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What Matters Most On Friday, May 5, 2023

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Britain's King Charles III (left) meets Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis during a reception with faith leaders at Buckingham Palace in London on September 16, 2022. (Aaron Chown / AFP)

From Shabbat arrangements to Jerusalem oil: Jewish details of King Charles coronation

By Deborah Danan and Gabe Friedman

In first, representatives of Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, and Zoroastrian communities, among others, to be incorporated into proceedings for Saturday royal ceremony

King: 'She saw me bathed. What a sight I must have been!'

1st person to hold King Charles after his birth was a Jewish Kindertransport refugee

The first person to hold King Charles III after his birth was a Jewish woman who escaped Nazi Germany as a teenager and arrived in the United Kingdom as part of a Kindertransport, it was reported Thursday. Ingelore Czarlinski, 15, and her sister Marion, 11, arrived in the... Continue Reading

Prince Charles, front left, eight-month-old son of Princess Elizabeth of England, left, and the Duke of Edinburgh, is posed for the camera by his mother while his father looks on, July 18, 1949, Ascot, England AP Photo)

Analysis

Renee Ghert-Zand

Few Israelis plan for end-of-life care. A purple bracelet seeks to change that

If you see an Israeli wearing a purple silicone bracelet, don't assume it is merely a fashion statement. The colorful band stamped with "DNR" (Do Not Resuscitate) is actually a way of communicating to medical staff that the wearer has filled out an advance health care directive and wants their end-of-life treatment choices to be respected. The bracelets are an... Continue Reading

Volunteer supporting woman dying of tumor in a hospital room. (iStock photo)

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Rabbi doesn't blame Palestinians, says many condemn attack

After terror suspects killed, Leo Dee says he’d like to speak to their families

Rabbi Leo Dee said Thursday he was comforted by the IDF's elimination of the alleged killers of his wife and two daughters in the Jordan Valley terror shooting last month, and that he would like to confront the perpetrators' family. "I want to meet the parents and siblings... Continue Reading

Leo Dee speaks to Channel 12 on May 4, 2023. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Mohand Shalabi, 34, who was killed in the northern village of Ein Mahil, May 5, 2023. (Courtesy)

Man shot dead in northern village, the 9th killing in Arab community this week

Shooting reportedly a case of mistaken identity, with relative of Mohand Shalabi the intended target; 70 Arabs killed since the beginning of the year, 62 of them by gunfire

Analysis

‘Day of Equality’ sought to revitalize protests; limited turnout underlines challenge

For two days at the end of March, the rising swell of protests against the government’s radical judicial overhaul program broke into a huge wave that swept everything aside. After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister for stating publicly that the reforms were damaging the cohesion of the Israel Defense Forces and must be halted, masses of Israelis... Continue Reading

Israelis attend a protest against military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students and the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, May 4, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Protesters outside the home of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Tel Aviv, May 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Pro and anti-overhaul protesters rally outside home of ex-Supreme Court chief Barak

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) speaks at a rally in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023; Ra'am chair Mansour Abbas attends a Knesset meeting, March 5, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90; Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Report: Levin in talks with Ra’am’s Abbas in bid to muster support for overhaul

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For Israel’s once-potential Arab allies, ties with Jerusalem lose some sheen

Last month, on Israel's 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released a video which featured, among other things, the premier lauding the peace agreements that Israel has reached with Arab countries over the years, especially the 2020 Abraham Accords. "I intend to lead the expansion of this peace to unimaginable heights," he pledged... Continue Reading

Left: US President Joe Biden at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, March 28, 2023. (AP/Carolyn Kaster); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool photo via AP)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)

Israel said planning to send Ben Gvir to annual EU bash, raising envoys’ ire

Israelis block the Ayalon highway and clash with police in Tel Aviv during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul on March 23, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

FM rejects his ministry’s report warning of judicial overhaul’s diplomatic cost

Eli Cohen says findings reflect opinion of author alone, not his own assessment; anonymous diplomat blasts minister for ‘throwing foreign service officials under the bus’

National Unity party chair MK Benny Gantz gives a press statement in the southern town of Sderot, May 3, 2023. (Flash90)

Gantz: Netanyahu ‘unable to lead,’ should take plea bargain and resign

How one little girl and her mom gave me hope

Advocating for sexual abuse survivors, I hear all about the predators, but I also know the heroes who have the tough conversations that stop abuse

Joanne Greenaway

Are some Jews more holy than others?

Like royals with hereditary privilege, the priests are an elite class – but with the special task of serving God and His people (Emor)

Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren at an event celebrating ToI's 10th anniversary, May 1, 2022. (Ariel Jerozolimski)

ToI podcast'We're the Marvel universe. We have alternative realities'

What Matters Now to veteran journalist Biranit Goren: Media-made parallel universes

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Editor of ToI’s Hebrew-language sister site Zman Yisrael says all of PM Netanyahu’s court cases stem from a desire to control Israel’s media. Now he has Ch. 14, his own ‘Fox News’

A worker in an Angel Bakeries Factory in Jerusalem on August 16, 2010 (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Haredi calls for boycott of bread giant after board chair protests leading rabbi

By Michael Horovitz

Ultra-Orthodox politician questions Angel Bakeries’ kashrut after ex-minister Barlev attends draft exemption rally; opposition MKs encourage people to buy from brand in response

Protesters riot outside Ramle Prison, May 4, 2023. (Israel Prison Service)

Haredi protesters riot outside jail to support alleged arsonist of cellphone store

By Michael Horovitz

Jacqueline Kott-Wolle is the artist behind new exhibition 'Growing Up Jewish – Art & Storytelling.' (Courtesy)

Interview'I couldn't find Jewish art that really reflected my life'

In new exhibit, artist shows American Jewish life can’t be painted in broad strokes

By Cathryn J. Prince

Second-generation Holocaust survivor Jacqueline Kott-Wolle grapples with a complex, beautiful and contradictory identity in ‘Growing Up Jewish,’ on show in NY through June

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague, the Netherlands on May 4, 2023. (The Office of the President of Ukraine)

On Dutch Holocaust day, Zelensky asks Netherlands to also mourn dead Ukrainians

By Canaan Lidor

Unusual plea polarizes Dutch public’s reactions to Ukrainian president’s state visit, opens debates on his Jewish ancestry and his country’s wartime record

Ukrainian emergency services employees push the remains of an S-300 missile fired by Russian forces onto a truck in Kharkiv, Ukraine, February 17, 2023. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)

Kyiv begins testing missile warning system developed by Israel

Police block a road near the village of Malo Orasje, just outside Mladenovac, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of Serbia's capital Belgrade, on May 5, 2023 where an attacker opened fire with an automatic weapon, state-run media reported. (Andrej Isakovic/AFP)

8 killed, 13 hurt in second mass shooting in Serbia this week

By Jovana Gec and DUSAN STOJANOVIC

From the exhibit of 'Alberto Giacometti: Beginning, Again,' at Tel Aviv Museum of Art's Eyal Ofer Pavilion, May 6 – October 7, 2023 (Courtesy Yanai Yehiel)

A sculptor’s view of humanity launches reimagined Tel Aviv museum pavilion

By Jessica Steinberg

Tel Aviv Museum of Art inaugurates $5 million annex named for Eyal Ofer with major exhibit of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti’s work

Illustrative image of homes and businesses set on fire in the state of Manipur in northeast India, after clashes erupt between ethnic, religious communities, May 3, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Bnei Menashe community member killed, 2 synagogues torched in India violence

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Foreign Ministry says Israel watching events closely after ethnic clashes erupt in northeast state of Manipur between religious, tribal communities; MK appeals for coalition’s help

Illustrative: Uranium ore. (RHJ; iStock by Getty Images)

Documents appear to show Iran’s interest in Syrian phosphates for uranium production

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In leaked papers, Iran’s nuclear agency asks government to cover costs of project

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, center background, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, second left, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein, left, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, second right, attend a regional consultative meeting in Amman, Jordan, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Arab ministers to hold emergency meeting over Syria’s potential return to Arab League

By Samy Magdy and Bassam Mroue

Omer Easa from Sudan poses for a portrait inside the offices of the Hotline for Migrant Workers, a rights group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2023 (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

Sudanese asylum seekers worry about future in Israel, fighting at home

By Tia Goldenberg

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Sam Smith performs on the first night of the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival, Sept. 23, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)

Unholy decisionSam Smith Tel Aviv concert cancelled, citing ‘logistical difficulties’

File: Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, right, walk toward the US Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted Thursday, May 4, 2023, of a plot to attack the US Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

4 far-right Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy in 2021 US Capitol attack

An image of the galaxy Centaurus A, released by NASA for Black Hole Week. Credit: X-ray: (IXPE): NASA/MSFC/IXPE/S. Ehlert et al.; (Chandra): NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: ESO/WFI; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Schmidt

Holey solar systemNASA releases stunning visuals each day for ‘Black Hole Week’

By Michael Horovitz

The building of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. (Public domain/Wikipedia)

Hot off the pressHebrew Academy debuts new words, including term for ‘gaslighting’

By Michael Horovitz

Anat Halgoa Solomon, co-founder and CEO of Saturas showcases the Israeli startup's smart sensor-based precision irrigation system at Microsoft's booth at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco in March, 2023. (Courtesy)

Microsoft partners with Start-Up Nation Central to tap Israeli agrifood tech

By Sharon Wrobel

Rabbi David Kasher will be the director of the new Hadar West Coast. (Courtesy Hadar Institute via JTA)

Hadar Institute to bring its egalitarian Jewish learning brand to California outpost

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during an election campaign rally in Ankara, on April 30, 2023. (Adem ALTAN/AFP)

‘We are against the LGBT’: Erdogan fuels culture wars amid tight election contest

Palestinian members of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas terror group in Gaza City, September 21, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)

Israel seizes 189 crypto accounts linked to terror groups since 2021 – report

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