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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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Menachem Froman, 1945-2013 (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Thousands mourn beloved, controversial West Bank rabbi

By Matti Friedman and Elie Leshem

Unique personality of Rabbi Menachem Froman evident in eulogies from across the political spectrum

Members of Eretz Shalom movement giving candy to Arab shoppers as they mark the last Friday prayers of Ramadan, at the Rami Levy supermarket in Gush Etzion on August 17, 2012. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

‘Tomorrow, God will ask us why we didn’t make peace’

By Elhanan Miller

Rabbi Menachem Froman taking part in a prayer for rain with Muslims in 2011. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Rabbi Menachem Froman, a settlement head who led peace efforts, dies at 68

Diplomacy with Iran has fallen short, Netanyahu tells AIPAC

By Haviv Rettig Gur and Greg Tepper

Prime minister tells conference that Tehran is ‘running out the clock’; Biden says Obama is not bluffing

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address before AIPAC 2013

Surveyors take measurements of the road leading to the planned Palestinian city Rawabi in 2010 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Netanyahu mulling minor ‘land transfer’ to Palestinians ahead of Obama visit

By Ron Friedman

Ghassan Manasra

To Rabbi Froman: I will continue on our path

The journey of reconciliation is the journey to Supreme Truth

The locusts are coming! Yum!

It’s a kosher delicacy: crunchy on the outside with a chewy center

“It does feel transgressive even now to me," Breuer-Weil says of his art. "But I’ve checked it out with a rabbi, and what I do is okay.” (Courtesy of David Breuer-Weil)

Rising UK art star gets the go-ahead from his rabbi

By Miriam Shaviv

Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich (left) and former party leader Amir Peretz (right) in 2011. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

Police probe Peretz, Labor MKs for buying votes

By Adiv Sterman

Party leader Shelly Yachimovich points the finger at her predecessor; ex-minister Salah Tarif and ex-MK Raleb Majadele also named

Shai Piron, right, of Yesh Atid, with party leader Yair Lapid in October. Piron's endorsement boosted moderate David Stav in his bid to reform Israel's religious bureaucracy (Photo credit: Ben David/Flash90)

Moderate bolstered by Yesh Atid backing in chief rabbi race

By Matti Friedman

Rabbi David Stav receives a boost from freshman party, but still faces an uphill battle to become chief rabbi in the most hotly contested race in memory

Yair Lapid seen with his hand on the shoulder of Avigdor Liberman during the opening session of Israel's 19th Knesset, February 5, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Potential coalition partners hold hushed talks on cabinet jobs

By Ron Friedman

The crime scene in Kiryat Ata, where the suspected killer took his own life. (photo credit: Avishay Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)

Four killed in Haifa in suspected murder suicide

By Michal Shmulovich

Suspected shooter apparently stabbed girlfriend and her son to death before shooting friend and taking his own life

Residents of Raqqa topple a statue of Syrian President Bashar Assad's father and predecessor, Hafez Assad, on Monday, February 4, 2013. (photo credit: image capture from YouTube video)

In first, Syrian rebels set to take control of major city

By AP and Ilan Ben Zion

Fighting still continues in Raqqa following capture of local governor; incident follows locals toppling statue of Hafez Assad

"I hadn't realized how deeply connected I really felt," Diane von Furstenberg says of her early involvement in commemorating the Holocaust. (Photo credit: CC BY/david_shankbone via Flickr.com)

Design icon makes Holocaust remembrance fashionable

By Chavie Lieber

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The crime scene in Kiryat Ata, where the suspected killer took his own life. (photo credit: Avishay Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewLovers and fighters all

By Joshua Davidovich

Egyptian army soldiers and military police secure a funeral procession for civilians killed overnight during street battles with police forces, in Port Said, Egypt, Monday, March 4, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Ramadan)

Arabic media reviewSaudi FM: Negotiations with Iran are a waste of time

By Elhanan Miller

Illustrative photo of a cow (photo credit: CC BY-SA frennlareo/Flickr)

Animal slightsHead trip in Tel Aviv

Holyland trial state's witness Shmuel Dachner, right, at the Jerusalem District Court on March 4, 2012 (photo credit: Flash90)

Court names Holyland key witness: Shmuel Dachner

By Adiv Sterman

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