After Corbyn, Labour elects Zionist with Jewish wife * More ultra-Orthodox cities face lockdown * Unity talks: Gantz on patio, PM quarantined inside * French conspiracies

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Saturday, April 4, 2020 Live updates [Senior health official calls for more Haredi towns to be made ‘restricted zones’]( By [TOI staff]( [Source in ministry says Elad, Modi’in Illit, Migdal Ha’emek and several ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Jerusalem should join Bnei Brak on list of effectively locked-down cities]( [After Corbyn, UK Labour elects Keir Starmer, Zionist with Jewish wife, as leader]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [New opposition chief immediately apologizes to Jews for anti-Semitism in ranks, vows to ‘tear out this poison’; his wife comes from a Jewish family, has relatives in Tel Aviv]( [Keir Starmer: From radical lawyer to leader of a Labour party that needs uniting]( By [Alice Ritchie]( [Elderly Israeli married couple die of coronavirus within a week of each other]( By [TOI staff]( [Julia Avrahami passed away Friday, a week after husband Danny succumbed to virus; his daughter believes he was infected due to poor practices during hospital visit in early March]( [Israel’s virus death toll rises to 44 with deaths of four more people]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry said to tighten criteria for virus testing due to lab shortages]( By [TOI staff]( Coronavirus crisis [Police minimize Bnei Brak enforcement on Shabbat; arrest 10 Haredim in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Authorities maintain low-key presence to respect Jewish day of rest while upholding restrictions; break up illicit gatherings in capital’s Mea Shearim neighborhood]( [Military continues to see distancing rules flouted amid pandemic]( By [TOI staff]( [Bnei Brak deputy mayor says virus closure a ‘death trap’ for city’s elderly]( By [TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross]( [Top health official: Some restrictions could be lifted after Passover]( By [TOI staff]( [Moshe Bar Siman-Tov defends work of Health Minister Litzman, accused of catching COVID-19 after flouting isolation rules; IDF to take over old age homes amid fear of mass outbreak]( [Stipends for children, elderly will not arrive by Passover, despite PM’s vow: TV]( By [TOI staff]( [Amid shortages, PM authorizes emergency airlift of eggs ahead of Passover]( By [TOI staff]( [Russia detains activist doctor who told ‘Zman Yisrael’ Moscow lying about virus]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Anastasia Vasilyeva of the Alliance of Doctors union later fined and released; she was trying to bring masks, sanitizers, hazmat suits to hospital in Novgorod region]( [Russia to the rescue? Trump thanks Putin, but diplomats wary on aid deliveries]( By [Matthew Lee]( [With Gantz on patio and PM quarantined inside, progress made toward unity deal]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Two leaders forced to yell to each other with PM in precautionary isolation; main disagreement is still over annexing parts of West Bank]( [Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories an odious symptom of France’s virus crisis]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [US sets grim new global record with 1,480 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours]( By [AFP]( [Death toll in Europe passes 40,000, with over 900 fatalities in Spain in past day; UN warns of coming catastrophe in war-torn countries; economists predict deep worldwide recession]( [As virus surges, field hospitals emerge across US; now they need staff]( By [Ivan Couronne]( [Face coverings recommended for all of US, but Trump says he won’t wear one]( By [Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller and Mike Schneider]( Israel travels [From Elijah & Moses to the Gate of Faith, sculptures echo Israel’s Biblical past]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( Top Ops [David Sedley]( [Splendid isolation]( [The word ’quarantine’ originates with the Black Death, but separating from the community goes back to the biblical Aaron, and it is about spiritual purification and growth (Tzav)]( [Malynnda Littky]( [How Israel’s decision to require masks turned me into a conspiracy theorist]( [Overnight, we’ve gone from a policy of hard-line isolation, handwashing, and distancing to masks we wouldn’t need if we followed those guidelines to begin with]( inside story [Matt Lebovic]( [When the deadly virus hit a Jewish care facility on shore of 1st US public beach]( [In Massachusetts, a Hebrew SeniorLife independent living facility grapples with ‘gut-wrenching’ loss of six residents to COVID-19 outbreak]( [US Jewish day school turns its art center into a medical face shield factory]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Religious groups clash over US government giving virus aid to houses of worship]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Interfaith Alliance says move violates separation of religion and state; Orthodox Union argues it would be discriminatory to leave religious groups out of relief package]( [Analysis / The pandemic, and how the US Jewish community survives it]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Florida finally takes in cruise ship passengers, some on stretchers]( By [KELLI KENNEDY and WILFREDO LEE]( [2 dead, several injured in southern France knife attack; suspect arrested]( By [AP]( [Prosecutors don’t confirm reports that suspect shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ (God is great) as he carried out attack; say evaluating whether he was motivated by terrorism]( [CRM]( More Headlines [PA announces 22 new virus cases, raising total of confirmed infections to 193]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Sweden’s Jewish community, with 9 dead, hit disproportionately hard by virus]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine whistleblower complaint]( By [MARY CLARE JALONICK]( [Iraq suspends, fines Reuters news agency over virus report]( By [AP]( [After 60 years, Canada’s leading Jewish newspaper to close due to virus crisis]( By [David Lazarus]( [Sailors cheer USS Roosevelt captain fired for exposing virus outbreak onboard]( By [Lolita C. 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