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What Matters Most On Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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Ayelet Shaked, center, with Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett, right. Shaked, who is not Orthodox, says her views are "identical to those of religious Zionism" (photo credit: Courtesy of Jewish Home/Ayelet Shaked)

In the running

The new (secular) face of religious Zionism

By Matti Friedman

Ayelet Shaked wants to bring the ideology of the settlements from the West Bank into the Israeli mainstream. With her Jewish Home party surging in the polls, she might do just that

Likud-Beytenu puts Jerusalem, settlement construction at fore of its election campaign

By Ilan Ben Zion

Jewish Home party to receive compensation for attack ads

Livni reportedly exploring coalition possibilities with Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laughs during a recent cabinet meeting (photo credit: AP/Jim Hollander)

AnalysisOp-Ed

Why is this man smiling, when the world is slamming Israel and his party’s slipping in the polls?

By David Horovitz

Because four weeks before elections, for better or worse, voters see no credible alternative to Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister

10 ways to help Newtown’s grieving families: from a mother who knows

Every person has something to give to a person in pain

Who will Bennett be?

The Jewish Home party leader’s statements on dismantling settlements indicate he has chosen the path of extremism

Jewish federations bid to save billions in lost charity from ‘fiscal cliff’ fallout

By Haviv Rettig Gur

William Daroff, head of public policy for JFNA: ‘Whatever cuts are made shouldn’t be made disproportionately on the backs of vulnerable populations’

General view of the Tel Motza excavation site (photo credit: Skyview/courtesy of IAA)

Davidic-era temple unearthed in dig near Jerusalem

By Adiv Sterman

Archeologists say figurines date to biblical times and provide evidence for the existence of ritual cult at Tel Motza

With fresh evidence in hand, police grill Liberman, again

By Greg Tepper, Ron Friedman and Asher Zeiger

Bribery suspicions could spell more serious indictment against former FM, who may be forced to face off with one-time deputy Ayalon in an interrogation room

Rabbi Chaim Halpern (bottom right) of London is at the center of sexual misconduct allegations.

British synagogue led by alleged sexual predator readmitted to UK Orthodox org

By Miriam Shaviv

Rabbi Chaim Halpern, a former religious judge with the organization, has been accused of ‘inappropriate’ conduct with around 30 women

A Jerusalem youth carries the Hamas flag (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Hamas official calls for suicide bombings in response to East Jerusalem construction plans

Ahmed Abu Haliba says ‘armed resistance’ should be used to stop Israel from building the Third Temple

The Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv at night. (photo credit: Haim Shohat/Flash90)

Israeli highways to get bump in speed limit

By Greg Tepper and Sam Ser

Highway 6’s max speed to be raised from 110 kmh to 120 kmh

Alma-inspired portraits (photo credit: Judith Kakon)

art metaphors

A Pop Art view of what’s out there

By Jessica Steinberg

The main Holocaust memorial in Berlin features an above-ground, abstract monument resembling tombstones. (Plano Light/Creative Commons via JTA)

Come for the Holocaust museums, stay for the dance clubs and art

By Toby Axelrod

More Headlines

Zubin Mehta in Channel 2's 'Anashim' interview Tuesday night (Courtesy screengrab)

Mehta maestroMusic master digs Freddie Mercury

By Jessica Steinberg

31 people lightly injured in Rishon Lezion blaze

Ofir Efroni hopes to find Rozsi Friedman (left, in 1948), who saved his grandmother, Koti Grunbaum (right), from certain death at Auschwitz. (Courtesy of Sara Efroni via JTA)

Grandson takes over search for Holocaust survivor’s savior

By Hillel Kuttler

Torah scroll being written by hand (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90).

Turkish police bust men trying to sell ‘a 1,900-year-old Torah’

By Ilan Ben Zion

'A corrupting and negative impact' (illustrative image via Shutterstock)

Sex bombWeapons of mass distraction

Rafi Peled (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Former top cop convicted of fraud and breach of trust

By Adiv Sterman

Hebrew media reviewNew medicines but all the same ailments

By Yossi Nachemi

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