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What Matters Most On Saturday, April 15, 2023

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A sign for Moody's Corp. in New York, August 13, 2010. (AP Photo/ Mark Lennihan/ File)

Moody’s downgrades Israel’s credit outlook, citing ‘deterioration of governance’

By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff

Leading credit agency demotes outlook from positive to stable despite reported talks with PM, Herzog on overhaul compromise; keeps credit rating at A1 amid ‘strong economic growth’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrive at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 23, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)

‘Economic earthquake’: Opposition lashes government after Moody’s downgrade

By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel

New buildings going up in Beer Yaakov on March 26, 2020. (Flash90)

Home prices slide for first time in years, but inflation remains steady

Protesters take part in ongoing demonstrations against the government's judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on April 8, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Rallies day after Moody downgrades forecast amid overhaul

Hundreds of thousands set to protest judicial overhaul at 150 locations for 15th week

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Poll finds just 52% of Likud voters would cast ballots for party again, majority believe economic crisis should be government’s priority rather than attempts to weaken judiciary

Dan Orenstein, CEO of Champion Motors, was arrested at a protest against Channel 14 owner Yitzhak Mirilashvili in Herzliya Pituach on April 14, 202 and was released after hundreds rallied outside the Glilot police station. (Screenshot/Telegram, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hundreds rally at police station near Tel Aviv to secure release of arrested protester

Mohammed Abu Huwash (Courtesy)

14-year-old shot dead in Rahat; 48 killed in Arab community since start of year

Teenage boy killed during fight in southern town; another person lightly injured; hours earlier in apparently unconnected incident, man dies after Haifa shooting

Christian pilgrims hold candles during the Holy Fire ceremony, a day before Easter, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Christians flock to Jerusalem Holy Fire ritual; minor police scuffles over crowd size

By AP and ToI Staff

Pilgrims angered that many not allowed to reach Church of the Holy Sepulchre for ancient ceremony; no injuries as worshipers break through barriers; police: limits are for safety

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)

Holy Sepulchre letter undermines church allegations on Israeli worship limits

By Lazar Berman

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 14, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Few disturbances as Muslims mass on Temple Mount for final Friday of tense Ramadan

Meidan Keller. (Facebook)

Teen dies after ‘disconnecting himself’ from ECMO for lung collapse said due to vape

Meidan Keller’s father says he stepped out of room for a moment, parents should keep their kids away from electronic cigarettes; hospital case referred to Health Ministry for probe

In first speech directly to Gazans, Iran president vows full support for ‘resistance’

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Iran’s president on Friday delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian rally in the Gaza Strip — a rare display of Iran’s importance to the Hamas terror group that rules the territory. Speaking virtually to hundreds of supporters of Hamas and... Continue Reading

Palestinians watch a pre-recorded speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on "Jerusalem Day," which is called al-Quds Day after the city's Arabic name, at a soccer filed in Gaza City, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Head of Iran's Quds Force, Gen. Esmail Qaani, second right, attends a rally to mark Jerusalem Day, an annual show of support for the Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran said to be rallying allied terror groups to launch coordinated attacks on Israel

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah greets his supporters through a screen via a video link from a secret place, during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah head mocks IDF strikes on ‘bananas,’ claims victory in cross-border bout

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hassan Nasrallah boasts no infrastructure hit, says terror group has deterred Israel, as troops clash with Lebanese protesters on border in fresh flare-up

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits down with Channel 14's "The Patriots," on April 13, 2023. (Channel 14 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu says Israel hit Hezbollah in Lebanon, contradicting army

What Broadway’s Jewish shows mean for their Jewish audiences

Theatergoers leaving Parade, Leopoldstadt, and The Wanderers illustrate the power and the peril of public Jewish storytelling

UN Rapporteur plays the victim card

She literally challenged Israel’s right to self-defense and then got upset when her words were quoted in The Times of Israel

Clashes erupt between Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary, with wider conflict feared

By AP and ToI Staff

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Fierce clashes between Sudan's military and the country's powerful paramilitary force erupted Saturday in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation, raising fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken country. In Khartoum, the sound of heavy firing could be heard in a number... Continue Reading

Heavy smoke bellows above buildings in the vicinity of the Khartoum's airport on April 15, 2023, amid clashes in the Sudanese capital. (AFP)

The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Twitter partners with Israeli high-risk trading platform eToro

By Simona Weinglass

While details of the deal are unknown, experts warn that too close a relationship between the companies could attract scrutiny from regulators

The tomb of Benjamin son of Jacob in Kfar Saba. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims to these holy tombs across Israel

By Aviva Bar-Am

Supplicants flock from far and wide to pray at the graves of prophets and scholars from the ancient Holy Land. Here is a guide to some of the commonly visited revered sites

Said to yell antisemtic, racist slurs, then fire at a target

US intel leak suspect allegedly railed against Jews in online rant at shooting range

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jack Teixeira, the National Guard airman arrested on charges of leaking a large trove of US intelligence documents, reportedly recorded himself making antisemitic and racist slurs before opening fire on a target. The Washington Post first reported the video of the antisemitic rant, which was... Continue Reading

Jack Teixeira (via social media)

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appears in US District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023 (Margaret Small via AP)

US intel leak suspect in court; charges reveal how investigators pinpointed guardsman

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Eric Tucker and NOMAAN MERCHANT

This photograph taken on April 14, 2023, shows Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket lifting off from its launchpad, at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. (Jody AMIET / AFP)

European space mission carrying Israeli tech blasts off for Jupiter’s moons

By Juliette COLLEN

JUICE mission will seek to analyze liquid detected beneath ice of Ganymede, including instrument managed by scientists from Weizmann Institute to look for aberrations in tides

Pictured left to right: Nancy Aucone, Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, and granddaughter Chloe Schachter at the Wedding Salon of Manhasset. (Courtesy Ilana Schachter via JTA)

Obituary

Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, mogul of ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ bridal empire, dies at 99

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Holocaust survivor born in Vienna; family fled to Havana; foresight of ‘Miss Hedda’ to shift family business from fur to weddings transformed it into multi-million dollar entity

Rabbi Mendy Cohen is dwarfed by 7-foot-1 Kings center Domantas Sabonis, who attended Chabad of Sacramento's Purim party on March 7. (Courtesy of Chabad of Sacramento via JTA)

NBA star Domantas Sabonis’s wife says he is converting to Judaism

By Andrew Esensten

Dudu Tassa (L) and Jonny Greenwood perform in Binyamina, July 20, 2021. (Screen grab via YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Creeping success

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood makes album with Israel’s Dudu Tassa

By Gabe Friedman

Features Middle East artists including Palestinian singer Freteikh, Egyptian artist Ahmed Doma, Morocco’s Mohssine Salaheddine; pair say it doesn’t include political statements

Fulham's Manor Solomon, left, celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Brentford and Fulham at Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford, West London, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo/David Cliff)

Israeli soccer star Manor Solomon makes waves as rare Jew in English Premier League

By jacob gurvis

Bob Iger and Doja Cat are among the Jewish entrants on Time Magazine's 100 most influential people list for 2023. (Time)

10 out of 100

Gershkovich, Blume among Jews on Time’s ‘Most Influential’ list

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Antisemitism envoy Lipstadt, Treasury chief Yellen, Disney CEO Eiger, rapper Doja Cat and The Rehearsal’s Nathan Fielder also make it into magazine’s 2023 top 100

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a video screen set up at Moscow City Court, on May 24, 2022. (Russian Federal Penitentiary Service via AP)

Navalny in ‘critical situation’ in penal colony after suspected poisoning, says aide

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, left, is reportedly selling his NFL franchise to Josh Harris, right. (Getty/Wikimedia Commons, via JTA)

Dan Snyder to sell Washington Commanders to Josh Harris for NFL record $6b

By jacob gurvis

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Ex-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says not running for president

By Thomas Beaumont and MEG KINNARD

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji, right, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (SANA via AP)

Arab nations meet to mull ending Syria’s long isolation as region shifts

By AFP

Illustrative: Police officers wait outside a court room in Vienna, on October 18, 2022. ( JOE KLAMAR / AFP)

Trial opens for five Austrians accused of helping Mossad protect a Syrian general

By AP

Doris Marlin, left, of Silver Spring, Md., and fellow activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023. The Supreme Court said Friday it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US Supreme Court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko

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