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What Matters Most On Thursday, April 29, 2021

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Magen David Adom ambulance crew wearing protective clothing after delivering a man suspected of infection with the coronavirus to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, in Jerusalem, on July 20, 2020.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Research indicates hidden phenomenon triggered by the virus

COVID is causing strokes among the young and healthy, global study indicates

By Nathan Jeffay

1 in 4 stroke patients with coronavirus are under 55; Jerusalem doctor involved in research says it shines spotlight on results of virus blocking larger blood vessels

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at the factory of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in Puurs, Belgium, on April 23, 2021. (JOHN THYS / POOL / AFP)

Pfizer CEO: Pill for treating COVID could be available by end of 2021

MK Yoav Kisch, then-chairman of the Interior Affairs Committee at the Knesset, on July 12, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deputy health minister predicts nearly all virus restrictions will go in 3 weeks

Israeli students return to school in Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Children from 5 schools among Israel’s 41 cases of Indian COVID strain

Health Ministry says 17 cases identified among people who haven’t left the country, indicating community spread; 4 of those diagnosed are fully vaccinated

Travelers at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Top Israeli health official: Not clear if vaccine effective against India strain

Ugur Sahin, co-founder of the Mainz-based coronavirus vaccine developer BioNTech, listens during an Axel Springer Award ceremony, March 18, 2021.(Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP, Pool)

BioNTech chief ‘confident’ Pfizer vaccine works against Indian virus strain

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy runs near a giant bonfire, during celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood, April 28, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/ Flash90)

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Daily Briefing Apr. 29: Lag B’Omer’s inflamed political, environmental disasters

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

Ultra-Orthodox Jews seen during a ceremony at the Mount Meron holy site near Safed, April 27, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Police ready for limited Lag B’Omer bonfire festivities amid pandemic, heatwave

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with then-Science Minister Ofir Akunis (L) at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on December 22, 2019, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Op-ed

‘Israel’s worst constitutional crisis,’ until the next one

Netanyahu’s failed bid to install his ex-spokesman as justice minister underlines the dangers of tinkering with Basic Laws to suit the needs of leaders who come and, eventually, go

Gantz said to hold coalition talks with Netanyahu despite vowing to replace him

Bennett, Sa’ar meet to talk unity gov’t, as Shaked said hoping to thwart efforts

Rivlin: Constitutional functionality collapsed in fight over justice minister

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

In this February 14, 2016 illustrative photo, a woman in an alien costume poses for a picture during the annual Alien Festival in Capilla del Monte, Cordoba, Argentina, the site of an alleged UFO sighting 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Interview'Planets will evolve similar solutions to similar problems'

How do aliens look? An Israeli zoologist’s down-to-earth theory on ET evolution

By Rich Tenorio

In his new book ‘The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ Arik Kershenbaum argues that using earthly evolutionary biology is the best way to picture interstellar life

A horse is led into the elevator of a Tel Aviv apartment building, April 28, 2021 (Channel 12 screenshot)

No new neigh-bor

A horse walks into an elevator… of luxury Tel Aviv apt. building

Animal’s owner says there was no sign saying ‘forbidden to bring a horse in’; he and a second man are arrested

European turtledove. (Ehud Fast)

Italians set to decimate bird cited by Song of Songs as messenger of spring

While Israelis seek to extend one year hunting ban, Rome greenlights shooting of 7.5 million turtledoves in move that could drive species toward extinction

Why thou shalt not make a Lag B’Omer fire — and what to do instead

The smoky celebration has dire health and environmental consequences, but drums, stars and kites can crank up the fun

Yirmiyahu Danzig

Deporting African Hebrews is a betrayal of Zionism and Jewish values

The Interior Minister has been actively discriminating against this community, and against African American Jews in general

How can Israel prevent an eternal merry-go-round of elections?

The right electoral reforms should lead fairly easily to a stable government and budget

Lag B’Omer is all the rage in Israel — here’s a primer for the uninitiated

Many Diaspora Jews have never heard of the holiday, but it’s time we embraced it and learned to enjoy it. Here’s how.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wears a mask upon his arriving to head the Palestinian leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)

Israel braces for fallout as Abbas expected to delay Palestinian elections

Hamas, which stands to make gains in the vote, warns it will hold Israel responsible if ballot is postponed over dispute on East Jerusalem voting; Israel says it’s not intervening

Palestinian fishermen take to the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City on June 18, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Israel reopens Gaza fishing zone after quiet night on the border

By Judah Ari Gross

From the blogs

Ramadan reminds me how lucky I am to be a Jew living in the Gulf

We go to their iftar meals, they came to our synagogue opening. What more do we need to prove our culture of peace, dialogue, and coexistence?

Jewish pilgrims at the gravesite of Rashbi, or Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai, in Meron in the northern Galilee ahead of the start of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer, on April 29, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Tens of thousands taking part in Lag B’Omer celebrations at Mount Meron

Gathering is the largest in Israel since the COVID pandemic began; senior health official warns public against attending, noting 35% of Israelis are unvaccinated

6:38 pm

Abbas: Israel not allowing Palestinian elections in Jerusalem because there's no Israeli gov't
6:15 pm

Israeli minister warns a 'bad' Iran nuclear deal will spark Middle East war
5:43 pm

Iran suspended from world judo federation for 4 years over Israel boycott policy

US Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi look at each other as US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Biden: White supremacists are the ‘most lethal terrorist threat’ to US

In first speech to Congress, president says ‘working closely with our allies’ on Iran’s nuclear program, calls US Capitol raid ‘worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War’

US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) greets House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ahead of US President Joe Biden addressing a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla / POOL / AFP)

Seated behind Biden during Congress speech, Harris and Pelosi make history

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2021. (Melina Mara / POOL / AFP)

In speech to nation, Biden declares: ‘America is rising anew’

By Jonathan Lemire and Josh Boak

US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2021. (Melina Mara / POOL / AFP)

Israel’s ambassador to the US: We won’t be bound by Iran deal

After Biden says US coordinating with allies on reentering pact, Gilad Erdan says Washington respects Jewish state’s need for ‘freedom of action’

US eyes major rollback of Iran sanctions to revive nuclear deal

Iran’s Rouhani claims Israel ‘directed’ US killing of top general Soleimani

By ToI Staff and AFP

Saudi prince strikes conciliatory tone with rival Iran after secret talks

By AFP

Afghan Jew Zebulon Simentov blows a shofar horn at a synagogue housed in an old building in Kabul, April 5, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Fearing the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s last Jew plans move to Israel

By Jay Deshmukh and Usman SHARIFI

Screen capture from video of Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis speaking to her community after she was appointed as the spiritual leader of the Shirat Hatamar synagogue in Efrat, April, 2021. (YouTube)

In Israeli first, woman chosen as sole spiritual leader of Orthodox community

By Stuart Winer

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis to lead the Shirat Hatamar synagogue in settlement of Efrat; says she always felt need for a female Torah role model in her life

Roi Wolf, at computer, a sergeant in the Israeli army, processes would-be vaccination recipients while Kaisar Kabha, director of the Basma regional council, checks their identity documents. (Uriel Heilman/ JTA)

'The pandemic doesn’t stop at any border'

In Bartaa, on West Bank border, only Israelis eligible for vaccine… in theory

By Uriel Heilman

With huge disparities in Israeli and Palestinian vaccination campaigns, citizens of this mixed village technically differ in eligibility, though in practice the line is blurred

Palestinians suspected of firebombing cabin at illegal outpost; man lightly hurt

By Judah Ari Gross

US rejects Human Rights Watch’s accusation of Israeli ‘apartheid’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Photographer Andrew Feiler at the Carver School in Coffee County, Georgia, working on his project documenting the sites of former Rosenwald schools. (Jim Cottingham/ via JTA)

Jewish photographer makes it his mission to preserve legacy of Rosenwald schools

By Dave Schechter

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Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)

In precedent, man sentenced to 9 months for harassing his ex-wife

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and President Reuven Rivlin at a press conference in Jerusalem on January 22, 2020. (Jacques Witt/Pool/AFP)

Rivlin hails Macron for backing law change after Halimi’s killer avoids trial

Illustrative: New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, top, third from left, meets with haredi Orthodox Jewish leaders in Borough Park, Brooklyn, in an undated photo supplied by his campaign. (Yang for New York via JTA)

Top New York City mayoral candidates vie for ultra-Orthodox endorsements

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, an English literature professor at Linfield University, says he has been targeted with antisemitic attacks after calling out sexual harassment at the school. (Courtesy via JTA)

Baptist-affiliated Oregon university fires Jewish prof who alleged antisemitism

A video posted on Israeli websites as part of a cyberattack, May 21, 2020 (Screen grab)

Cyber directorate warns of anticipated attacks to mark Iran’s ‘Jerusalem Day’

Left to Right: Prof. Yossi Matias, Google VP and Managing Director of the Google Center in Israel; Prof. Ariel Porat, president of Tel Aviv University; Prof. Meir Feder, head of TAU Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (TAD) and Prof. Tova Milo (Courtesy)

Google, Tel Aviv University set up joint AI-based research program

By Shoshanna Solomon

Intel Corp.'s 9th Gen Core, sired by its Haifa team, was launched by the US tech giant on April 23, 2019 (Courtesy)

As competition heats up, Intel touts new $200 million Haifa campus

By Shoshanna Solomon

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff visits the White Bird Clinic community vaccination site at WOW Hall in Eugene, Oregon April 5, 2021. (Dana Sparks/The Register-Guard via AP, Pool)

With a seder and vaccine shots, Doug Emhoff settles in as Second Gentleman of US

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's eldest son Yair Netanyahu is seen at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on June 5, 2018. (Flash90)

Court drops libel verdict against Yair Netanyahu; case to continue

Screen capture from video of a boy, 12, leaning out of window during a fire at an apartment in Rishon Lezion, April 28, 2021. (Channel 12 News)

12-year-old boy pulled from window of burning apartment

By Stuart Winer

In this September 6, 2017, file photo, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York ex-AG Eric Schneiderman loses law license for a year over sexual abuse

A helicopter flies over a base of the UN peacekeeping force, in the town of Naqoura, Lebanon, October 14, 2020, during the first round of talks between Lebanese and Israeli delegations on the countries' maritime border. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

Israel, Lebanon to resume US-brokered maritime border talks next week — report

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