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What Matters Most On Saturday, May 2, 2020

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Photo essay

The Sea of Galilee is full, but virus rules mean nobody is there to see it

Lake is at its highest level in 2 decades: islands that appeared in recent years have vanished, and vegetation along shore is submerged. But beaches are empty because of COVID-19

Residents of the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York stand on fire escapes as hundreds of mourners gather Tuesday, April 28, 2020, to observe a funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz, a Hasidic Orthodox leader whose death was reportedly tied to the new coronavirus. (Todd Maisel via AP)

Hasidic leaders defend NY mayor and call on community to socially distance

Letters from two rival Satmar factions both highlight close ties between community and de Blasio, condemn outsiders who accused mayor of anti-Semitism in row over funeral

An ultra-Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn, New York on April 7, 2020. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

1 in 4 Americans say pandemic strengthened their faith. For US Jews, it’s 7%

Jewish Dems leader calls Trump ‘depraved’ for backing armed far-right protesters

By Eric Cortellessa

Halie Soifer says the US president emboldens extremism by calling social distancing demonstrators, some of whom were donning Nazi insignia, ‘very good people’

Armed US protesters enter Michigan capitol to demand lockdown end

By Jeff Kowalsky

White House blocking Fauci testimony to House panel, spokesman says

By Andrew Taylor and DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Countering Trump, again, WHO says virus is ‘natural in origin’

People walk along a seafront promenade in Barcelona, Spain, May 2, 2020 (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Western Europe relaxes virus restrictions as Russia sees spike in infections

By Joseph Wilson, David Rising and Jim Heintz

Spaniards can exercise for 1st time in 7 weeks as part of complex plan varying by province; Italy to allow jogging; Germany opens zoos; Russia worried hospitals may be overwhelmed

A police officer talks to a several demonstrators gathered to protest against the restriction measures taken by the British government, as the country continues its lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in London, Friday, May 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK virus toll rises by 739 as stats show disadvantaged worst hit

By Alice Ritchie and James Pheby

Sven Jurgenson, then deputy foreign minister of Estonia, addresses the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 26, 2006. (AP/Ed Betz)

Head of UN Security Council denounces its paralysis in face of COVID-19

By AFP

The Isabella Geriatric Center is shown Friday, May 1, 2020, in New York (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NY nursing home reports 98 deaths linked to coronavirus

Mayor calls major loss of life at Isabella Geriatric Center ‘absolutely horrifying’; center says it had limited access to testing to enable carriers’ isolation

Students at Stuyvesant High School leave after classes end for the week, Friday March 13, 2020, in New York. As concerns continue to grow around the spread of Covid-19, the city's Mayor Bill de Blasio has been reluctant to close the school system because of the consequences for students and families. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Cuomo orders all New York schools to remain closed through spring

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and Karen Matthews

Waiter Marcos Huerta, right, serves a grill of fajitas at El Tiempo Cantina May 1, 2020, in Houston (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

With quirks and restrictions, many US states lift lockdowns

By Janet McConnaughey and GRANT SCHULTE

Israelis enjoy the beach promenade and beach in Tel Aviv, as some restrictions on exercise are lifted, May 1, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

‘Spread of COVID-19 halted’: 80% of Israel has had no new cases for days — TV

Ministers on Sunday to consider easing more restrictions; only 4 cities now reporting more than 5 new cases daily; death toll at 225; number on ventilators down to 83

Magen David Adom medics wearing protective clothing with a patient outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on April 30, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

2 deaths take virus toll to 227, as infection rate continues downward trend

Israelis wait outside the IKEA branch in Netanya, after the company opened some of its branches in Israel, on April 26, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Authorities looking to punish man who shopped at IKEA knowing he was sick

Seth Rogen arrives at the LA Premiere of 'Game Over, Man!' on March 21, 2018, in Los Angeles (Willy Sanjuan/ Invision/ AP)

Analysis

Locked down? Open up to… Seth Rogen’s in-your-face Jewish humor

Far from the closet Jews of Hollywood’s Golden Era, this frizzy-haired man-child celeb is comfortable being charming, a little naughty, but mostly nice

Olga Khazan didn't disclose her father’s Jewishness growing up in Texas for fear of standing out even more. (Tim Coburn/ via JTA)

It may not be hip to be weird, writes author Olga Khazan, but it can be useful

By Robert Nagler Miller

View of closed shops in the empty Dizengoff Center mall in Tel Aviv on March 19, 2020 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Finance Ministry said to draw up 4-stage reopening plan, starting with malls

Officials said to discuss outline for business openings, with pools and night clubs at final stage; Health Ministry reportedly considers coming week key for deciding timeline

A Muslim woman prays in East Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, overlooking the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount, which remains shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus during the holy month of Ramadan, May 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Photo EssayMuslims in Jerusalem hold Ramadan prayers outdoors amid virus lockdown

By AP

Israelis shop at a market in Ramle on May 1, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Thousands of Israelis head to beaches, markets, flouting social distancing rules

Awaiting the time when we can travel to Israel again

Who knows when is anybody’s guess, but when, after so much uncertainty and fear and isolation, I can finally make the trip, I will be glad to kiss the ground upon landing

Funeral homes are overwhelmed, but cremation isn’t the solution

Of course, no one wants their body to spread contagion; Jewish burial law goes a step further, aiming to bring honor to the deceased

Rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the US, in March 2020. (Gilead Sciences via AP)

Trump announces emergency approval for 1st drug shown to help virus recovery

By MATTHEW PERRONE and MARILYNN MARCHIONE

In preliminary US trial, Gilead Science’s remdesivir shortens recovery time by 4 days; cleared for use for hospitalized patients with ‘severe disease’

Illustrative: Blood samples (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

New US test could detect virus before patients become infectious

By ToI Staff and AP

Ashton Gleckman (courtesy)

Millions watch teen high school dropout’s film on US Holocaust survivors

By Matt Lebovic

US President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters as he departs the White House, May 1, 2020.(AP/Alex Brandon)

Analysis

Donors, proclamations, policymakers, family: Trump’s Jewish reelection campaign

US president looks to highlight his Israel and Middle East policy, opposition to anti-Semitism in his run to return to office, and has the backing of prominent US Jews

This video framegrab image from MSNBC's Morning Joe, shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaking to co-host Mika Brzezinski, May 1, 2020. (MSNBC's Morning Joe via AP)

Biden on sexual assault allegations: ‘It never, never happened’

By Alexandra Jaffe

Doctors tend to a patient inside the intensive care unit for people infected with the coronavirus at a public hospital in Lima, Peru, April 30, 2020. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

ExplainerWhat does ‘survival of the fittest’ mean in the coronavirus pandemic?

By Prakash Nagarkatti

Mechina students from Eliav, a pre-army prepatory program near Kiryat Gat, where they have been volunteering in farmers' fields during the coronavirus (Courtesy Dafna Novik)

Israeli students add fruit-picking to gap year experience during coronavirus

By Jessica Steinberg

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, welcomes Israel's then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Downing Street in London, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UK lawmakers urge Johnson to sanction Israel if West Bank annexation goes ahead

130 signatories from both major parties say Britain sanctioned Russia over Crimea grab, so any move by Netanyahu must be met with the same response

Illustrative: JCAN-NYC activists at the March for Clean Energy in Philadelphia in 2016. (Courtesy/ Michael Brochstein)

‘We don’t have time’: US rabbi launches Jewish climate change initiative

By Josefin Dolsten

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A light crop spraying aircraft crashed near Kibbutz Yakum, May 2, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 13)

Businessman killed, 14-year-old son lightly injured in light aircraft crash

Syrian President Bashar Assad listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Damascus, Syria, January 7, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Unprecedented Facebook video pries open rift within the family of Syria’s Assad

By Sarah El Deeb

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a fertilizer factory in South Pyongan, near Pyongyang, North Korea, May 1, 2020. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong Un appears in public after weeks of health rumors, state media reports

By AFP

American comedian Jay Leno reacts during an interview with the Associated Press in Jerusalem, May 21, 2014. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Jay Leno to host United Hatzalah fundraiser

By Gabe Friedman

Chabad Rabbi Binyamin Wolff (Screen capture: Facebook)

Chabad emissary in German city of Hanover dies at 43

By Toby Axelrod

Photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)

Epstein frequented Harvard after 2008 conviction, had own office, report finds

By Collin Binkley

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic addresses the media after talks with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Roland Zak)

Croatia’s leftist president leaves event over pro-Nazi salute

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, on November 20, 2019 (left); Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit addresses the press in Jerusalem, on November 21, 2019. (Gali Tibon; Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Netanyahu slams report implying he has AG followed as ‘libel’

Jerome Corsi at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington, January 3, 2019. (AP/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Conservative US author says email mix-up led to COVID-19 probe

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI

Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv in the 1930s. (Odessa Review via JTA)

Vatican archive letter shows Ukrainian priest tried to save Jews in Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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