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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 12, 2020

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Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Reuven Rivlin, center, and Benny Gantz, meeting in Jerusalem on March 15, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Rivlin rejects Gantz bid for more time to form gov’t; may not give PM a chance

By Raoul Wootliff

President warns if agreement between Blue and White chair and Netanyahu not reached by Monday deadline, he will ask Knesset to recommend candidate

Labour-Gesher party co-chairwoman Orly Levy-Abekasis at a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 11, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90 )

Joining right, Levy-Abekasis says Netanyahu should form government

By Raoul Wootliff

Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron attends a party for kids who received their first Torah book in Jerusalem, on January 28, 2018. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Former chief rabbi Bakshi-Doron dies after contracting coronavirus

Sephardic religious leader, 79, had been admitted to Jerusalem hospital last week; death raises toll to 104

8:42 pm

Bennett mourns Bakshi-Doron as 'kind and generous man'
8:34 pm

Hospital confirms death of Bakshi-Doron
8:23 pm

Three Hebron workers test positive for coronavirus -- PA

Israeli Police officers at a temporary "checkpoint" in Jerusalem on April 11, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods go into lockdown to stop virus spread

Residents of neighborhoods with high infection rates confined to one of seven zones, but can leave for work or other essential needs; 100 checkpoints and 1,000 cops enforce closure

Shas party leader Aryeh Deri arrives at the Knesset for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, March 3, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deri announces new yeshiva for students infected with virus

An ultra-Orthodox man walks past graffiti against Health Minister Yaakov Litzman in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on April 12, 2020. The graffiti reads "Litzman = murderer." (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Litzman is a murderer’ graffiti daubed in Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhood

An Israel Police officer at a temporary checkpoint at the entrance to Neve Yaakov, Jerusalem, April 12, 2020, (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Op-ed

Israel got the macro decisions right on COVID-19, but it’s in danger of slipping

The failures to quarantine new arrivals from abroad, and to evacuate virus carriers from ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, underline concerns that we’re far from out of the woods

Medical workers wearing full protective clothing at a site to collect samples for coronavirus testing in south Tel Aviv on April 6, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Health Ministry says fall in number of tests caused by switch to local chemicals

People wearing masks, attend a vigil for Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, in Hong Kong, February 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Op-Ed

Irwin Cotler and Judith Abitan

Xi Jinping’s China did this

The corrupt, criminal regime wasted 40 days blocking information while it crushed domestic dissent and ensured COVID-19 would become a global pandemic

BlogFrom the East, good shall come

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a message to the public on his release from the hospital after treatment for COVID-19, April 12, 2020 (Screenshot)

UK’s Johnson out of the hospital, says staff saved his life

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Premier’s office says he will continue his recovery at his country house, is not immediately returning to work after a week in hospital including 3 days in intensive care

Health workers carry a patient to an ambulance on April 11, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

US death toll passes 20,000 as New York stabilizes at ‘horrific rate’

A medic takes care of a patient affected by COVID-19 virus in the ICU unit at the Ambroise Pare clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, April 10, 2020 (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Europe’s virus toll passes 75,000; Spain’s fatalities up after 3 days of decline

Left: 'Christus Pantocrator' at the Cathedral of Cefalù, c. 1130. (Andreas Wahra/ CC-BY-SA/ via wikipedia) Right: The Nazareth Inscription, Bibliothèque nationale in Paris, France. (Journal of Archaeological Science)

Archaeology

Hi-tech test shatters claim ancient inscription is 1st proof of Christianity

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Study indicates the marble bearing the ‘Nazareth Inscription,’ a mysterious 1st century text linked by some to Jesus’s resurrection, was quarried in Greece, not the Holy Land

A man searches for mines near the site of Qasr al Yahud, the place where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, near the West Bank town of Jericho, on December 9, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Just in time for Easter: Jordan River baptismal site is mine-free after 53 years

By Melanie Lidman

A Christian worshiper prays in front of the closed door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, before the start of the Easter Sunday service, on April 12, 2020. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

Netanyahu urges solitary Easter as Christians worldwide mark holiday at home

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The empty Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on April 11 2020. (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israelis required to wear face masks when out in public

As Health Ministry directive takes effect Sunday, police to allow grace period

File: Israelis play tennis on an empty road during lockdown following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Report: Finance Ministry proposes swift return to work for hundreds of thousands

Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, spray disinfectant in the streets of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2020. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Coronavirus ‘extremely dangerous’ for Palestinian areas, UN envoy warns

By Raphael Ahren

Workers wearing protective clothes carry the body of a patient who died from complications of coronavirus, at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem on April 1, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s first 100 virus deaths: More men than women; nearly 1/4 from Jerusalem

Majority of victims over the age of 70; youngest victim was 37 and oldest was 98; Bnei Brak has highest infection rate per capita

Israeli Magen David Adom personel and soldiers at a drop off station for residents from Bnei Brak who have been infected by the Coronavirus, and on their way to quarantine hotels, near the Ayalon mall on April 3, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Plan to randomly test Bnei Brak residents for virus reportedly scrapped

Magen David Adom workers move a patient outside the new coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, April 3, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

2 more fatalities take Israel’s COVID-19 death toll to 103; 10,878 infected

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

Mandatory stay at quarantine hotels finally imposed on all arrivals from abroad

Regulations approved by cabinet after passengers have for days been allowed to enter Israel unchecked, take taxis home, despite PM’s repeated instructions

Israeli travelers who had been stranded in South America arrive at Ben Gurion airport on March 23, 2020, from Sao Paulo via New York. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel media reviewMaking decisions on the fly: 6 things to know for April 12

Magen David Adom medical team members, wearing protective gear, handle a coronavirus test sample at a drive-through site in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2020. (Flash90)

Israeli nonprofits set up portal for all things ‘corona-tech’

By Shoshanna Solomon

Jewish men during the priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on April 12, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Western Wall priestly blessing held with 10 worshipers, including US envoy

Traditional Passover pilgrimage to Jerusalem, which usually draws tens of thousands, cut back drastically due to restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus

Jack Black sings 'Chad Gadya' (YouTube screenshot)

ICYMI: Kidding aroundJack Black croons ‘Chad Gadya’ for Passover

Jason Alexander hosting a Saturday Night Seder on YouTube, which aired on April 11, 2020. (screen capture: YouTube)

Whine and dineStar-studded Seder raises money for CDC virus battle

By JTA and ToI Staff

Pamela Laufer-Ukeles

Who should get out of lockdown first? The kids

Prioritize the children, for their well-being is at risk during this long confinement without healthy socialization – and they are our future

My COVID-19 maternity leave

My 3-year-old has the most questions of all about why she can’t see her friends or go to the playground — and frankly, our answers suck

The Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv on March 15, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

To survive pandemic, migrants ask government to return money taken from them

Cleavon Little, left, and Gene Wilder in a still from 'Blazing Saddles,' directed by Mel Brooks in 1974. (Warner Bros./Getty Images/ via JTA)

Locked down? Open up to… Mel Brooks’ classic ‘Blazing Saddles’

By Marc Brodsky

The canonical 1974 western satire is rife with Jewish humor — and, between the yucks, a few moral lessons on empathy and unity as well

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Illustrative: Foreign tourists arrive in a resort in the Kurumba island in Maldives, February 12, 2012. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Fun-demicIsraeli family stranded in 5-star hotel on ‘paradise’ resort island in Maldives

A violinist playing the Israeli national anthem on his balcony in Madrid amid the COVID-19 lockdown. (Screen capture: Instagram)

Fiddler on the balconyMadrid violinist serenades neighbors with ‘Hatikva’

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, right, waits for the declaration of his seat in the 2019 general election in Islington, London, December 13, 2019 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK Labour said to quash internal anti-Semitism probe meant for racism watchdog

A lab test for coronavirus. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

HMO won’t work with Chinese firm on virus tests over DNA privacy fears — report

In this file photo Democratic presidential hopeful former US Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during a town hall at The Novo in Los Angeles on October 10, 2019 (Robyn Beck / AFP)

Biden wins Alaska primary after Sanders drops out

By AFP

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

Pipettes containing immune cells for testing against possible flu vaccines are seen in the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Bethesda, Md (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Coronavirus vaccine may be ready by September, says Oxford scientist

By ToI Staff and AP

A man sprays disinfectant at the Central Health Laboratory in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, on April 11, 2020. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

UN Mideast envoys plead for ceasefires amid coronavirus threat

Illutrative: Belgian drinkers enjoying Ginger Tipple, a kosher for Passover beer. (Courtesy Ginger Tipple)

The fifth cupA hametz-free Passover doesn’t mean you have to give up beer

By Jessica Steinberg

Bereaved parents of Hadar Goldin and other family members and supporters gather outside the state memorial ceremony for Operation Protective Edge at Mount Herzl on July 23, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Israel said willing to take steps toward prisoner swap with Hamas

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