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What Matters Most On Saturday, March 27, 2021

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, pose for a picture after signing an agreement in the capital Tehran, on March 27, 2021. Iran and China signed what state television called a "25-year strategic cooperation pact" on today as the US rivals move closer together. (AFP)

Iran, China sign huge 25-year strategic deal; could reduce US regional influence

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Beijing to invest $400 billion in Iran in exchange for oil, report says; agreement will strengthen military ties and may undermine US leverage in Middle East

Illustrative: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran, January 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno, File)

US official: It doesn’t matter ‘who goes first’ in return to Iran nuclear deal

Berta Berkovich 'Betka' Kohút and her family in 1942, before she was deported to Auschwitz. Berta is standing, second from right (courtesy: Tom Areton)

HolocaustTailor father taught Berkovich sisters life-saving skills

Sewing for survival: The last of Auschwitz’s forgotten ‘dressmakers’ dies

By Matt Lebovic

Final member of death camp’s ‘sewing circle’ dies of COVID-related complications; high-profile book based on women’s experiences to be published in September

Berlin museum to receive large art donation, including Holocaust-related works

Left to right: Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (Miriam Alster/Flash90); Yamina party chief Naftali Bennett; and New Hope party head Gideon Sa'ar (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

1-year ‘government of healing’ mooted by anti-Netanyahu bloc, but huge obstacles

Plan would see Lapid and Bennett rotate premiership, Haredim joining later; Yamina, New Hope must first agree to tacit Arab party backing; Bennett said insisting on being PM first

From My Jewish Learning

A unique new series about anti-Semitism

New from My Jewish Learning, “The Longest Hatred” is a must-read for anyone concerned about the rise in anti-Semitic acts. Sign up now.

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden issue a Passover statement, March 26, 2021. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Bidens issue Passover statement likening Exodus to emergence from pandemic

US president amends traditional holiday refrain: ‘Not only next year in Jerusalem, but next year in person’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wished Jewish Britons a Happy Passover in a video message on Friday. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Boris Johnson wishes British Jews a happy Passover in Yiddish-flecked message

Keir Starmer of the UK Labour party delivers a speech at an election campaign event in Harlow, England, November 5, 2019. (AP/Matt Dunham)

UK Labour leader says he’s pleased with party’s progress against anti-Semtism

Top chef Shalom Kadosh poses for a picture in Jerusalem on May 27, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

World-famous chef Shalom Kadosh seriously wounded in attempted robbery

Culinary artist known for preparing meals for heads of state falls, hits head hard while chasing man who snatched his wallet at a Jerusalem gas station

Left: A group of Jewish civilians and partisans in Croatia, 1942; center: Detail of the ‘Maror’ page of the Sarajevo Haggadah; right: Shani Altarac, seen in 1948, the young Yugoslav partisan who wrote the Partisan Haggadah. (Photos of partisans and Altarac courtesy of Eliezer Papo/ via JTA; photo of haggadah courtesy of the Foundation for Jewish Culture)

Analysis

The other Sarajevo Haggadah — a Ladino communist musical Passover parody

Written in 1944 by Shalom Altarac, the often humorous ‘Partisan Haggadah’ is rooted in the bloody resistance against the Axis powers and joins a long tradition of haggadah parody

Illustrative: Matzahs travel on the production line of the Tiferet HaMatzot factory in Dnepro, Ukraine, December 8, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Craving the cardboardWhy Jews in former Soviet Union eat most matzah per capita

By Cnaan Liphshiz

An Israeli student receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection at a high school in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, March 17, 2021. (Flash90)

Israel ranks 5th in Bloomberg world COVID resilience tracker

With ‘lightning-fast vaccination drive,’ Israel makes entry to top of tracking platform that assesses how global economies are handling pandemic

An ultra-Orthodox man dips cooking utensils in boiling water to remove remains of leaven in preparation for the upcoming holiday of Passover in Ashdod, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

For Israelis, this year, Passover marks a celebration of freedom from virus

By Ilan Ben Zion

Inside story

Did the US downgrade its Palestinian ties by ‘upgrading’ its Jerusalem mission?

The Trump administration said merging the capital’s consulate into the embassy was more efficient. But diplomats claim it badly hampered their ability to reach out to Palestinians

This year, I learned the pain and beauty of praying outside

Even as the temperatures dropped, our need for community is so fundamental that our numbers have grown

Pyramids are not the answer

Passover presents a different model of leadership, all of us as ’a nation of priests.’ Let us also choose to be a nation of healers

The old Turkish train station is now the center of Beersheba's Old City. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

Ancient charm is revived in Beersheba’s new Old City

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Artistic, cultural and commercial renewal sprout from longstanding Ottoman institutions, making biblical Abraham’s one-time hometown an oasis of tourism in the Negev Desert

Medical technicians test passengers for COVID-19 at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on March 8, 2021. (Flash90)

Poland to allow in Israeli travelers without need for quarantine

Vaccinated tourists or those with negative tests up to 48 hours before arrival will be let in; Greece, Cyprus also to welcome Israelis more freely

A beach in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on June 6, 2019. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Vaccinated Israelis allowed to visit Sinai starting Tuesday

Stephen Durchslag has amassed over 4,500 unique Haggadahs from around the world. (Fred Eckhouse/Courtesy of Stephen Durchslag via JTA)

Photo Essay

A peak into the world’s largest private collection of antique Haggadahs

By Gabe Friedman

This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Friday, March 26, 2021. A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free a giant container ship that is stuck sideways in the waterway and disrupting global shipping. (©Maxar Technologies via AP)

Plan takes shape to use the tide to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal

After dislodge efforts fail, new bid set for Saturday; at least 20 ships carrying livestock held up; Japanese owners ‘apologize for the tremendous trouble’

In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a cargo ship, named the Ever Given, sits with its bow stuck into the wall on March 24, 2021, after it become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

Another attempt to refloat megaship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal fails

By AFP and ToI Staff

A group photo at the Jewish Community of Taiwan's 2021 Purim party. (Archi Chang/ via JTA)

Taiwan’s small Jewish community gears up for big Passover party — sans masks

By Gabe Friedman

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Illustrative: Palestinians and anti-Israel Jewish groups stage a rally walking from Times Square to the United Nations Building in New York, September 15, 2011, calling to end all US aid to Israel, end the occupation and support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. (AP Photo/David Karp)

Over 200 scholars say backing Israel boycotts is not anti-Semitic

Illustrative: Workers prepare matzah for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover at the 'Yehuda Matzos' plant in Jerusalem on March 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Virtual celebrity Passover event to auction off matzah-themed NFT artwork

By Gabe Friedman

In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, a poll worker talks to a voter before they vote on a paper ballot on Election Day in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

US Republican effort to tighten voting rules sparks outcry, racism accusations

By Elodie Cuzin

Illustrative: A Jewish man crosses a street in a Haredi Jewish area in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on April 9, 2019 in New York City. (Johannes Eisele/AFP)

Brooklyn Hasidic rabbi said under investigation over alleged child marriages

US President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Netanyahu, Putin among world leaders invited by Biden to global climate talks

By AP and ToI Staff

Filipe Martins allegedly makes the "controversial" "OK" gesture during a legislative session in Brasilia (Brazilian TV screenshot)

Brazilian president’s adviser accused of making white supremacist sign

By Marcus M. Gilban

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