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What Matters Most On Sunday, March 20, 2022

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In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, early on March 20, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Speech also to be broadcast in Tel Aviv's Habima Square

Zelensky to address MKs via Zoom Sunday evening; they’ll listen with mics on mute

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy to host virtual event from Knesset, but will use a committee room rather than plenum; hard-left Joint List MK says he’ll boycott ‘propaganda’ and ‘lies’

A refugee from the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, Ekaterina Mosha, 82, has a meal with her grandson Dmitrii, 3, after fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine, at the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, on March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

UN says 10 million have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia invasion

By AFP

Ukrainian soldiers search for bodies in the debris at the military school hit by Russian rockets the day before, in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, on March 19, 2022. (Bulent Kilic/AFP)

Dozens of Ukrainian troops killed in barracks bombed by Russia, witnesses say

By AFP

A woman and children shield from shelling in a school bomb shelter in Sartana village which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, 17 kilometers (11 miles) northeast of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia bombs Mariupol art school where 400 were sheltering, Ukraine officials say

No word on casualties in strike on besieged port city; officials say people were seeking refuge inside building now destroyed; 20 babies borne by surrogates stuck in Kyiv shelter

People gather in a basement, used as a bomb shelter, during an air raid in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Saturday, March 19, 2022. Lviv has been a refuge since the war began nearly a month ago, the last outpost before Poland and host to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians streaming through or staying on. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

As Russians push into Mariupol, residents said taken to Russia against their will

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Cohen stands outside the burned out building that served as local police headquarters in Mariupol. (Chabad.org)

From our partnerRabbi reveals devastating impact of Russian attack on Mariupol, its Jewish community

By Natalie Gryvnyak

Men gather during the funeral ceremony of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in the city of Bnei Brak, on March 20, 2022 (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Turnout estimated at 500,000 to 750,000

‘Unparalleled in his generation’: Rabbi Kanievsky laid to rest in massive funeral

Hundreds break through police barriers into Bnei Brak cemetery as Haredi leader is interred, but event passes without major unrest; medics treat a few dozen people

Men gather outside the home of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky on March 20, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Central Israel shuts down as hundreds of thousands gather for Kanievsky funeral

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Men gather during the funeral ceremony of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in the city of Bnei Brak, on March 20, 2022 (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Bennett warns against Kanievsky funeral turning into a repeat of Meron tragedy

Don’t Miss “The New Black” Finale

Season 1 of the hit Israeli comedy comes to a dramatic end before season 2 streams April 12, only on ChaiFlicks

Ukrainian workers construct tents for the Israeli field hospital being established in Mostyska, Ukraine. on March 18, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)

Organizers want it to be 'one of the best in the world'

Israeli flag raised at field hospital in Ukraine as gear, teams begin to arrive

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

17 tons of equipment cross border with staff from the Foreign Ministry and Sheba Medical Center, in preparation for Tuesday opening

Ukrainian refugees arrive from Lviv to Przemysl train station, southeastern Poland, on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Grassroots groups feverishly work to rescue Holocaust survivors from Ukraine

By DEEPA BHARATH

This photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Feb. 19, 2022, shows a MiG-31K fighter of the Russian air force dropping a Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile during a military drills. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

For second day in a row, Russia claims use of hypersonic missiles in Ukraine

Meylakh Sheykhet, lay leader of the Turei Zehav community, Lviv, Ukraine, March 16, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Mar 20: Purim in besieged Lviv; unbearable lightness of being Israeli

Carrie Keller-Lynn reports from Lviv under fire; David Horovitz spells out to Israeli leadership why being a good Jew is the same as being a good person

People watch a screening of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's address to Knesset members at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on March 20, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Massive blasts shake Kyiv; Ukraine rejects Russia’s demand to surrender Mariupol

Capital’s mayor reports at least 1 fatality after explosions hit a residential area and a shopping mall; Russia claims to bomb Ukrainian special forces training center

1:06 am

1 confirmed killed in Russian shelling of Kyiv
11:45 pm

No surrender: Ukraine rejects Russia's demand to give up Mariupol
10:29 pm

Three injured in airstrike on western Ukraine

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky: A beautiful soul from a world nearly gone

Ill-suited to a political mantle, the rabbi had encyclopedic knowledge, shed new light on Jewish law in his 50+ books, and was simply in love with Torah

The war in Ukraine: The challenge of shaping an endgame

The US must create a framework for a dialogue with Russia that can lead to an end to the war — before the situation is completely out of control

Shemesh (Smadar Harpak), who works at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, jokes with a Ukrainian refugee child at a camp established at the International Exhibition Centre MoldExpo in Chisinau, Moldova, March 9, 2022. (Hila Pe'er)

Inside Story'Better to take 24 clowns, 4 doctors - not other way around'

Israeli medical clowns bring smiles, relieve stress for Ukraine refugees in Moldova

Dream Doctors cheer the weary; one refugee cites Ukraine’s Holocaust history: ‘I don’t believe that after all that we did to your people during the war, you’re now helping us’

Revolutionary Guard troops attend a military parade marking the 39th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

US ready to make ‘tough decisions’ to revive Iran nuclear deal, official says

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Comments come amid profound public concern by Israel’s leaders over reports Washington willing to delist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terror group under renewed accord

A damaged mansion is shown following an overnight Iranian missile attack in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 13, 2022. (Safin Hamed/AFP)

Iraqi oil tycoon reject Iran’s claims his destroyed mansion was a Mossad base

By RASHID YAHYA and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

Illustrative: A silhouette of a Houthi supporter holds his weapon during a rally marking six years for a Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, March 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Saudi Arabia says Houthis targeted its energy facilities in drone, missile strike

Sultan Atallah, 55, and Rami Shammi, 33, who were arrested for working with Hezbollah in February 2022. (Shin Bet)

2 Arab Israelis tried to smuggle guns, plan kidnapping for Hezbollah — Shin Bet

By Emanuel Fabian

Officials say men from Yarka and Jadeidi-Makr met terror group operatives in Turkey, were asked to also identify targets for missile attacks

Illustrative: View of the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, on October 24, 2019. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Military rolls out ‘terrorist infiltration’ phone alert for West Bank settlements

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: Ukrainian Jews who fled the Russian invasion are seen at Chisinau International Airport in Moldova as they make their way to Israel, March 6, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel media review

Give me your huddled (Jewish) masses: What the press says about refugees and Ukraine

By Joshua Davidovich

The media looks at Israel’s ham-fisted policies for dealing with Ukrainian refugees, especially non-Jews; pundits see Israel-Iran in Ukraine-Russia; and a rabbinical great dies

Author David Grossman in an interview with Channel 13 news, aired on March 19, 2022. (Screenshot/Channel 13)

David Grossman: ‘A deep sense of shame’ over Israel’s treatment of Ukraine refugees

By Ethan Freedman

Ukrainian immigrants to Israel who fled fighting in Ukraine arrive on a rescue flight at Ben Gurion Airport, on March 17, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israel said planning interim caravan housing for Ukrainian immigrants in 3 cities

Hundreds shelter amid air rain sirens in the basement level of Pravda, a taproom that faces Lviv's city hall in popular Market Square, Lviv, Ukraine, on March 19, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/The Times of Israel)

Reporter's Notebook

A day after Russia strikes Lviv, residents find shelter in a political taproom

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

When martial law briefly closed a popular bar’s taps, it found new life — first as a media center, and then as a refuge from possible attack

Cars drive past a destroyed Russian tank as a convoy of vehicles evacuating civilians leaves Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. (Vadim GhirdaAP)

AnalysisStalled, bloody offensive in Ukraine is becoming a ‘dreadful mess’ for Putin

By Ellen Knickmeyer

This file photo taken on May 9, 2018 shows Russia's MiG-31 supersonic interceptor jets carrying hypersonic 'Kinzhal' (Dagger) missiles flying over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow. (AFP)

West’s efforts to boost Ukraine’s anti-air capabilities face challenges

By Sylvie LANTEAUME

An illustrative photo of a hacking concept. (Sergey Shulgin on iStock via Getty Images)

Cyber ‘cold war’ rages online but Russia holds back on massive digital attacks

By Ricky Ben-David

Destructive global breaches have not yet materialized, observers say, as non-state actors and hacktivists engage in digital combat

UK’s Johnson slammed for ‘insane’ comparison of Brexit ‘freedom’ to Ukraine conflict

By AFP

A screenshot shows Canada's mock suggestions to Russia to amend its proposed resolution on Ukraine, in which Moscow ostensibly admits to military aggression and disdain for human lives. (Screenshot)

Canada trolls Russia with mock edits to its proposed UN resolution on Ukraine

By ToI Staff and Agencies

UN mission offers its ostensible suggestions to improve document, complete with Moscow’s admission of its apathy toward civilian suffering and disdain for human life

In this frame grab from video provided by Roscosmos, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveyev are seen during a welcome ceremony after arriving at the International Space Station, Friday, March 18, 2022, the first new faces in space since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The crew emerged from the Soyuz capsule wearing yellow flight suits with blue stripes, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. (Roscosmos via AP)

Russian cosmonauts deny their yellow flight suits were inspired by Ukrainian flag

By AP

Gleb Gavrilov, owner of Moscow on the Hudson, stands in front of his store in New York, on March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

For millions of Russian-Americans, war brings shock, horror — and backlash

By AFP

Illustrative image: Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge speak to patient William Taylor, 94 , during a visit to the Clitheroe Community Hospital, in Lancashire, England, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, to learn about the challenges faced by rural health providers in the face of the coronavirus pandemice. (James Glossop/Pool Photo via AP)

Analysis

Transmission rate now over 1, Israel may be following UK to COVID resurgence

Cases spreading fast in Omicron bellwether UK, where some 1 in 30 of people age 70-plus had virus in one week. Israel should be concerned — but has an edge in rules and vaccines

People with face masks shop for groceries at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, on February 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel’s COVID transmission rate rises above 1 for first time since January

One of three metal walls closing streets leading to the Prime Minister's Ra'anana home, January 13, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

Setting up Bennett’s Ra’anana home as PM residence said to cost over NIS 45 million

Prime minister’s neighbors say quality of life has been significantly impacted by security arrangements that are still ongoing 8 months after he took the job

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Bennett to visit India next month to mark 30 years of diplomatic ties

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi meet, on September 13, 2021, in Sharm el-Sheikh. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Bennett reportedly planning visit to Egypt to meet again with Sissi

Cookbook author Ruth Nieman looking at grains being milled in Hagay and The Bread, the Kibbutz Einat bakery of Hagay Ben Yehuda on February 23, 2022 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Forgotten grains make a comeback in new cookbook from the ‘queen of freekeh’

By Jessica Steinberg

British cookbook writer Ruth Nieman offers readers research into ancient grains once popular in the Middle East and Europe, and recipes for everything from emmer wheat to sourdough

More Headlines

Police at the scene of a suspected underworld attempted assassination in Ashkelon, March 20, 2022. (Israel Police)

Son of crime boss seriously injured in suspected assassination attempt in Ashkelon

The West Virginia State Capitol houses the West Virginia Legislature and the office of the Governor of West Virginia. (Bill Dickinson via Creative Commons/ JTA)

West Virginia ‘critical race theory’ bill leads to statehouse debate over Jews, race

By Andrew Lapin

The Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul, on March 8, 2022 (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

Hit Netflix series helps heal wounds of Turkish Jews

By Burcin Gercek

In this photo released by the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, walks next of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, March 18, 2022 (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP)

US ‘profoundly disappointed’ by UAE hosting Syria’s Assad

By Aziz El Massassi

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (left) and Anoosheh Ashoori, who were freed from Iran, gesture after landing at RAF Brize Norton in Brize Norton, England, on March 17, 2022. (Leon Neal/Pool/AFP)

Family of British-Iranian says Tehran demanded $35,000 for his release

By AFP

Illustrative: A police vehicle in Brussels, Belgium, on April 8, 2016. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Car slams into carnival revelers in Belgium, at least 4 dead

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, poses after winning the gold medal after the floor exercise artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat takes gold at World Cup in Cairo

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