Israeli, Jewish leaders mourn Prince Philip * Israel may let tourist groups in * Meet the veteran labor activist battling Amazon in Alabama * Eg ypt finds vast ’lost city’

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, April 9, 2021 Presented by OurCrowd [‘Much missed:’ Israeli leaders, UK chief rabbi mourn death of Prince Philip]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu hails Duke of Edinburgh as ‘consummate public servant’; Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis remembers royal’s ‘affection for’ Jewish community, notes his mother’s burial in Israel]( [UK’s Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, dies at 99]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Health Ministry weighing permits to allow tourist groups back into Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Unnamed official notes political sensitives surrounding recognition of vaccination passes from nations using shots not approved by Israel, such as UAE’s use of Chinese inoculation]( [Israel will fully reopen in a month if no new rise in contagion, virus czar says]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s Health Ministry: US, France pose ‘very high’ risk for virus mutations]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Meet the longtime Jewish labor activist going up against Amazon in Alabama]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Stuart Appelbaum speaks about his Jewish roots and what the fight against the mammoth online retailer has changed in the American labor movement]( Israel media review [Brotation speculation: What the press says about the bizarre coalition bazaar]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [The number of ideas for various parties to find a way to build a coalition are more numerous that stars in the sky, but few think any of them are truly realistic]( [Netanyahu, Bennett to meet again after ‘positive’ talks at PM’s residence]( By [TOI staff]( [Joint List MKs face sanctions over Knesset ceremony oath to fight ‘occupation’]( By [TOI staff]( Promoted Content [Israeli startup’s precision robots poised to transform brain surgery]( [Sara Toth Stub]( [Prof. Moshe Shoham, founder of Mazor Robotics, acquired for $1.64 billion, will speak about his new company Tamar Robotics on Monday, April 12]( [Egypt says it has uncovered a vast, untouched, 3,000 year-old ‘lost golden city’]( By [AFP]( [Archeologists hail unearthing near Luxor of ‘largest ancient city,’ call it the most important discovery since tomb of Tutankhamun and a window into the ancient world]( [Stoned Age / Israeli study: Prehistoric cave painters may have been hallucinating]( By [TOI staff]( [Is Holocaust art possible? A murderous shade of blue is one painter’s answer]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Yishai Jusidman’s ‘Prussian Blue’ series, being exhibited in Israel for the first time, utilizes a color found both in innocent pigments and the Zyklon B gas used by the Nazis]( [‘Not too late to show gratitude’: Group offers new home to WWII rescuers of Jews]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [March of the Living honors medical workers leading COVID fight]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Gantz slams ‘blind and unjust’ ICC decision, as Israel issues formal response]( By [TOI staff]( [Defense minister says he believes ‘truth will come to light,’ a day after the Jewish state officially rejects war crimes probe in a letter to Hague-based court]( [Israel to tell ICC: You don’t have authority to investigate us]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Chaya Passow]( [Fast-track spirituality]( [Were Aaron’s sons trying to replicate a fiery, passionate, undisciplined, ecstatic encounter with the Divine that was the province of the prophets? (Shemini)]( [Yohanan Plesner]( [Knesset swearing-in ceremonies should be celebratory. This one wasn’t]( [The lack of any reason to celebrate was symbolized by the proceedings at the Jerusalem District Court, where the prime minister was charged with serious criminal offenses]( [High Court rules minister can temporary block Israel Prize for leftist math prof]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Ruling means Oded Goldreich, who has been accused of supporting boycotts of Israel, will not receive the award at next week’s ceremony]( [43 soldiers and civilians killed since last Memorial Day, taking total to 23,928]( By [TOI staff]( [‘End assimilation’: Dozens of cars vandalized, wall graffitied in Arab town]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Netanyahu extends Shin Bet head’s tenure by 4 months amid clash with Gantz]( By [TOI staff]( [Argaman will stay on at security agency past May 2021, as defense minister says he refuses to allow PM to appoint national security adviser as successor]( [Mandelblit warns lack of justice minister has ‘far-reaching’ consequences]( By [TOI staff]( [Iranian military vows response to attack on ship in Red Sea]( By [TOI staff]( [Armed forces spokesman says Iran probing who was behind the blast that struck alleged IRGC vessel; US official told NY Times that Israel did it]( [Amid Iran tensions, US defense chief to visit Israel]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Jordan ‘coup’ no danger to Israel, but simmering discontent with king may be]( [Behind the palace intrigue between Abdullah and his half-brother are real frustrations among Jordanians toward a regime that Jerusalem sees as a key security bulwark]( [Loud debates, taboo topics, fun banter: Arab world finds outlet in Clubhouse]( By [Sarah El Deeb]( [Egypt jails top Muslim Brotherhood leader for life on murder, terror charges]( By [AFP]( [Miami’s Jewish community embraces NBA player after apology for anti-Semitic slur]( By [CALEB A. GUEDES-REED]( [Community members give Meyers Leonard an opportunity for ‘teshuvah,’ or repentance, as he seeks to rehabilitate image following scandal that threatens to derail his career]( [Deni Avdija writes ‘remember’ in Hebrew on shoes to commemorate Holocaust]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Israeli kidney donation nonprofit hits ‘world record-breaking’ 1,000 transplants]( By [TOI staff]( [Matnat Chaim, which mainly facilitates altruistic living donor transplants between non-relatives, helps with 200 cases over past year since death of co-founder from COVID-19]( Interview [US teachers union head Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school]( By [Laura Adkins]( [Firebrand leader has strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle as she attempts to get her group’s 1.7 million members into classrooms]( [Government eases virus restrictions at schools, ends capsules for 4th graders]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Editor of Orthodox NY weekly Jewish Press identified as January 6 Capitol rioter]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Jewish pro-Trump Republican Lee Zeldin announces run for New York governor]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Collapsible synagogue opens in Ukraine’s Babyn Yar, site of Nazi mass grave]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Tibi walks out of Knesset Holocaust memorial event to protest ‘racist’ Ben Gvir]( By [TOI staff]( [On Holocaust Remembrance Day GOP delegate likens mental health bill to Nazi laws]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Israel’s secrecy on vaccines is causing supply uncertainty, says state adviser]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Defying pandemic fears, US suicide numbers dropped sharply last year]( By [Mike Stobbe]( [KKL-JNF said set to okay purchase of West Bank land for isolated settlements]( By [TOI staff]( [Biden issues orders in bid to combat US gun violence ‘epidemic’]( By [Sebastian Smith]( [From our partner / 1 in 6 million chance: Writer’s shock as friend gets aunt’s Shoah candle]( By [JOSH SALISBURY]( [Malka Leifer appears in Australia court for hearing on child sex abuse charges]( By [AFP]( [Suspect charged in robbery, serious injury of world-famous chef Shalom Kadosh]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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