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What Matters Most On Friday, April 23, 2021

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Israeli border police detain an Israeli youth as members of "Lahava", a Jewish extremist group, as they try approach to Damascus Gate to protest amid heightened tensions in the city, just outside Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Reporter's Notebook

In Jerusalem, Palestinians and Jews see a night of rage and hate

By Aaron Boxerman

Protests were some of the most violent in years, with dozens of Palestinians and cops injured, random attacks on Jews and Palestinians across the city, and mayhem in downtown

Israeli police officers clash with Arabs outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on April 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Dozens hurt, arrested in Old City clash as extremist Jews chant ‘Death to Arabs’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Palestinians gather during the second Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount on April 23, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

After Jerusalem riots, Ramadan prayers on Temple Mount pass peacefully

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The Dead Sea scrolls at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, November 5, 2018. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Doing what no human eye can, AI reveals secrets of Dead Sea Scroll’s creation

By Stuart Winer

Computers analyzing tiny details of famous Isaiah Scroll spot different styles indicating 2 scribes, and opening new avenues into understanding origins of ancient documents

Shayna Smilovitz, baby Roni and her parents upon meeting their granddaughter for the first time in April 2021, after grappling with Israel's complicated entry rules during the coronavirus pandemic (Courtesy Shayna Smilovitz)

Want to visit your Israeli grandchildren after a year of separation? Get in line

By Jessica Steinberg

First-degree family members, new grandparents and Israeli residents with visas try to navigate the labyrinthine regulations of entering Israel during the pandemic

Childhood illness RSV surges in Orthodox Brooklyn, after receding during COVID

Israel crosses milestone of 5 million fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Travelers at the departures hall in Ben Gurion Airport on April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel issues travel warning for 7 high-infection countries amid variant fears

List features some of the nations worst-hit by COVID, including India; top health official says vaccines may offer less protection against Indian strain

Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the coronavirus ward in Jerusalem on January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel records no new daily COVID deaths for first time in 10 months

Travellers at Ben Gurion International Airport on April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel, Bahrain ink ‘unprecedented’ travel corridor deal for the vaccinated

Why don’t we talk to the teachers?

The pandemic offers a chance for much-needed educational reform, but the way schools have rushed back to the old normal suggests that nothing that needs to change will change

This year, they will know more

When you’re a teacher who knows your students can achieve so much more than they’ve been offered, sometimes all you can do is step up and create the opportunity for them yourself

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi during an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 71st Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 9, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Israeli delegation to DC to oppose US nuke deal revival, but won’t talk details

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Netanyahu instructs top security officials to emphasize that Israel not bound by any agreement, committed only to its own security interests and ‘will act accordingly’

In this image made from April 17, 2021, video released by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, various centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11, 2021, at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran. (IRIB via AP)

Iran cuts number of active centrifuges enriching uranium to 60% — report

Head-to-toe veiled Iranian women walk at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, April 6, 2021. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

‘Absurd, surreal’: Activists pan Iran’s election to UN forum on women’s rights

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative: People attend a ceremony that commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Jewish ghetto in Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on January 19, 2020. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Rabbis in Jerusalem attempt to determine Hungarian civil law

Israeli rabbis order Hungary government to freeze payouts to sparring local Jews

By Yaakov Schwartz

But Hungary says it won’t get involved in spat over allocation of payments for confiscated properties, as Orthodox groups sue Conservative Mazsihisz in Jerusalem rabbinical court

Then-Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman at the ceremony for the opening of a new branch of his Agudath Israel party, ahead of upcoming elections, in the northern city of Safed, July 4, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

AG said set to charge Litzman for meddling in Leifer case, pending a hearing

Mandelblit expected to indict minister on fraud, breach of trust, for pressuring staffers to alter conclusions of psychiatric evaluations, block extradition of alleged pedophile

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, former chairman of Israel's ZAKA rescue unit, poses for a photo in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Before suicide attempt, ZAKA founder said to have faced arrest ‘within days’

Israeli police clash clash with Palestinians near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on April 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

US ‘deeply concerned’ over Jerusalem violence, doesn’t single out either side

Embassy calls on ‘responsible voices to end incitement’ after violent clashes outside Old City between cops, Palestinians and far-right Jewish mob chanting ‘Death to Arabs’

Palestinian run from stun grenades canisters as members of Israeli security forces deploy amid clashes with Palestinian protesters outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on April 22, 2021. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

PA, Hamas slam Israel for Jerusalem violence, praise ‘heroic’ Arab protesters

By Aaron Boxerman

In this 9 January 2005 file photo, Palestinian women guard the ballot boxes for the Palestinian Authority Election. ( Sharon Perry/Flash90)

UN urges Israel to allow East Jerusalem voting in Palestinian elections

By AFP and ToI Staff

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to reporters at Israel's Nevatim air base Monday, with an Israeli F-35 fighter jet in the background, on Monday, April 12, 2021 in Israel. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

75% of House members back no conditions on US aid to Israel

Supporters include some progressives from Democratic Party’s left wing; letter comes following bill to increase oversight on how Israel spends $3.8 billion it receives annually

Then-Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie speaks during a media availability at the Pentagon in Washington, April 14, 2018. (Alex Brandon/AP)

US Mideast forces chief blames Syrian ‘incompetence’ for missile hitting Israel

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a memorial ceremony on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery on April 11, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief to make first US visit next week to discuss Iran, Hezbollah

By Judah Ari Gross

A crowd protests antisemitism in New York City, Oct. 15, 2020. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, via JTA)

Inside story

The stats of US anti-Semitism: A new survey has some clear and dismal data

YouGov study of over 3,000 American adults finds anti-Semitic attitudes are ‘far more prevalent on the right’ and among racial minorities

Illustrative: An Israeli student receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection at a Leumit vaccination center in Tel Aviv, on January 23, 2021, just after the country rolled out inoculation to everyone aged 16-plus. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israel risks losing teenagers to anti-vaxxer influence, warns top doctor

By Nathan Jeffay

Shlomo Vinker fears inoculation critics slipping into online vacuum left open by authorities, swaying kids; says adult vaccination drive has almost hit ‘ceiling’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut at the memorial ceremony for the late President Shimon Peres, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on September 19, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court to Netanyahu, Gantz: Explain by Sunday why still no justice minister

With several key posts unfilled because of Netanyahu-Gantz feuding, Chief Justice Hayut warns of a ‘governing vacuum’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference at his office in Jerusalem on April 20, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Top court rules no grounds to disqualify Netanyahu as PM ‘at this time’

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett (left) and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid during the swearing-in ceremony of the 24th Knesset, at the Knesset building in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

‘Change bloc’ said to reach agreement on religious issues in possible gov’t

TV says parties looking to replace Netanyahu agree to adopt liberal rabbinic group’s stance toward matters of religion and state; Poll: 48% back PM’s direct elections bid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud said pressing Yamina’s Ayelet Shaked to ensure Netanyahu stays PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on April 20, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM calls heads of Ra’am, left-wing parties, seeking support for direct elections

More Headlines

Sarah Halimi. (Courtesy of the Confédération des Juifs de France et des amis d'Israël)

Sister of murdered French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi to ask Israel to try case

By Lazar Berman

Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija, bottom, reacts after he was injured during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors, April 21, 2021, in Washington. Also seen is Wizards center Jordan Bell (7). (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Wizards confirm Deni Avdija suffered hairline fracture, ending his rookie season

By AP

Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal in a trailer for the new movie "Here Today." (Screen capture: YouTube)

Here Today for each otherBilly Crystal and Tiffany Haddish dance the hora in buddy comedy

By JTA

Ezra Furman performs in 2018. (Paul Hudson/Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0)

Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom

The former Great Synagogue of Lutsk, Ukraine. (The Center for Jewish Art/Foundation for Jewish Heritage, via JTA)

Rare ‘fortress synagogue’ in Ukraine to return to Jewish ownership

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Students explore Camp Amersfoort in the Netherlands, April 19, 2021. (Mike Bink/National Monument Kamp Amersfoort, via JTA)

‘Unimaginable suffering’: Museum opens at infamous Nazi camp in heart of Holland

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Jordan's King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan, on December 10, 2020. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)

Jordan releases 16 detained for ‘sedition’ in palace plot

By AFP

Actor Guri Alfi (far left) stars in 'Blackspace,' a Reshet 13 series now coming to Netflix (Courtesy Reshet 13)

Make some spaceNetflix scoops up Israeli thriller about high school shooting

By Jessica Steinberg

Friedrich Karl Berger in 1959 (US Department of Justice)

Germany won’t prosecute ex-concentration camp guard, 95, deported from US

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Trump supporters gather outside the US Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Brooklyn man, 19, charged with breaking into US Capitol after turning himself in

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

New York City Council Member Chaim Deutsch shown at a Budget Negotiating Team meeting in 2018. (John McCarten/New York City Council, via JTA)

Jewish NYC councilman pleads guilty to tax fraud

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Russian paratroopers load into a plane for airborne drills during maneuvers in Taganrog, Russia, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo)

Russia to pull back troops from Ukraine border, but keep weapons near

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

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