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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 10, 2013

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Left, Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat, seen at a press conference in Jerusalem on August 20, 2013, as he opens his campaign for the mayoral elections. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90). Right, Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion, at a press conference, July 22, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Nir Barkat versus Moshe Lion

An unexpectedly bitter battle for Jerusalem enters its final stage

By Raphael Ahren

In less than two weeks, some 550,000 residents can either reelect the incumbent mayor or replace him with a newcomer from Givatayim

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, on Jaffo street in the center of Jerusalem. September 02, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

InterviewNir Barkat: Don’t gamble on someone who doesn’t live and breathe the city

By Raphael Ahren

Former Jerusalem mayoral candidate Moshe Lion, seen at a press conference in Jerusalem, in July (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

InterviewMoshe Lion: I won’t say anything bad about Barkat, but I’ll be a better mayor

By Raphael Ahren

Young Jewish adults from all over the world participating in the Taglit Birthright program celebrate 10 years of the Birthright program at an event held at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem, January 7, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'It's a free trip to Israel! It's not a God-given right'

Growing pains for a teen-aged Taglit-Birthright

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Once all spots were filled in a frenzied few days; nowadays trip organizers are asking for indefinite extensions. What’s changed?

Deena Levenstein

Moms don’t shower: An ode to mothers

Jumping into the deep end of the mothering experience and coming out drenched with newfound respect

An Israeli soldier to American Jews: Wake up!

A leftist Israeli on a 5-month speaking tour was bowled over by the shocking degree of anti-Israel bigotry and hostility

Hebrew University President Menachem Ben-Sasson (photo credit: Flash90)

Those Nobels could have been Israel’s, says Hebrew U president

By David Shamah

Two of the three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry are apparent victims of the country’s ‘brain drain’ to the US

Martin Karplus at his home in Cambridge, Mass., after being awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Josh Reynolds)

Daughter of non-Israeli Nobel chemistry winner lives in Israel

By Adiv Sterman

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, second from left, stands with an Egyptian army official before laying a wreath at the tomb of late president Anwar Sadat in Cairo, April 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jim Watson/File)

US cuts hundreds of millions in aid to Egypt

By AP and ToI Staff

Move leaves Israeli officials frustrated by Washington’s major shift on a crucial part of the 1979 peace treaty

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, shakes hands with French President Francois Hollande during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters last month (photo credit: AP/Craig Ruttle)

‘Europe would be right in easing sanctions, if Iran complies’

By Yoel Goldman

After meetings with British and French officials, senior Israelis reassured that Western powers are taking their concerns to heart

Illustrative photo of ritual Jewish circumcision. (Max Yelinson/Flash90)

Circumcision won’t be banned in Europe, officials say

By Lazar Berman and Elhanan Miller

European Council head Thorbjorn Jagland says no binding laws exist banning the practice; source says it is unlikely to become law

Olmert trial to resume after witness’s hospitalization

By Adiv Sterman

Court sessions will continue Sunday; Shula Zaken, who was admitted to emergency room after testifying, set to retake the stand

This photograph released by the Gaza Strip Interior Ministry purports to show a gallows prepared for the execution of Hani Abu Aliyan, a 28-year-old convicted of killing two people, in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (AP/Gaza Interior Ministry)

Supporters, opponents of death penalty wrangle in Gaza

Protesters say that capital punishment is part of Islamic law; NGO speakers say it goes against Islamic and international norms

Kingstone at Basra Port (photo credit: Heidi Kingstone)

Reporter's notebook

On being a Jewish journalist in hostile lands

By Heidi Kingstone

More Headlines

'Thanksgiving Under Attack' (photo credit: screenshot)

Colbert's TurkukkahStop cockblocking our holidays!

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Anti-Semitic Elmo in Times Square, New York (screen capture: YouTube)

Caught red-handed‘Anti-Semitic Elmo’ goes to jail

By Stuart Winer

Labor party leader Shelly Yachimovich (photo credit: Flash90)

Hi, it's ShellyLabor head cops to smoking dope

By Adiv Sterman

Prosecution demands jail time for convicted rabbi

By Adiv Sterman

From left to right, 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry winners Arieh Warshel, Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus. (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia, Harvard University)

Hebrew media reviewPutting the ‘no’ in Nobel

By Joshua Davidovich

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