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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 6, 2020

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Illustrative: Religious Jewish men pray while keeping a distance from each other outside their closed synagogue in Netanya on April 23, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Inside Story

From New York to Milan, how coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities worldwide

By Uriel Heilman

While Israel, with 238 dead, has virus largely under control, Jewish rate of death is exponentially higher in parts of Diaspora where COVID-19 is having devastating impact

Kosher slaughterers arrive in Hungary on April 20, 2020. (Courtesy EMIH/ Nezer Hakashrut)

Hungary okays pre-screening to let in slaughterers, avert kosher meat shortage

By Yaakov Schwartz

A security guard stands in the drive at the Parker Jewish Institute for Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Monday, May 4, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. New York state is reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it's protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Parker Jewish Institute reported the highest number of deaths: 71.(AP Photo/Marshall Ritzel)

Queens Jewish home lists 71 dead as NY counts 1,700 more nursing home fatalities

By MARINA VILLENEUVE

A closed down cafe on Nachalat Binyamin Street in Tel Aviv on April 14, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hand sanitizer on every table: Tel Aviv pitches plan for restaurants to reopen

Mayor launches proposal for eateries to open mid-May, says government needs to rescue industry and its workers

Children wear protective face masks in Tel Aviv, March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Subsidized daycares to reopen Sunday after signing deal for government funding

Ultra-Orthodox men, wearing face shields as a protective measure against the coronavirus, study in an outdoor area in Jerusalem on May 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem, Israel’s most infected city, now also flattening the curve

Q&A

Simona Weinglass

How did Israel keep its death toll so low and does it now risk a new spike?

As schools resume and markets reopen, Prof. Yehuda Carmeli explains the dilemmas faced by strategists balancing health and the economy, and warns the worst might not be over

Israelis enjoy the beach promenade in Tel Aviv, as coronavirus restrictions on the public have been slightly lifted. May 1, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Medical workers wearing protective clothing as they stand outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, May 5, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

No deaths overnight as coronavirus infection rates maintain downward trend

The coronavirus unit at the Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 4, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Despite pandemic, Israel’s death rate dropped 12% in March compared to last year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Culture Minister Miri Regev shake hands during the opening of the winter session of the Knesset on October 23, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu allies hail court ruling, as petitioners respect it but vow protests

‘The judge did well to not intervene,’ says Likud minister, while Movement for Quality Government calls emerging government ‘kosher but odious’

8:54 pm

Netanyahu allies hail court ruling that he can form government
8:53 pm

Group that petitioned against Netanyahu says respects ruling, but will keep protesting
8:25 pm

Court does not rule out future intervention in coalition legislation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (2nd-L) at the northern West Bank settlement of Ariel on February 24, 2020. (David Azagury/US Embassy Jerusalem)

US ambassador says Washington ‘ready to recognize annexation’ within weeks

David Friedman tells newspaper that applying sovereignty in parts of West Bank is up to Israel, as long as it’s done within framework of Trump peace plan

Ben Rhodes participates in the 'Stranger than Fiction: A Conversation with Cast Members of the West Wing' panel at Politicon at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 20, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Former US national security officials urge Dems to oppose annexation in platform

By Eric Cortellessa

David Makovsky and Dennis Ross

On annexation, Netanyahu must choose a lasting legacy

With his last election likely behind him, the prime minister no longer needs to lean on the transactional politics of partisan campaign promises

Ilana Spitz Epstein

When you’re the community rabbi, you know you may have to bury the occasional 95-year-old stranger; what you don’t expect is your connection to him

Bethany S. Mandel

We’re all Jewish homeschoolers now. Let’s build on that.

Unlike the glut of resources for studying science, math and English, we sorely lack high-quality home learning materials for Judaism

Michael Derek Tanju

From Darfur, on my own

I didn’t know about Israel until I arrived at its border as an unaccompanied minor. I knew only about hard times back home. I feel lucky to be in the Promised Land

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, April 30, 2020 (screen capture via Knesset website)

Knesset set to begin anchoring coalition deal in law as High Court ruling looms

By AFP and ToI Staff

MKs to consider some 1,000 objections to bills setting out premiership rotation and other provisions ahead of expected final vote Thursday to pave way for power-sharing government

Israeli attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, left, with president of Supreme Court Esther Hayut, at Bar Ilan University on March 4, 2020. (Flash90)

Don’t intervene and strike down coalition deal, AG urges High Court of Justice

Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at the Knesset on September 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Justice minister seeks to recuse Supreme Court judge from state attorney debate

A health worker draws blood from a patient for a COVID-19 antibody test at the Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, Florida, on May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Top health official: Israel preparing to conduct 100,000 serological tests

Health Ministry director Bar-Siman-Tov tells New York Times that widespread blood tests will allow Israel to ‘get ready for the next wave’ of COVID-19

Jerusalem researchers say they’ve developed injection to fight superbugs

By Nathan Jeffay

Israeli lab confirms breakthrough with virus antibody, but says months till cure

By Judah Ari Gross

Preventive COVID-19 antibody injection in the works — blood service chief

By Nathan Jeffay

An explosion is seen following an alleged Israeli attack on a Hezbollah arms cache near Homs in central Syria on May 1, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Defense officials: Iran pulling out of Syria as Israel pummels its forces there

By Judah Ari Gross

Amid increased reports of IDF strikes on Tehran-linked bases, security officials say Israel wants to make clear to Damascus that Iran is a burden, not an ally

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the 17th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 24, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bennett eyes health portfolio, coveted by Blue and White in emerging coalition

Illustrative photo of online dating. (iStock/ SIphotography)

Young Jews are falling in love during the pandemic, without having met in person

By Josefin Dolsten

Workers arrange beach chairs and umbrellas at the Tel Aviv beach on May 5, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israel media review

Declaring a win at halftime: 7 things to know for May 6

By Joshua Davidovich

The coronavirus and Iran are so yesterday; but while some consider both of them kicked to the curb, others are fretting over the inevitable backlash

Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing disinfect their ambulance after taking care of a patient with a possible coronavirus infection on April 14, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

National Emergency Authority said to fear 2nd virus wave will be twice as bad

Worshipers at the Western Wall pray in enclosed areas meant for 10 people at a time in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus on March 15, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Western Wall reopens to worshipers after coronavirus restrictions relaxed

By JTA

Illustrative: Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, November 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Rocket fired from Gaza into Israel; IDF tanks respond, hitting 3 Hamas positions

Rocket lands in open area in Eshkol region, no injuries or damage reported; army says it shelled military targets in north of Strip

Families of Avera Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed hold a press conference calling for the release of the two Israeli citizens from Hamas captivity, on September 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ex-official in charge of prisoner swaps sees ‘real possibility’ of Hamas deal

In this April 30, 2020, photo, Palestinian engineer Raed Nakhal from Palestine Children Relief Fund, right, and engineer Abdullah Dewik, check the Watergen machine that generates safe drinking water from air on the roof of al-Rantisi pediatric hospital in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israeli billionaire hopes to bring water to parched Gaza

By AP and ToI Staff

Director interview'They may as well have been selling apples'

‘Regular’ Jewish parents turn gay porn powerhouse in new Netflix documentary

By Jordan Hoffman

‘Circus of Books’ follows how director Rachel Mason’s conservative parents turned an adult bookstore into a California LGBT institution — and still sent the kids to Hebrew school

US documentary 'Kingmaker' will be screened at Docustream, a digital film festival being held online May 13-23 by Docaviv, which normally holds its annual festival in May (Courtesy 'Kingmaker')

10 days, 20 documentaries: Docaviv film festival goes online

By Jessica Steinberg

Holocaust survivor Florence Schulmann, born in 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen camp, in Paris on January 23, 2020. (Lionel BONAVENTURE/AFP)

Born in a concentration camp: The Holocaust’s youngest survivors

By Blaise GAUQUELIN

More Headlines

Avraham Barkai in the Haifa Magistrate's Court on May 12, 2012. (Screen capture/Channel 12)

Doctor convicted of owning child porn to supervise student health services

Shelanu Television, part of the GOD-TV international Christian media network, was launched on April 29, 2020 on HOT cable in Israel. (Screen Capture)

Messianic network GOD-TV launches Hebrew channel in Israel, sparking outrage

By JTA and ToI Staff

In this April 28, 2020 photo, Palestinian security forces stop vehicles, part of lockdown and quarantine measures to protect residents, at a checkpoint on an entrance to the West Bank village of Kafr Aqab, near Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians fear outbreak in East Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’

By AP and ToI Staff

Israelis carry umbrellas on a rainy day in Tel Aviv. May 05, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

828 lightning strikes: Israel battered by unseasonal thunderstorms, hail, floods

Screenshot from Australian TV's "60 Minutes" broadcast about live shipments, "Sheep, Ships and Videotape," shown April 8, 2018.

State Comptroller pans Agriculture Ministry over cruel live shipments of animals

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, right, embraces his daughter as supporters hold Israeli, American and Brazilian flags, during a protest against his former Minister of Justice Sergio Moro and the Supreme Court, in front of the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian Jews criticize waving of Israeli flags at ‘anti-democratic’ protests

By Raphael Ahren

Attorney Micha Fettman (L) in the District Court in Jerusalem on September 05, 2011 with his client Shula Zaken (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Lawyer for Olmert aide and ex-PM Sharon’s son said set to join Netanyahu defense

The scene where a woman died in a fire in Jerusalem, May 6, 2020 (Screen grab/Kan)

Woman dies in fire in makeshift apartment in Jerusalem storage unit

Gal Ohayon, 16, right, with his 89-year-old grandfather Yaakov Shkory, who have been spending the coronavirus crisis together.(Courtesy Facebook LIve screengrab)

RoomiesTeen moves in with 89-year-old grandpa to care for him during crisis

By Jessica Steinberg

The Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, on December 30, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Israel approves accessibility plan for Hebron site that violates deals with PA

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and US President Barack Obama share some laughs in an episode of Comedians in Cars getting coffee which was released on December 30, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)

Exhaust-edJerry Seinfeld may have taken final ‘Comedians in Cars’ ride

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg attends a panel with former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, October 30, 2019, at Georgetown Law's second annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg in hospital with infection

By AP

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