IDF chief urges Memorial Day respite from overhaul rift * Facing protests, Netanyahu cancels major speech to US Jews’ GA * Ramadan in Haifa *Pittsburgh Tree of Life trial

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, April 23, 2023 Presented by [Sheba Global]( [Halevi pleads to keep ‘noise of debate’ out of IDF cemeteries on Memorial Day]( By Emanuel Fabian Military chief says tensions over government’s judicial overhaul plans should be kept out of military graveyards so bereaved families can mourn in solitude [Ben Gvir to speak at Memorial Day event, promises to avoid sensitive topics – report]( By Ash Obel [Bereaved group head: Cabinet refused to discuss swapping ministers’ Memorial Day plans]( By ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: After criticism, UTJ’s Goldknopf, Tessler say they’ll skip Memorial Day ceremonies]( By Michael Bachner Haredi government members cancel planned participation in events with relatives of fallen soldiers, with protests threatened over the politicians’ lack of military service [Facing planned overhaul protests, Netanyahu cancels speech to US Jewish leaders]( By Michael Horovitz PM’s office denies intended demonstrations led to cancelation, as protest organizers fear announcement is a trick and vow to rally regardless at JFNA convention [Herzog voices hope on overhaul compromise, knows ‘who is to blame’ if talks fail]( By Ash Obel Promoted Content [SHEBA’S HUMANITARIAN MISSION]( For the first time ever, Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet conducted a training program to prepare Kenya’s Navy for disasters. [Leo Dee to read Yizkor memorial prayer at national ceremony on Independence Day eve]( By ToI Staff Rabbi who lost wife and daughters in a terror shooting earlier this month has pleaded for Israeli unity in the face of judicial overhaul strife [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Apr. 23: Fractured nation fights for united front before Memorial Day]( By ToI Staff [Ex-Shin Bet head warns: Don’t kick bereaved families out of cemeteries on Memorial Day]( By ToI Staff [With memorial candles, protesters across Israel rally against judicial overhaul]( By ToI Staff 16th set of weekly rallies held nationwide, with over 110,000 estimated to attend main demo in Tel Aviv; Lapid: Without street protests, ‘the disaster would have already occurred’ [Saturday live updates (closed) / Anti-overhaul protesters enter Ayalon Highway, police disperse them]( By ToI Staff [Fractured nation fights for united front before Memorial Day]( [listen to the podcast]( Top Ops Shana Strauch Schick [Stern College should not cut opportunities for women to study Talmud]( My alma mater is cancelling the very classes that started me on my path of Talmud scholarship. Here’s why they should not Susan Subak [In Transatlantic’s Varian Fry story, Jews are not helping their own]( The Netflix WWII drama leaves out Jewish organizations’ vital support and paints religious Jews as too inept to survive [Chief rabbi to Shas minister: Give funds to towns only if they build synagogues]( By Michael Horovitz Sephardic religious leader Yosef admits this would be illegal, advises new Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to ‘do it in a smart way’; Liberman calls for rabbi to be sacked [Appointment of far-right Likud MK as NY consul likely off the table — reports]( By ToI Staff Government officials cited by Hebrew media say PM’s office understands move is not feasible following backlash from US Jewish leaders, Biden administration [In mixed, tolerant Haifa, Christians are discovering the benefits of Ramadan]( By Canaan Lidor Muslims, Christians and Jews are building interfaith bridges amid rising tensions fueled by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [Government signals move away from plans for forced evacuation of Khan al-Ahmar]( By ToI Staff Smotrich, Ben Gvir slam expected decision of state to seek court dismissal of petition for demolition of West Bank hamlet, citing talks on consensual move of residents Independence Day 2023 [Where to watch the Israeli Air Force’s annual Independence Day flyby]( By Emanuel Fabian Foreign pilots to participate in Air Force airshows on Wednesday from Tiberias in north, along Mediterranean coast, through Jerusalem, to IAF base in south [Larger, more powerful: Navy declares fleet of Sa’ar 6-class warships operational]( By Emanuel Fabian [Russia said to refuse to move Security Council Israel debate from Memorial Day]( By ToI Staff Rejection of request by UN ambassador reportedly seen as Moscow retaliating for Jewish state’s support of Ukraine in ongoing war [As trial to start, Pittsburgh Jews find renewed purpose in mourning synagogue attack]( By Peter Smith ‘We are going to still be here. We will not be intimidated,’ says head of one of the congregations targeted in 2018 massacre, the most deadly antisemitic assault in US history Photo Essay AP [On Earth Day, glimpses of a changing planet as seen from above]( Across the world, activists are keeping pressure on governments and companies to do more to protect the environment and fight climate change [CRM]( Israel Story PODCAST SERIES [Israel at 75: Hear from descendants of Declaration of Independence’s 37 signatories]( Where did we exceed our wildest dreams and where did we fall short? 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