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What Matters Most On Friday, December 6, 2013

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Israeli president Ezer Weizman shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Johannesburg, while South African president Nelson Mandela looks on, May 9, 1994. (photo credit: Yaacov Sa'ar/GPO)

Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

Nelson Mandela was close to Jews, resolutely loyal to Palestinians

By Raphael Ahren

Late South African leader had strong friendships with many in the Jewish world, but never forgot his allegiance to the PLO — or Israel’s support for the apartheid regime

Downplaying complex relationship, Jewish groups honor Mandela

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Israeli leaders remember ‘man of vision’ Mandela

By ToI Staff and AP

ObituaryThe death of a 20th century colossus

By Christopher Torchia and Marcus Eliason

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem, December 6, 2013 (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)

Kerry: We are closer to peace than we have been in years

Top US diplomat dismisses reports that Israeli-Palestinian talks have hit roadblock; says Netanyahu and Abbas committed to moving forward

AnalysisTrying to smooth over Iran feud, Kerry moves from sticks to carrots

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinians said to reject Kerry layout for peace plan

By ToI Staff and AP

Police pelted with rocks atop Temple Mount

Nelson Mandela: An Israeli hero

He was the embodiment of a value-driven quest for freedom from prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and indignity

Finding my inner Mandela

On what his legacy means for the Jewish people going forward

Shmuley Boteach

Some people really do achieve unexplainable transcendence

Jail won’t solve Haredi draft evasion

Enforcing army service with economic sanctions rather than incarceration isn’t fair, but it’s the only way to succeed

Evgeny Kissin at a concert in Tel Aviv on December 24, 2011 (photo credit: CC BY-SA Levg, Wikimedia Commons)

Grammy-winning pianist to receive Israeli citizenship

Moscow-native Evgeny Kissin, a vocal supporter, won’t live in Israel, but wants to identify with state

Tiffany Shlain turns off all technology for her Technology Shabbat (Courtesy Tiffany Shlain)

The smartphone, the tablet and Shabbat

By Jessica Steinberg

An unrecognized Bedouin village in the northern Negev (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash 90)

Arab MKs to Kerry: Bedouin relocation a crime against humanity

By Haviv Rettig Gur

‘Prawer plan constitutes ethnic cleansing under international law,’ charges former MK after week of tensions over resettlement plan

Rabbi Elaine Zecher (center) officiates during a wedding at Boston's Temple Israel (photo credit: courtesy)

Boston rabbi helps congregants rewrite their Judaism

By Matt Lebovic

Palestinian men stand next to the body of Mustafa Tamimi on its way to a hospital morgue in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on December 10, 2011. (photo credit: Issam Al Rimawi/Flash90)

IDF closes case in killing of Palestinian protester

By Adiv Sterman

Military says soldier who shot Mustafa Tamimi in head with gas canister during 2011 West Bank demonstration did so unintentionally

Chuck Hagel speaks to military service members aboard the USS Ponce in Manama, Bahrain, Friday. (photo credit: AP/Mark Wilson, Pool)

Hagel assures Gulf allies US not naive on Iran

By AP and ToI Staff

Speaking from warship, US defense secretary says American military posture will remain during six months of Geneva deal

Celebrity chef, Nigella Lawson, arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in London, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Nigella: I won’t be ‘bullied by lies’ on drug use

By Jill Lawless

The celebrity chef’s second tense day in the witness box is leavened by flashes of wit

Gal Gadot arrives at the LA Premiere of the 'Fast & Furious 6' at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Universal City, Calif. (photo credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Chosen films

Wonder Woman fans worldwide waiting for Gadot

By Jordan Hoffman

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President Barack Obama holds up Kylie Schmitter as she, alongside her sister Lainey Schmitter, lights the menorah during the first of two Hanukkah receptions in the White House, on Thursday, December 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama celebrates end of Hanukkah at White House

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

Peggy Cidor standing next to graffiti outside her home Thursday. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Woman of the Wall activist targeted by vandals

By JTA

Former South African president Nelson Mandela in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Theana Calitz-Bilt, Pool)

Hebrew media reviewGoodbye Mandela, hello Kerry

By Ilan Ben Zion

Russia's then-prime minister Vladimir Putin, right, greets the head of Saudi Arabia's National Security Council, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, in Moscow, July 14, 2008 (photo credit: AP/RIA-Novosti)

Arabic media reviewRussians and Saudis ‘aren’t discussing philosophy’

By Elhanan Miller

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