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People walk in Jerusalem's city center on June 16, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

New wave 'different in characteristics but no less severe'

IDF taskforce: 2nd virus wave is here; thousands could fall ill and hundreds die

Knowledge center operating under Health Ministry warns Israel could find itself in a state of emergency within a month if immediate steps not taken to curb pandemic’s growth

Virus infections in Israel continue to climb with 268 cases in past day

School’s out: Court rejects government petition to make up lost time in summer

With 73 new coronavirus cases, West Bank infections continue sharp rise

By Aaron Boxerman

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Chuck Schumer, 2 other key pro-Israel Democrats warn Israel against annexation

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) looks at a map with military officers as he rides on a helicopter to see a newly built portion of the West Bank security barrier, July 20, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)

TV: IDF and security services finally to be shown maps of areas Israel may annex

Doctors treat a patient with coronavirus disease at the coronavirus unit, in Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel, April 13, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Doctor tells TV: We have no idea how this disease behaves

‘Recovered’ COVID-19 patients suffer major ongoing physical, cognitive problems

Memory loss, psychological issues, profound fatigue, phantom pain, along with lungs that won’t heal, discovered months after recovery, even among those who had only mild symptoms

Illustrative: Volunteers from the Hatzola ambulance service, wearing gloves and masks to protect against the coronavirus, wheel a patient into Royal London Hospital in London on March 29, 2020. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)

Jews, other religious minorities have higher COVID-19 death rate, UK study says

Shoppers walk past opened retail shops as coronavirus restrictions on non-essential retailers were lifted in London, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UN health agency warns world is in ‘new and dangerous phase’ of pandemic

By Robin MILLARD and Elle IDE

Ghebrehiwet Meles in Tel Aviv on May 27, 2020. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

World Refugee Day

After 13 years, Eritrean asylum seeker was granted resettlement. Then came COVID

A demonstrator holds a fist in the air next to a American flag with the names of Black people who have been killed by police as people demonstrate by the Lincoln Memorial on Juneteenth in Washington, June 19, 2020. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Amid protests for racial justice, Juneteenth gets new renown

By Mike Householder, JONATHAN MATTISE and Michelle R. Smith

Every major American city holds events marking holiday, which commemorates emancipation of slaves in US, as protesters’ demands begin to yield concrete results

Demonstrators argue over loud speakers as people gather near an entrance point for a rally with US President Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 19, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Trump supporters verbally clash with protesters ahead of Tulsa rally

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Sean Murphy

People film the only statue of a Confederate general, Albert Pike, in the nation's capital after it was toppled by protesters and set on fire in Washington, June 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

DC protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general on Juneteenth

By ASHRAF KHALIL and ASHLEY THOMAS

Most dramatic ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse in years to dim parts of Africa, Asia

By AFP and ToI Staff

Full effect of eclipse, astronomer says, can be ‘like switching from a 500-watt to a 30-watt light bulb’; only partial solar eclipse will be visible in Israel

Yiddish song 'Eli Eli' first became popular in the 1920s. (Design by Arielle Kaplan/ JTA)

Inside story

How this iconic Yiddish song became an anthem for Black Americans

By Arielle Kaplan

Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting of the new government at Chagall State Hall in the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 24, 2020. (Abir Sultan/ Pool/ AFP)

Gantz: Iran’s ‘blatant’ nuclear violations threaten Israel and global stability

By ToI Staff and AFP

Defense minister hails IAEA resolution criticizing Tehran for blocking inspector’s access to suspect sites; vows Iran will never get atomic weapons

Iran’s Zarif calls European countries ‘accessories’ to US, Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

US grants compassionate release to imprisoned Hezbollah financier

By Paul Handley

Iranian ex-judge wanted for graft dies in ‘fall’ from hotel window in Romania

By VADIM GHIRDA

Khatam Abu Qeider, principal at the Neve Midbar School, speaks with Channel 2 news in 2017 (Screen grab)

Principal of Bedouin school hurt in shooting; parents say police ignored threats

Menacing messages reportedly sent to Khatam Abu Qeider about management of new high school and over jealousy of his success; educator moderately wounded in attack

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How far do we go to protect our parents from COVID-19?

It’s a real challenge to maintain the social distancing measures without making those who keep them feel like unhinged germophobic zealots

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Like Louis XIV, the biblical Korach was also phenomenally wealthy, bald, and probably had an excellent resting bitch face

Pop-philosopher Slavoj Zizek. (Simon Plestenjak/Flickr)

Interview

Celeb philosopher: After pandemic, ‘World as we know it will be just nostalgia’

Israelis from the culture and arts industry clash with police during a protest outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on June 15, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

Jessica Steinberg

As concerts get canceled, promoters wonder how long they can hang on

Israeli concert and festival producers up in arms about lost income and lack of work due to the coronavirus

Israelis wear protective face masks in Tel Aviv on June 16, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Despite spike in infections, cabinet okays cultural events up to 250 people

Israeli singer and composer Yoni Rechter performs with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv, February 7, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Hitting the right noteHelen Mirren to host free online concert by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Sculptures by Avraham Portugali in Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael. Portugali was one of the first pilots in Israel's Air Force. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel travels

From the avant-garde to a Crusader castle: A guide to Israel’s sculpture gardens

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called 'Judensau,' or 'Jew pig,' sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German church covers anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ sculpture it was forced to keep

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Stephan Church in city of Calbe barred from removing relief because building is a registered historical monument; pastor denounces carving as ‘an insult to Jewish citizens’

At German station, a unique memorial dedicated to Jews deported to their death

By Toby Axelrod

German celebrity chef accused of anti-Semitic social media posts

By Toby Axelrod

Court halts German far-right figure’s expulsion from AfD party

By AP

Dave Burd in an episode of 'Dave.' (Screen shot from YouTube)

Analysis

Locked down? Open up to… Lil Dicky’s new series, ‘Dave’

The satirical rapper may have found his true calling as the Larry David of the rap world; the show combines his very real rapping skills with pitch-perfect (but very vulgar) comedy

An employee at the entrance of an IGA grocery store in Cote Saint-Luc wears a mask near a station equipped with safety instructions, gloves, and hand sanitizer. (Courtesy)

Coronavirus crisis

Modeling Israel, Montreal suburb becomes first Canadian town to require masks

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IDF soldier Adiel Fishler, who was reported missing from Shizafon army base in southern Israel on June 18, 2020. (Courtesy/Israel Police)

Authorities search for missing soldier in southern Israel

Geoffrey S. Berman, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference, April 23, 2019, in New York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

US Justice Department tries to oust New York prosecutor probing Trump allies

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and Colleen Long

Hamama Jarban (R), 41, a lifeguard angler and surf teacher, gives surf lessons on June 12, 2020 on the beach in the coastal village of Jisr az-Zarqa (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Surf's upArab Israeli surfing instructor nets visitors for her fishing village

By Majeda El Batsh

Illustrative: A miner digs out soil which will later be filtered for traces of cassiterite, the major ore of tin, at Nyabibwe mine, in eastern Congo, August 17, 2012. (AP/Marc Hofer)

UN experts say gold from Congo going to armed groups, criminals

By Edith M. Lederer

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel, D-NY, during a committee hearing on Kosovo's Wartime Victims, April 30, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Eliot Engel asks pro-Israel PAC to take down its ad slamming his opponent

Emergency vehicles at the scene of a deadly motorcycle crash on Route 471 in central Israel, June 19, 2020. (Magen David Adom)

12-year-old girl killed in motorcycle crash in central Israel

Pastor Tupirani da Hora Lores preaches at his church in Rio de Janeiro, June 2020. (Courtesy of Sinagoga Sem Fronteiras via JTA)

Brazilian pastor prays for second Holocaust to ‘destroy the Jews like vermin’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Lord Parry Mitchell (YouTube screenshot)

3 Jewish lawmakers who left Corbyn-led Labour over anti-Semitism return to party

By Cnaan Liphshiz

People look and photograph the new statue of American writer Jerome David Salinger in Paminklas, Lithuania, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Vladas Sciavinskas)

Lithuania erects sculpture in honor of J.D. Salinger

By LIUDAS DAPKUS

Amar'e Stoudemire, left, talked about his Jewish spirituality in an interview with Ramy Youssef. (Ed Zurga/BIG3/Getty Images; Jim Spellman/WireImage/Getty Images via JTA)

Courting approvalRamy Youssef interviews Amar’e Stoudemire on Judaism, basketball

By Gabe Friedman

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