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By: Times of Israel Staff – timesofisrael.com Throngs of Jewish worshipers make traditional Passover pilgrimage to Jerusalem for semiannual ceremony held under heavy security https://www.timesofisrael.com/tens-of-thousands-gather-at-western-wall-for-priestly-blessing/

By: Joan Nathan; New York Times-nytimes.com And the family’s personal recipe, so you can make it yourself. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/dining/golds-horseradish-recipe.html

By: Ilanit Chernick; Jerusalem Post – jpost.com Before the Holocaust, approximately one-third of Warsaw was Jewish. On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising broke out, which was on the eve of the Jewish festival of Passover. German troops stormed the ghetto, intent on completing the deportation process within three days, yet were ambushed by…

By: Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman; The Jerusalem Post – jpost.com A third of the removed Temple Mount soil remained unsifted and is in danger of being lost by erosion. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Temple-Mount-Sifting-Project-to-relaunch-for-Jerusalem-Day-586012

By: Emily Jones; CBN News – cbn.com JERUSALEM, Israel – Airbnb has reversed its decision to ban home listings in Israeli settlement communities in historic Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank. Airbnb announced the policy change after a court settlement Monday between the hospitality service and several American Jewish plaintiffs who sued…

By: Michael Brown; christianpost.com https://www.christianpost.com/voice/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-israeli-elections.html As the dust is settling in Israel after the latest elections, here are five simple facts that will help you sort out what’s happening on the ground.