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What Matters Most On Saturday, April 1, 2023

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Mohammed Elasibi. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Family says recent medical graduate 'killed in cold blood'

Police: Man shot dead while trying to grab J’lem officer’s gun; family denies claim

Police say man fired twice, as witnesses deny he posed threat; cops say no footage of incident as officers testify: ‘Our lives were in real danger’

Israeli police patrol in Jerusalem's Old City after a shooting incident early on April 1, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Ex-police officials: ‘Hard to believe’ disputed deadly Jerusalem shooting not on CCTV

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

'Send a resounding response to the incitement from the PM'

13th week of anti-overhaul protests: ‘As in Poland, government is just reorganizing’

Organizers liken pause in legislation to Poland, where government took break to silence dissent before later passing overhaul; say Levin statements show no desire for compromise

Rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on March 30, 2023. The Netanyahu banner reads: 'Many politicians; one leader.' (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Supporters of judicial overhaul plan ‘million person’ rally after Independence Day

Negotiators believe overhaul compromise talks are dead on arrival — report

The negotiations aimed at reaching a compromise over the government’s contentious judicial overhaul legislation are already dead in the water, senior officials involved in the talks said on Friday. President Isaac Herzog began hosting the talks this week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on Monday to temporarily... Continue Reading

President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Benny Gantz. (Yonatan Sindel, David Cohen/Flash90)

Poll: More Israelis prefer Gantz to Netanyahu as PM in head-to-head matchup

President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Herzog urges opposing sides of overhaul to give talks a chance despite mistrust

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Haredi parties were at forefront of overhaul push. Then they weren’t. What changed?

Over the past week, as the government’s judicial shakeup ground to a dramatic (if temporary) halt amid ever-growing opposition and the coalition’s own profound political errors, something strange happened to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Haredi coalition partners, the parties Shas and United Torah Judaism. Everyone suddenly noticed that they had transformed from the most avid supporters of the sweeping judicial reform to... Continue Reading

Police push back supporters of ultra-Orthodox MK Moshe Gafni during clashes with anti-overhaul activists, outside Gafni's home in Bnei Brak, on March 14, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center), Defense Ministry Director General Eyal Zamir (right) and deputy IDF chief of staff Amir Baram (left) are seen during the launch of the Ofek-13 reconnaissance satellite, March 29, 2023. (Defense Ministry)

Gallant said likely to keep job, will have to apologize for overhaul warning speech

TV reports say growing likelihood defense minister will retain post after publicly cautioning that rift over coalition’s judicial shakeup poses tangible threat to national security

A woman at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022, holds up a sign with the biblical phrase 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

InterviewMovement tells wider story of shifting Orthodox attitudes

Gay and Orthodox: Book charts the rise of a once unthinkable dual identity in Israel

‘Queer Judaism,’ a new work from academic Orit Avishai, explores the rapid transformation over just two decades of the visibility and activism of LGBTQ religious Jews

Ivanka Trump (C), her husband Jared Kushner (L) and Donald Trump Jr. (R) arrive at Czechoslovak Independence Day at Prague Castle ceremony to receive a state award in memoriam of their late mother Ivana Trump, in Prague on October 28, 2022. (Michal Cizek / AFP)

Ivanka: I love my father and my country; am pained for both

Breaking silence, Kushner and Ivanka offer Trump support after indictment

By ToI Staff and AFP

Ex-president’s son-in-law says charges are evidence of ‘fear’ in Democratic party, daughter says she is ‘pained’ for her father and the country

Former US President Donald J. Trump watches the NCAA Wrestling Championships, March 18, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility for ‘Teflon Don’

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, March 25, 2023, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to be arraigned Tuesday in NYC to face porn star hush money charges

By Michael R. Sisak

Mordechai Soskil

An open letter to the Wise Son

I’m worried that you’ve become a bit conceited, and that you’ve lost touch with how important your brothers are for this family too

Shmuly Yanklowitz

This Passover, give kosher an update: go vegan

Food should not just be about dos and don’ts, it should be a chance to inspire a nonviolent, healthy, green society.

Artist David Roytman at his new gallery in New York City, March 15, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Israeli special forces vet repurposes wartime experience, training for abstract art

David Roytman fires bullets through paint to splatter designs on canvas, a creative process he says helps him deal with combat trauma

Analysis

NY state court ruling shifts burden for secular studies from yeshivas to parents

NEW YORK (JTA) — What should happen when a yeshiva does not teach its students the legally required amount of secular studies? And who should be held responsible: the school, or the parents who chose it? Both of those questions were at the heart of a bombshell ruling in a New York state court last week that, if it stands,... Continue Reading

Illustrative: A Jewish area of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, on April 24, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)

From left to right: Shaqed Druyan, Edmar Colon, and Tutti Druyan photographed for their album 'Kantika.' (Courtesy)

'We are taking these very old songs and making them new'

With Ladino compilation, vocalist gets in tune with her family’s fading history

By Penny Schwartz

Israeli-American Tutti Druyan hopes release of song collection ‘Kantika’ revives interest in the endangered Judeo-Spanish language once spoken by her ancestors

Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, visit the Kindertransport Memorial at the Dammtor railway station in Hamburg, northern Germany, on March 31, 2023. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)

In Germany, Charles III visits memorial for Jewish kids taken to UK to escape Nazis

By Frank Jordans

British king and queen consort lay wreath for German citizens killed in Allied bombing of Hamburg after commemorating Kindertransport

A man looks to a painting '4900 Colours (excerpt)' in a new exhibition with art works of German artist Gerhard Richter at the New National Gallery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Berlin museum displays works by artist who grapples with Germany’s Nazi past

By Kirsten Grieshaber

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A still from 'My Mexican Shivah,' one of 10 films screening at the first-ever Mexican Jewish Film Festival in New York City on April 2, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

How a run-in with Guillermo del Toro led to NYC’s first Mexican Jewish Film Festival

By Jackie Hajdenberg

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US indictment: Russian spy sought to gather intel on Israelis, including party head

In this handout photo from March 10, 2023, Israeli troops map the home of terrorist Mutaz Salah al-Khawaja in the West Bank town of Ni’lin. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF issues demolition order for West Bank home of Dizengoff terrorist

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, on April 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Jerusalem churches appeal to government to safeguard Easter worship after attacks

By AFP

A Greek police officer closes the entrance of the court house following the transfer of suspects that have been charged with membership in a terrorist organization, in Athens, March 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Suspects in alleged Iranian plot to target Chabad house remanded into custody

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Congolese politician leader Moise Katumbi, speaks during a press conference held at his lawyer's office in Paris, France, June 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariane Grosset)

Bill that would bar Congo’s only Jewish politician from presidency resubmitted

By David I. Klein

United Nations Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war occupied Ukraine territory, September 30, 2022, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

‘April 1 absurdity’: Russia takes over rotating presidency of UN Security Council

Pope Francis leaves the Gemelli hospital on April 1, 2023 in Rome, after being discharged following treatment for bronchitis. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)

Pope Francis leaves hospital after 3-day stay for bronchitis: ‘I’m still alive’

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Match made in heavenLA synagogue hosts ‘Mitzvah Mania’ with Jewish pro wrestlers

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