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What Matters Most On Saturday, April 23, 2022

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Palestinian workers are seen at the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, as they wait to enter Israel for work, on March 13, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)

Israel shutters Gaza pedestrian crossing after three more rockets fired at south

By Emanuel Fabian

Gantz had vowed ‘harsh response’ to continued rocket fire, but military doesn’t strike Hamas sites overnight; Erez Crossing to reopen following assessment on Sunday

File: Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on November 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

3 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel; one falls short, others cause no damage

By Emanuel Fabian

Oliwia Dabrowska on the Ukrainian border in 2022; and as a child in the film 'Schindler's List' (Instagram; screenshot)

Girl in red coat from ‘Schindler’s List’ helps refugee children on Ukraine border

Volunteering with people fleeing to Poland, Oliwia Dabrowska, now 32, says she sees echoes of her iconic character in the kids she meets; hopes she can inspire action in others

In this image published April 19, 2022, a Ukrainian bomb sniffing dog, Patron, is seen standing on top of a shell in Ukraine. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine)

Tiny but mightyBomb-sniffing dog ‘Patron’ becomes Ukrainian hero

Alon Beker and Michal Meron pose inside their art gallery in Venice. (Orge Castellano/JTA)

'Many Venetian Jews are losing interest in their identity'

Venice’s frayed, shrinking 500-year-old Jewish Ghetto is planning a renaissance

By Orge Castellano

Down from a pre-Holocaust peak of 5,000, the city’s 450 remaining Jews face numerous struggles, including rising water levels. They’re launching a grassroots revitalization effort

Venice to trial pay-to-visit scheme in bid to ease overcrowding

By AFP

Israeli hospital: No evidence of injury from live ammunition

Palestinian said in critical condition after Temple Mount clashes; cause disputed

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Family says Walid a-Sharif, 21, in a coma with fractured skull and brain damage after being hit by a sponge-tipped bullet; police say he fell and hit his head while throwing rocks

Screenshot of a clip posted by Israel's Kan TV ostensibly showing Walid a-Sharif throwing rocks on Temple Mount, on April 22, 2022. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright law)

Police officers are seen during a riot at the entrance of the northern Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, early April 23, 2022. (Israel Police)

Police said preparing to call up reserves in case of mass unrest in Arab towns

An Israeli soldier is seen during a raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, following a string of deadly terror attacks in Israel, on April 9, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF said to arrest cousin of Tel Aviv terrorist in West Bank raid

Centrist candidate and French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he meets residents after a campaign rally, on Friday, April 22, 2022 in Figeac, southwestern France. Emmanuel Macron is facing off against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in France's April 24 presidential runoff. (Benoit Tessier, Pool via AP)

Macron, Le Pen in final push ahead of crucial French runoff vote

By Joseph Schmid

Despite polls showing incumbent heading for reelection, there is concern that low turnout, leftist disillusionment could still see far-right challenger prevail

People walk past a sign instructing them to wear face masks in closed places, outside the Cinema City in Jerusalem, on August 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s indoor mask mandate ends after two years

By Alexander Fulbright and ToI Staff

Israelis have been subject to requirement for all but 10 days since April 2020; masks will still be required at hospitals, senior living facilities, planes

Among Ukraine’s refugees, I found new meaning in Passover’s open door

Wherever Jews live, whether in large communities with robust infrastructure or small villages with none, we belong to each other in unshakable, ineffable ways

Cuzzupa: Jewish traditions hide in South Italy’s easter bread

The post-Passover Mimouna was celebrated throughout the Mediterranean, while non-Jewish neighbors looked on and adopted the art of braiding dough

The Azovstal metallurgical plant is seen on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, on February 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine says Russians trying to storm Mariupol steel plant, port city’s last defense

By david keyton and YESICA FISCH

Officials estimate 2,000 troops defending 1,000 civilians sheltering at facility’s underground tunnels; Putin had ordered military to only blockade the area

People fleeing fighting in the southern city of Mariupol meet with relatives and friends as they arrive in a small convoy after the opening of a humanitarian corridor, at a registration center for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, on April 21, 2022. (Ed Jones/AFP)

Civilian evacuation effort set for Mariupol, say Ukraine authorities

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The Russian missile cruiser Moskva is purportedly seen in photos depicting it after being hit by Ukrainian missiles, prior to sinking, April 14, 2022. (Social media)

Moscow says 1 confirmed dead, 27 missing after Moskva cruiser’s sinking

By AFP

In this photo provided by the Swedish Armed Forces on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, troops prepare in the Baltic Sea region. (Joel Thungren/Swedish Armed Forces/TT via AP)

Amid Ukraine invasion, ruling party in non-aligned Sweden to decide on joining NATO

By AFP

Social Democrats to make decision by May 24, likely ensuring a parliamentary majority, particularly if neighboring Finland also opts to join alliance in wake of Russian aggression

Russian President Vladimir Putin, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Mikhail Tereshchenko/Sputnik via AFP; Timothy A. Clary; Sergei Supinsky/AFP)

After Moscow visit next week, UN chief to meet Zelensky in Ukraine

By AFP

A man wearing a gas mask helps firefighters extinguish a fire on a residential building following a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Despite advances, Russia makes ‘no major gains’ in past 24 hours, says UK intel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ilana Toweg, right, and her husband Doron field countless prayer requests because of their prominence as Israel farmers strictly observing shmita, Jewish laws about letting farmland lie fallow every seven years. (Deborah Danan/JTA)

'I thought, if I don't do this commandment, then who will?'

Why an Israeli farmer is celebrated for killing his crops (Hint: It’s in the Bible)

By Deborah Danan

At the urging of his wife Ilana, Doron Toweg let their eggplants die, costing them massive contracts, as they joined a growing movement to observe the biblical precept of shmita

An ancient bronze fork found at Korazim National Park, believed to be from the Talmudic period (Ahia Cohen-Tavor/Nature and Parks Authority)

Girl finds rare ancient fork at 1,500-year-old dig site near Sea of Galilee

Members of the public participate in work to uncover ancient Jewish village at Korazim, also uncover an elaborate earing

Christian pilgrims hold candles as they gather during the ceremony of the Holy Fire at Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem dead, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Thousands attend Jerusalem ‘Holy Fire’ ceremony despite complaints over restrictions

By AP and ToI Staff

Some clashes seen at holy site as police limit attendance; Israeli officials say they don’t want a repeat of Mt. Meron disaster

A boy approaches the singers of the traditional Easter caroling procession of Ootmarsum, the Netherlands, on April 1, 2018. (Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA)

Dutch carolers vow to keep singing antisemitic Easter song

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Traditional tune sung in town of Ootmarsum blames Jews for killing Jesus, an allegation that has fueled countless acts of violence against Jews and is now rejected by the Church

US President Joe Biden speaks Friday, April 22, 2022, at Green River College in Auburn, Wash., south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Biden vows to combat Holocaust denial in commemoration proclamation

File: Hundreds gather at the memorial center to pay their respects for tens of thousands of people killed in death camps run by Croatia's pro-Nazi puppet state in WWII, in Jasenovac, Croatia, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Nikola Solic)

Croatia Jews boycott WWII memorial, say government tolerates pro-Nazi sentiments

By AFP

This combination of July 1998 and April 2020 photos shows a difference in smog levels above the Los Angeles skyline, with California Highway 110 in the foreground (AP Photo/Nick Ut, Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Not all doom and gloom: How the world has improved some environmental problems

By Seth Borenstein

On Earth Day, a look at the steps humans have taken for a cleaner planet: from healing the ozone hole to fighting smog and encouraging wildlife growth

Two Afghan children stand amid piles of garbage next to their home, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Photo EssayAs world marks Earth Day, trash still a vast problem

By drew costley

A view of a suite at Six Senses Shaharut, which opened in August 2021 in Israel's Negev Desert (Courtesy Assaf Pinchuk)

Luxury resort Six Senses Shaharut offers Negev oasis with unlikely neighbors

By Jessica Steinberg

It took 10 years to carve the desert resort from a hillside, built sustainably for wellness travelers and with prices to match the other-worldly design

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Illustrative: Police officers at the scene of a suspected murder in Lod, on April 23, 2022. (Israel Police)

Man arrested after telling police he killed his 60-year-old mother in Lod

Illustrative: Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade, marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (AFP/STR)

Iran Revolutionary Guards general survives deadly ambush in restive region — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The scene of a traffic accident at the Regba junction, on the Route 4 highway in northern Israel, on April 23, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

Motorcyclist killed, passenger seriously hurt in northern Israel crash

'Schindler's List' leggings for sale on the artisan site Redbubble. (Screenshot via JTA)

E-commerce site restricts ‘Schindler’s List’ design after leggings go viral

By JTA

The scene of an ultralight aircraft crash near Rosh Pina in northern Israel, on April 23, 2022. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)

2 moderately hurt in ultralight aircraft crash in northern Israel

'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)

‘Tinder Swindler’ said wanted in Spain over use of allegedly fake Israeli ID

Jeffrey Epstein, on March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

From the webJeffrey Epstein’s rare cello provides window into his ties to the rich and powerful

Israelis at the Mt. Negev Nature Reserve, in southern Israel, during the Passover holiday, April 21, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

170,000 Israelis flock to national parks on final day of Passover

Rabbi Stephen Weiss (Courtesy of Cleveland Jewish News, via JTA)

‘Horrible and disgusting’: Conservative groups decry Cleveland rabbi over sex crimes

By Andrew Lapin

In this Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 file photo, Gwyneth Paltrow arrives at the 26th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file)

Gwyneth Paltrow funds historical signboard at Jewish ancestors’ cemetery in Poland

By JTA

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