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What Matters Most On Monday, September 9, 2013

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Bashar Assad speaking to Charlie Rose. (Screenshot: CBS News)

Assad says his friends will hit US and allies if struck

By Gavriel Fiske

Syrian leader says attackers could ‘expect everything. Not necessarily from the government,’ doesn’t rule out use of chemical weapons

Russia, Syria push for return of UN chemical experts

By AP

Assad could avert attack by giving up chemical arms, Kerry says

By AP and ToI Staff

Crisis in Syria: Live updates

Byzantine-era gold coins found near the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount (photo credit: courtesy Ouria Tadmor/Hebrew University)

Gold treasure trove unearthed at base of Temple Mount

By Ilan Ben Zion

Byzantine-era coins and unique menorah medallion found by Hebrew University archaeologists at site abutting Southern Wall

Copper mines in Timna, 35 km north of Eilat, March 2007 (photo credit: Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

Timna copper mines dated to King Solomon era

By Aaron Kalman

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Babes in uniform

When a three-year-old’s fantasy of being a soldier is also a look into his future — and mom is OK with that

AIPAC, stop pushing for a strike on Syria

Attacking the Assad regime is not necessarily the best course for Israel, and the lobbying group should back off the issue

Optimism for the year ahead following a year of major strides in civic engagement, public accountability and social justice

Moshe Ya'alon (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Defense minister ridicules notion of democracy in Mideast

By Mitch Ginsburg

In remarkable address, Moshe Ya’alon decries attempts to establish Palestinian state, says flatly that Assad used nerve gas, warns Syria not to cross Israel’s red lines

Israeli soldiers walk by an Iron Dome missile defense system deployed near Jerusalem, September 2013. (photo credit Flash90)

Army deploys Iron Dome near Jerusalem

By Aaron Kalman

Anti-rocket battery stationed outside capital for first time as preparation for fallout from possible US strike against Assad

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada makes his way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington in September. (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pro-Israel lobby facing uphill climb to muster Syria strike support

By Bradley Klapper and Stephen Ohlemacher

AIPAC and other groups are campaigning for Congress to authorize force against Damascus, but face war-weary lawmakers in making their case

‘Cyclist’ play makes particular sense in Chicago

By Menachem Wecker

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem illuminated at night. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Israel Museum to receive 74 Richard Avedon portraits

By AP

Three NYC donors grant iconic Jewish-American photographer’s works to Jerusalem institution

Israel complains to US over Palestinian leaks

By AP and Aaron Kalman

Official says insiders released incorrect information on peace talks; Jerusalem issues 5,000 new work permits for West Bank citizens

Tzipi Livni, left, John Kerry, center, and Saeb Erekat at the State Department July 30, 2013, when peace talks began. (Photo credit: State Department)

Arab League ministers back US peace efforts

By JTA

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with delegation to discuss ongoing negotiations

Illustrative photo of a cross seen through a Star of David in the Old City of Jerusalem. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Fears of riots in Haifa as Jewish, Christian holidays collide

By Gavriel Fiske

For the first time since 1948, Yom Kippur falls on the same day as the Feast of the Cross, an Eastern Orthodox festival

Israeli start-up Outbrain to seek billion-dollar IPO

By David Shamah

Following two huge sabra buyouts in 2013, a local company decides to take an alternative – but potentially just as lucrative – exit route

The entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Cairo. (photo credit: CC BY dlisbona, Flickr)

Film on Egypt’s Jews wins ‘best documentary’ award

Screening of ‘Jews of Egypt’ met with protests by Islamist groups during Swedish film festival

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Matthew Weiner (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

‘Mad Men’ nearing the end, Weiner debuts a movie

Im Tirzu activists demonstrate during a rally marking the Nakba anniversary at the Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, on May 13, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Right-wing group deemed to have fascist characteristics

By Adiv Sterman

A street in Metz (illustrative photo: CC BY gaku, Flickr)

French city closes street through Yom Kippur

By JTA

Illustrative: The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall and the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt transit the Suez Canal, Egypt, Sept. 22, 2008. (US Navy photo by Seaman Chad R. Erdmann)

Hebrew media reviewWaiting for go

By Aaron Kalman

Protesters hold up red painted hands behind US Secretary of State John Kerry as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Arabic media reviewArab states get behind Kerry

By Michael Bassin

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