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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-taking-on-trump-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-gets-personal/">
							<img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/000_S27N5-e1504441256996-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (L) and US President Donald Trump (R). (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb and Ed Jones)" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (L) and US President Donald Trump (R). (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb and Ed Jones)" />
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-taking-on-trump-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-gets-personal/">In taking on Trump, North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong Un gets personal</a>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-taking-on-trump-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-gets-personal/">Kim's decision to directly engage in tit-for-tat exchanges raises stakes way above level of typical anti-US propaganda</a>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/kim-vows-to-make-trump-pay-dearly-for-threatening-n-korea/">Kim vows to make &#8216;deranged&#8217; Trump &#8216;pay dearly&#8217; for threatening N Korea</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a> and <a title="Times of Israel correspondent" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-correspondent/">Times of Israel correspondent</a></div>
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					</div><div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="Agencies" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/agencies/">Agencies</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-rescuers-join-search-for-survivors-in-mexico-after-devastating-quake/">As death toll rises to 286, Israeli team joins race to find those trapped in rubble, using technology to detect cell phone signals</a>
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							<span class="label">Fake victim</span><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/mexico-shocked-by-news-girl-trapped-in-school-rubble-didnt-exist/">Mexico shocked by news: Girl trapped in school rubble didn&#8217;t exist</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Gisela Salomon" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/gisela-salomon/">Gisela Salomon</a> and <a title="Maria Verza" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/maria-verza/">Maria Verza</a></div>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="AP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/ap/">AP</a></div>
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					</div><div class="byline">By <a title="Erica Werner" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/erica-werner/">Erica Werner</a> and <a title="Alan Fram" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/alan-fram/">Alan Fram</a></div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-jets-said-to-strike-weapons-convoy-outside-damascus/">
							<img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/05/000_O1413-e1493718088863-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Illustrative: Israeli F-35 fighter jets fly over Jerusalem during celebrations marking Israel&#039;s 69th Independence Day on May 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)" title="Illustrative: Israeli F-35 fighter jets fly over Jerusalem during celebrations marking Israel&#039;s 69th Independence Day on May 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)" />
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-jets-said-to-strike-weapons-convoy-outside-damascus/">No casualties as three separate airstrikes target area known to be a Hezbollah stronghold; Israel, Syria mum on alleged attack </a>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasrallah-says-hezbollah-prepared-for-war-with-israel-us/">Nasrallah says Hezbollah prepared for war with Israel&#8230; and the US</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="Judah Ari Gross" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/judah-ari-gross/">Judah Ari Gross</a> and <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a></div>
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							<img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/unnamed-4-e1506093849141-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Iraqi cleric Sheikh Salam Al-Askari gives a sermon on August 28, 2017 praising Jews. (Screenshot/MEMRI)" title="Iraqi cleric Sheikh Salam Al-Askari gives a sermon on August 28, 2017 praising Jews. (Screenshot/MEMRI)" />
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						<span class="media-ico video-ico"></span><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iraqi-cleric-praises-jews-says-muslims-seen-as-worlds-headache/">Shiite clergyman calls on Muslims to imitate Jews, who 'were killed and burned' by the Nazis, but emerged to win 'respect of the world through science'</a>
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							<img width="600" height="375" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/cropbelarus2-640x400.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Participants in the Limmud FSU Jewish learning conference in Belarus posing for a group picture in front of the Vitebsk National Museum of Fine Arts, September  9, 2014. (Yossi Aloni/via JTA)" title="Participants in the Limmud FSU Jewish learning conference in Belarus posing for a group picture in front of the Vitebsk National Museum of Fine Arts, September  9, 2014. (Yossi Aloni/via JTA)" />
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					<div class="above-headline"><span class="label">Former Soviet Union</span><span class="overline"><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-belarus-some-jews-dont-mind-a-dictator/">'We have made a very good life in this country'</a></span></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-belarus-some-jews-dont-mind-a-dictator/">In Belarus, some Jews don&#8217;t mind a dictator</a>
					</div><div class="byline">By <a title="Cnaan Liphshiz" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/cnaan-liphshiz/">Cnaan Liphshiz</a></div>
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-belarus-some-jews-dont-mind-a-dictator/">The Jewish community can claim prosperity and lack of anti-Semitism unmatched in neighboring countries -- as long as they keep their heads down</a>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/18-year-old-charged-with-attempted-murder-for-london-subway-bombing/">
							<img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/000_SG1Z4-e1506085438759-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Members of the emergency services are seen outside Parsons Green Underground station in London on September 15, 2017, following a bombing attack on a subway train at the station. (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)" title="Members of the emergency services are seen outside Parsons Green Underground station in London on September 15, 2017, following a bombing attack on a subway train at the station. (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)" />
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						<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/18-year-old-charged-with-attempted-murder-for-london-subway-bombing/">Ahmed Hassan allegedly planted bomb in terror attack on Underground last week that injured 30</a>
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						<div class="byline">By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a> and <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a></div>
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								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a> and <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/gal-gadot-to-host-episode-of-snl-during-upcoming-season/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/06/063_688490974-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Israeli actress Gal Gadot arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures&#039; &#039;Wonder Woman&#039; at the Pantages Theatre on May 25, 2017, in Hollywood, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP)" title="Israeli actress Gal Gadot arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures&#039; &#039;Wonder Woman&#039; at the Pantages Theatre on May 25, 2017, in Hollywood, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Wonder host</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/gal-gadot-to-host-episode-of-snl-during-upcoming-season/">Gal Gadot to host Saturday Night Live episode next month</a>
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								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-leaders-sounding-like-trump-at-the-un/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/000_SN1LI-e1506079044252-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="South Korea&#039;s President Moon Jae-in (L) listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting at New York&#039;s Palace Hotel during the 72nd UN General Assembly on September 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)" title="South Korea&#039;s President Moon Jae-in (L) listens as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting at New York&#039;s Palace Hotel during the 72nd UN General Assembly on September 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Word of mouth</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-leaders-sounding-like-trump-at-the-un/">At the UN, some world leaders starting to sound a lot like Trump</a>
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								By <a title="Jill Colvin" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jill-colvin/">Jill Colvin</a> and <a title="DARLENE SUPERVILLE" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/darlene-superville/">DARLENE SUPERVILLE</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ivanka-trump-opens-up-about-her-postpartum-depression/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/08/000_RH67J-e1502630398478-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Ivanka Trump listens as her father, US President Donald Trump, speaks to the press at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey, on August 11, 2017. (AFP/JIM WATSON)" title="Ivanka Trump listens as her father, US President Donald Trump, speaks to the press at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey, on August 11, 2017. (AFP/JIM WATSON)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Speaking out</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ivanka-trump-opens-up-about-her-postpartum-depression/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Ivanka Trump opens up about her postpartum depression</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Catherine Lucey" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/catherine-lucey/">Catherine Lucey</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-argentina-muslims-and-jews-make-hummus-not-war/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Adi-from-Israel-left-e1505988807234-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Participants at an event dubbed the First World Championship of Hummus held in Buenos Aires, Sept. 17, 2017. (Courtesy of Muslim and Jewish Fans of Hummus)" title="Participants at an event dubbed the First World Championship of Hummus held in Buenos Aires, Sept. 17, 2017. (Courtesy of Muslim and Jewish Fans of Hummus)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Chickpea-ce</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-argentina-muslims-and-jews-make-hummus-not-war/">In Argentina, Muslims and Jews make hummus not war</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/16-un-ambassadors-wish-jews-israel-a-happy-new-year-in-video-compilation/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-20-at-5.57.31-PM-e1505919556801-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="America&#039;s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley wishes Jews a happy new year in a video compilation of UN Ambassadors posted to Facebook on September 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook)" title="America&#039;s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley wishes Jews a happy new year in a video compilation of UN Ambassadors posted to Facebook on September 20, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Global greetings</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/16-un-ambassadors-wish-jews-israel-a-happy-new-year-in-video-compilation/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>16 UN ambassadors wish Jews, Israel a happy new year in video compilation</a>
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								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-translator-mocked-for-soft-balling-trumps-un-speech-on-state-tv/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/AP_17262535332255-e1505833184435-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" title="President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">It wouldn't be nice</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-translator-mocked-for-soft-balling-trumps-un-speech-on-state-tv/">Iran translator mocked for soft-balling Trump&#8217;s UN speech on state TV</a>
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								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-rabbi-to-lead-sundays-new-york-city-muslim-day-parade/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Rabbi_Marc_Schneier_and_Imam_Shamsi_Ali_photo_credit_AP_Richard_Drew-e1505899501597-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, and Imam Shamsi Ali (AP Richard Drew, via JTA)" title="Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, and Imam Shamsi Ali (AP Richard Drew, via JTA)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Marching together</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-rabbi-to-lead-sundays-new-york-city-muslim-day-parade/">In first, rabbi to lead Sunday&#8217;s New York City Muslim Day Parade</a>
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								By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-to-unblock-whatsapp-skype/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/saudi-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Saudi men trying out smartphones at a conference. (YouTube screenshot)" title="Saudi men trying out smartphones at a conference. (YouTube screenshot)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Good call</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-to-unblock-whatsapp-skype/">Saudi Arabia to unblock WhatsApp, Skype</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/neo-nazi-tracked-down-knocked-out-in-seattle/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/nazi-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Seattle man wear Nazi armband moments before he was knocked out with a punch on September 17, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)" title="Seattle man wear Nazi armband moments before he was knocked out with a punch on September 17, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Sleepy in Seattle</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/neo-nazi-tracked-down-knocked-out-in-seattle/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Neo-Nazi tracked down, knocked out in Seattle</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/conan-obriens-israel-special-set-to-air-september-19/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/08/F170828YS45-e1505774257146-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="American television host, comedian and producer Conan O&#039;Brien visits at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 28, 2017. to film an episode of his travel series &#039;Conan Without Borders.&#039;(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)" title="American television host, comedian and producer Conan O&#039;Brien visits at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 28, 2017. to film an episode of his travel series &#039;Conan Without Borders.&#039;(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Comedy for Conan</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/conan-obriens-israel-special-set-to-air-september-19/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Conan O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s Israel special set to air September 19</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Yaakov Schwartz" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/yaakov-schwartz/">Yaakov Schwartz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-wishes-jews-sweet-healthy-new-year/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/000_SH76W-e1505747810297-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="US President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac after stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey on September 15, 2017.  (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)" title="US President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac after stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey on September 15, 2017.  (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Happy holidays</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-wishes-jews-sweet-healthy-new-year/"><span class="media-ico video-ico no-slash"></span>Trump wishes Jews &#8216;sweet, healthy&#8217; New Year</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-new-kids-books-for-the-high-holidays/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/kids-books-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Clockwise, from top left: &#039;It Only Takes A Minute&#039; (Hachai Publishing); &#039;Moti the Mitzvah Mouse&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;The Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;Yom Kippur Shortstop&#039; (Apples and Honey Press); &#039;Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale&#039; (Apples and Honey Press) (All via JTA)" title="Clockwise, from top left: &#039;It Only Takes A Minute&#039; (Hachai Publishing); &#039;Moti the Mitzvah Mouse&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;The Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever&#039; (Kar-Ben); &#039;Yom Kippur Shortstop&#039; (Apples and Honey Press); &#039;Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale&#039; (Apples and Honey Press) (All via JTA)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Gift grabs</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-new-kids-books-for-the-high-holidays/">5 new kids’ books for the High Holidays</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Penny Schwartz" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/penny-schwartz/">Penny Schwartz</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/malaysian-beer-festival-goes-flat-after-islamist-anger/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/06/Malaysia-Allah-Disput_Horo-e1403545697869-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A Muslim woman holds a banner reading &quot;Allah&quot; during a protest outside the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" title="A Muslim woman holds a banner reading &quot;Allah&quot; during a protest outside the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Ale fail</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/malaysian-beer-festival-goes-flat-after-islamist-anger/">Malaysian beer festival goes flat after Islamist anger</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-facing-jail-time-in-russia-for-drunken-mid-air-shenanigans/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/Aeroflot_Airbus_A330_Kustov-e1505726617228-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200 seen departing from Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport on June 17, 2011. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)" title="An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200 seen departing from Moscow&#039;s Sheremetyevo Airport on June 17, 2011. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Dangers of smoking</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-facing-jail-time-in-russia-for-drunken-mid-air-shenanigans/">Israeli faces Russian jail for trying to open plane door mid-flight to smoke</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/portable-apple-and-honey-pie-pops-for-rosh-hashanah/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/09/apples-and-honey-pie-pops-e1505723603186-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Apple and honey pie pops. (Sherri Silver/via JTA)" title="Apple and honey pie pops. (Sherri Silver/via JTA)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Holiday Recipe</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/portable-apple-and-honey-pie-pops-for-rosh-hashanah/">Portable apple and honey pie pops for Rosh Hashanah</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="Sherri Silver" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/sherri-silver/">Sherri Silver</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/sting-costello-to-salute-leonard-cohen-year-after-death/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/09/leonard-cohen-e1474508147892-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Leonard Cohen in concert at London’s O2 Arena, September 15, 2013. (Brian Rasic/Getty Images/JTA)" title="Leonard Cohen in concert at London’s O2 Arena, September 15, 2013. (Brian Rasic/Getty Images/JTA)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">Hallelujah</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/sting-costello-to-salute-leonard-cohen-year-after-death/">Sting, Costello to salute Leonard Cohen year after death</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>							</div>
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							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/tamar-mohammad-top-israels-baby-name-list/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2013/02/Web_F2003FF1188-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Illustrative: Newborn babies in a hospital ward (Flash 90)" title="Illustrative: Newborn babies in a hospital ward (Flash 90)" /></a>
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						<span class="label">The name game</span>						<div class="headline">
							<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/tamar-mohammad-top-israels-baby-name-list/">Tamar, Mohammad, top Israel&#8217;s baby name list</a>
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													<div class="byline">
								By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>							</div>
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