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What Matters Most On Friday, March 12, 2021

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Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, co-founder of ZAKA, speaks at a conference in Jerusalem, March 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ZAKA founder steps down, gives up Israel Prize as police probe sex abuse claims

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav quits rescue group he heads, gives up award after NGO, lawmakers call to revoke it; Tzohar leader calls for thorough probe, warns against immediate judgment

File: ZAKA leader Rabbi Yehuda Meshi-Zahav seen walking through the hallways of the Knesset on October 15, 2012 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

ZAKA emergency group co-founder accused of multiple cases of rape, sexual abuse

Analysis

Long-frustrated Jordan finally finds a way to hit Netanyahu where it hurts

Diplomatic spat that saw Amman thwart Israeli PM’s victory lap in Gulf is rooted in Jordan feeling underappreciated, vulnerable, and a pawn in the premier’s election campaigns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, on January 16, 2014. (AP/ Yousef Allan, Jordanian Royal Palace/ File)

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a joint conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in the Jordanian capital Amman, on January 6, 2018. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)

Jordanian FM appears to assail Netanyahu for cancellation of Temple Mount visit

‘A modern séance’: New tool by Israel’s MyHeritage brings old photos to life

‘Deep Nostalgia’ feature moves many on social media as they are able to animate long-dead relatives; others use it to see famous figures in motion

Israelis sit in bars at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, March 12 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Serious COVID caseload lowest in months; over 4 million get 2nd vaccine dose

Most new virus cases are under 19 years old; total hospitalizations drop below 1,000 as officials say situation in Israel ‘most hopeful’ since pandemic began

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks at a Pfizer manufacturing site, February 19, 2021, in Portage, Michigan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pfizer CEO hails ‘obsessive’ Netanyahu for calling 30 times to seal vaccine deal

Israelis at a cafe in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Health officials: Situation in Israel ‘most hopeful since pandemic began’

Israeli cyclist Roei Sadan with friends and family members in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 14, 2011, after completing a worldwide bike tour that spanned 1,458 days, 42 countries, 6 continents and 66,000 kilometers. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Roei Sadan, Israeli who biked 66,000 km around world, dies after hit by bus

By Michael Bachner

Veteran extreme adventure athlete, who made stunning recovery from 500-meter fall in 2015, was struck while cycling near his home; ‘Living the dream was his motto,’ says his friend

Commuters look at their smartphones as they walk through a subway station in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Cellphone obsessives are grinding their teeth, losing sleep — Israeli study

By Nathan Jeffay

Saying symptoms are related to FOMO, researchers find those with smartphone dependency are physically hurting themselves

Illustrative image of an elderly patient with Parkinson's disease. (Highwaystarz-Photography; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli study probes a key factor in diagnosing Parkinson’s early: Constipation

Illustrative image: Various menstrual products are seen, Wednesday, February 20, 2019, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Georgia’s legislature is joining a nationwide effort to provide menstrual products for public school students in need. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: Equitable access to menstrual products is still a bloody mess

For International Women’s Day, what can be done to change the world, with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, co-founder of the advocacy group Period Equity

Yarin Sherf is seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing at the District Court in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Prosecutors to review lack of rape charge in alleged assault of 13-year-old girl

After outrage, acting state prosecutor to convene urgent meeting on lenient indictment of Yarin Sherf, 21, accused of sexually assaulting girl at coronavirus hotel

Yarin Sherf (Facebook)

Mother says her daughter, 13, ‘raped again’ by light charges for attack suspect

By ToI Staff and Stuart Winer

Illustrative: An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat moves in the Persian Gulf while an oil tanker is seen in background, July 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

US officials say Israel has hit many ships taking Iran oil, arms to Syria: WSJ

Report says Israel targeted at least 12 vessels linked to Iran since 2019, marking a new front in conflict

The Israeli Navy takes part in the 'Noble Dina' exercise with Greece and Cyprus, in March 2021. (IDF)

Israel leads naval drill with Greece, Cyprus as countries deepen ties

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Syrian displaced woman with her daughter sit outside their tent as they enjoy the sunny weather at a refugee camp in Bar Elias, in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley, Friday, March 5, 2021 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

By FAY ABUELGASIM

We are Orthodox rabbis and we stand with Reform and Conservative Jews

The demeaning response to a High Court ruling on conversion prompted me and 50 other rabbis to speak out against religious coercion and for justice

Our post-pandemic Shehechayanu moments

What ’firsts’ are worthy of this blessing? What events do we want to elevate with expressions of gratitude? Here are a few of mine

Manya Brachear Pashman

While I wait for the next wave in my area, I'm transforming my anger at my governor into positive energy and reconnecting with my friends and family

Chana Tannenbaum

The parable of being married to God: An advantage

When the Torah’s repetition of the details of the building of the Tabernacle are not boring, but sound relationship advice

An Israeli family celebrates the Passover Seder with family through a video chatting app on the first night of the Jewish holiday in Tzur Hadassah on April 8, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

From ‘Seinfeld’ to WWII Morocco, new Haggadah options to spice up Passover Seder

By Gabe Friedman

Ilan Sztulman Starosta, the head of the Israeli consulate in Dubai, casts an early vote ahead of Israel's March 23 elections. (Screenshot/Twitter)

For the first time, Israeli diplomats in UAE, Morocco cast their election votes

Early voting takes place in Israel’s new diplomatic offices ahead of March 23

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left; United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan; and Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa; at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

UAE announces $10 billion fund for investments in Israel

By AFP

Diana Raz is seen with husband Amir in an undated photo prior to her murder, allegedly at his hands (Courtesy)

Diana Raz’s murder by husband sparks national reckoning over domestic violence

By Yardena Schwartz

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (second from left) and Czech Prime Minister Andres Babiš cut the ribbon at a ceremony opening the Jerusalem office of the Czech Embassy in Israel on March 11, 2021 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Czech prime minister opens embassy office in Jerusalem

By Lazar Berman

Andrej Babis lauds ‘full-fledged diplomatic mission’ in capital; FM Ashkenazi thanks Prague for leading change in European approach to Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, in Jerusalem, March 11, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu meets Hungarian, Czech leaders to discuss vaccine cooperation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on a video from Israel to the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2019. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Analysis

No AIPAC conference? No problem. We’re meeting for coffee on Zoom

Pro-Israel lobby cancels its in-person conference, a major annual event, for the first time in decades, forcing activists to engage with public and officials in online events

Israeli National Security Council chairman Meir Ben-Shabbat (right), and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. (Flash90, AP)

Israel and US hold first strategic group meeting on Iran, regional issues

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US State Department Spokesman Ned Price speaks during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington, February 25, 2021. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)

US reiterates: No ‘unilateral gestures’ to Iran to jumpstart nuclear talks

Visitors tour ANU, the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Revamped Tel Aviv museum a globe-spanning journey through Jewish history

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu has appendix removed successfully

Nurse Yael Cohen with the infant daughter of an East Jerusalem woman who was seriously injured in a car accident, March 10, 2021 (Courtesy Hadassah Medical Center)

Hadassah nurse breastfeeds infant after mother seriously hurt in car crash

Citizens of South Park are saved by an 'Israel Air' plane carrying hundreds of vaccines. (Screenshot: South Park Studio)

They saved KennyIsrael’s vaccine campaign gets the ‘South Park’ treatment

Alois Hitler né Schicklgruber (7 June 1837 – 3 January 1903), Austrian civil servant and the father of Adolf Hitler. (Wikipedia)

Letters by Hitler’s father found in attic, giving rare glimpse of his early life

By Jastinder KHERA

US Rep. David Cicilline speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill on July 29, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls David Cicilline ‘Rep. Mussolini’

Illustrative: An activist with Tag Meir, an Israeli group funded by the New Israel Fund, hands out flowers on a day to counter racism in Jerusalem on June 1, 2019. (NIF/Yossi Zamir via JTA)

US federal court dismisses $110 million tax suit against New Israel Fund

Family and relatives mourn the deaths of three fishermen from the Al-Lahham family in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 7, 2021. Three Palestinian fishermen were killed when their boat exploded off Gaza's coast in the Mediterranean Sea. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas blames Israel for death of 3 Gazan fishermen; Islamic Jihad vows revenge

By Aaron Boxerman

Julia Haart is interviewed backstage during a La Perla fashion show in New York City, February 9, 2017. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images via JTA)

In her shoesAfter ‘Unorthodox,’ new Netflix show follows ex-Haredi fashion mogul

By Gabe Friedman

The cover of Taffy Brodesser-Akner's novel "Fleishman Is in Trouble." (Penguin Random House via JTA)

Toby or not TobyTV adaptation of ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ novel to stream on Hulu

By Gabe Friedman

People enjoy artist Ivri Lieder at a concert organized by the Tel Aviv municipality at Bloomfield Stadium, March 5, 2021 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

French Champions Trophy soccer season-opener to be held in Tel Aviv

By AP

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at the National Museum Of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Dec. 19, 2019. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images via JTA)

Doing them justiceRuth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite opera arias performed in her honor

By Gabe Friedman

Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 drawing of La Mousmé (courtesy: Christie’s)

Van Gogh drawing once looted by Nazis sold for over $10 million at auction

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