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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television in September 2013, in Tehran, Iran (photo credit: AP/Presidency Office/Rouzbeh Jadidoleslam)

‘Israel brought instability to the region,’ says Iranian president

By AP and ToI Staff

In second portion of NBC interview, Rouhani accuses Jewish state of ‘war-mongering policies’ but says he ‘does not seek war with any country’

Obama may hold direct meeting with Rouhani

By ToI Staff and AP

Israeli nuclear chief warns of Iranian ‘deception’

By Yoel Goldman

Iran releases 12 political prisoners

By Nasser Karimi

Illustrative photo of a young man building a sukkah. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Essay

On Sukkot, turning oy into the season of joy

By Edmon J. Rodman

Finding the energy to build a temporary home for a temporary family of guests is not always the easiest thing to do

Joshua Gerstein

Change that will last: The message of Sukkot

The ancient ‘Drawing of the Water’ Sukkot celebration suggests the need to focus on the journey rather than the end results

Jason Fredric Gilbert

Those who can teach

Our under-paid and over-worked educators deserve a lot more credit, and the outstanding ones deserve our deepest gratitude

This cartoon, by the Brazilian artist Carlos Latuff, appeared on a Belgian Education Ministry website, as part of a training exercise for teachers which was removed after a Jewish newspaper drew attention to it.

Belgian education ministry website publishes vicious cartoon

By JTA and ToI Staff

Teacher training exercise, comparing Israel to the Nazis and featuring offensive caricature, removed after local Jewish paper’s exposé

Syrian President Bashar Assad giving an interview in Damascus, September 2013 (photo credit: screenshot of Fox News)

Destroying chemical stockpile to cost $1 billion, says Assad

By AP and ToI Staff

Syrian president rejects ‘unrealistic’ UN report; claims 80-90 percent of rebels are affiliated with al-Qaeda; says he will give up all chemical weapons

A shocked neighbor observes the murder scene in Tel Aviv, where 52-year-old Eli Gur killed his two children before committing suicide, on Thursday, September 19, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Bereaved mom struggles to cope with kids’ deaths

Nation still reeling from horrific double murder of 4- and 5-year-old at their father’s hands, followed by his own suicide

In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 photo, Syrian pupils attend class at Hassan Shuaib School in Damascus, Syria. A poster on the door depicting President Bashar Assad in Arabic reads,"God is protecting you, Syria." (AP Photo)

Syrian children return to school as war rages on

Kids in government-controlled areas return to a semblance of normalcy with a mix of anticipation and concern

Illustrative photo: This image, from a video posted on September 18, 2013, shows Syrians in protective suits and gas masks conducting a drill on how to treat casualties of a chemical weapons attack, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)

Germany gives $2.7M to help destroy Syria weapons

By AP

Berlin decides to contribute extra funding so that The Hague-based chemical arms watchdog can ‘deal with the Herculean task’

A trail of smoke is seen as a rocket is launched from the Gaza Strip toward the southern Israeli city of Sderot, last year (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90/File)

Kassam hits southern Israel

Sirens wail on Sukkot; police find exploded rocket in agricultural area; no injuries or damage reported

US Senator John McCain, center, listens during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, September 4. 2013. (AP/Susan Walsh)

McCain answers Putin’s New York Times broadside

By Donna Cassata

Veteran Republican senator unleashes a wide-ranging attack in Pravda article, telling Russians they deserve better than their president

Egypt troops surround Islamist stronghold by Cairo

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Ahmed Abdel Fattah

Security forces backed by helicopters surround town after militants kill senior policeman

Uri Avnery in his home in Tel Aviv, earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

At 90, Uri Avnery is still lobbying for peace

Activist and former MK was perhaps the first prominent Israeli to promote a Palestinian state. Today, he has low expectations

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Examining palm-branches and citrons, known as lulav and etrog, for imperfections, at the 'four-species' market in Jerusalem on September 16, 2013. (illustrative photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

From the webTax authority raids Sukkot four species vendors

The Executive Mansion, home of the governor, in Richmond, Virginia (photo credit: Leonard Woody/Wikimedia Commons)

Virginia official won’t apologize for Jewish joke

By JTA

Yevgeny Roizman speaks at a conference this week, in Valdai, Russia (photo credit: @hkanbolat via Twitter)

Jewish candidate beats Putin’s man in crucial race

By JTA

San Diego State U teacher substitutes Israel with Palestine on class map

By JTA

This Jan 27, 2012 file photo shows Holocaust survivor Marcel Reich-Ranicki speakinh during a Holocaust hour of remembrance at the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin. (Photo credit: AP/Michael Sohn, File)

Holocaust survivor, top German lit critic dies

By Geir Moulson

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu seen with Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (far left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (right) at the "Bible Study Club" held at the PM's official Jerusalem residence on September 17, 2013. (Photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)

PM takes Bible class on Moses and the Promised Land

By JTA

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