Easter guide to the Holy City

Before the virus struck, pilgrims would follow in Jesus’ footsteps from the site of his Passover celebration at the Cenacle to his tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

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

A Christian worshiper stands at the closed door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, April 10, 2020 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation

By Joseph Krauss and ELANA SCHOR

Pastor Frank Heidkamp talks to a visitor in a car during an easter service under the open sky in Duesseldorf drive-in cinema, western Germany, on April 10, 2020, amidst the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Mass prayerJesus takes the wheel at German Good Friday drive-in

By AFP

Undated video footage released by the Israel Defense Forces reportedly showing a senior Syrian officer, Lua'a Ali Ahmad Asa'ad, visiting Hezbollah sites along the Golan Heights. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)

Releasing video footage, IDF accuses Syria of helping Hezbollah set up on Golan

By Judah Ari Gross

In tacit threat, the military warns Damascus that it will bear responsibility for any attacks that emanate from within its borders

Fatal fictions and timely truths

The road forward requires that we hold accountable those who denied the truth about this pandemic and cost the lives of our loved ones

Inviting Eliyahu to my solo Seder

Somehow, the laid-back cleaning for Passover wasn’t laid-back, and the low-key food purchases weren’t low-key, but I was dressed in comfortable clothes, and that was just fine

'American Rabbi Project' podcaster Justin Regan at work. (Courtesy)

Interview

50 rabbis for 50 states: Podcaster gives up day job to record clergy across USA

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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A flag used by the Feuerkrieg Division, a neo-Nazi group in the Baltics. (ADL)

Estonian boy, 13, headed neo-Nazi group that plotted synagogue attack in US

By Michael Kunzelman and JARI TANNER

Composite photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Blue and White party chief Benny Gantz, right. (Flash90)

Deal still elusive as Likud, Blue and White said to resume coalition talks

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan court as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial, on February 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

LA prosecutors hit Harvey Weinstein with fresh sexual battery charge

By AP

Illustrative: The US Army test fires a Patriot missile, March 27, 2019. (US Army/Jason Cutshaw)

US moves missile defense systems to Iraq after attacks by Iran-backed insurgents

This undated photo shows Helmut Oberlander during his time as an interpreter for the Nazis. (CIJA)

Russian investigators probe wartime Nazi massacres of Jews, Communists

By AFP

An illustrative photo of sand dunes in the Arava region of southern Israel, near the Red Sea city of Eilat, on August 30, 2019. (Mila Aviv/Flash90)

Small earthquake felt in southern Israel

Marcao do Povo (Screen capture: YouTube)

Brazilian TV anchor ousted for proposing ‘concentration camp’ for virus patients

By Marcus M. Gilban

Andrew Lemond Costas, who was arrested and charged with spraying swastikas on a synagogue in Rockville, Maryland. (Montogomery County Police)

Man arrested for spraying swastikas on DC-area synagogue

The Etz Chayim Synagogue in Huntsville, Alabama. (Screenshot/Google maps)

Neo-Nazi graffiti sprayed on Alabama synagogue on 1st night of Passover

The scene after a shooting toward police cars in the southern town of Rahat, April 9, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 13)

Mayor’s son among those arrested for gunfire toward police cars in Rahat

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