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What Matters Most On Friday, December 20, 2013

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A display of the Iranian Air Force's homemade fighter jet Azarakhsh ('Lightning') at an annual exhibition in 2009. (Photo credit: CC, BY-SA, Shahram Sharifi/Wikimedia)

Iran stages war games as nuclear talks resume

Day after US senators propose new sanctions legislation, negotiators set to discuss implementation of Geneva interim deal

White House vows to veto new Iran sanctions bill

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

US Jewish groups support new Iran sanctions bill

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Iran bans popular social networking service

By AP

Analysis

Jordan’s survivor king now needs international help

By Avi Issacharoff

Abdullah II has adeptly held onto the throne even as his neighbors fell, but the Syrian refugee crisis is causing ever heavier strain

Gary Yourovsky is not insane

We don’t have to like everything the gonzo animal rights activist says and does to agree with some of his points

The new Zionists are right here

It’s time to support Ultra-Orthodox citizens who are departing their communities in droves to join the Israeli mainstream

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink tries to catch a wave during the filming of an episode of 'Church Rescue'. (photo credit: Courtesy of T Group Productions)

Rabbi dives into ‘Church Rescue’ reality series

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Amos Porat shows off a Scentasia-equipped toy. (photo credit: Courtesy)

Scent2You hopes to bring ‘Smell-O-Vision’ to your tablet

By David Shamah

An Israeli start-up’s odor-oriented system could finally turn the dream of ‘digital smell’ into reality

Mikhail Khodorkovsky (left), looks from behind glass at a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, on December 30, 2010. (photo credit: AP/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Putin pardons Jewish tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA

Russian president gives release order, citing ‘humanitarian aspects,’ after oligarch spends over a decade in prison

President Shimon Peres receives incoming Ambassador of Ireland to Israel, Eamonn McKee, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on October 10, 2013. (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Interview

Israeli-Palestinian deal is ‘inevitable,’ says Irish envoy

By Raphael Ahren

The hard part begins after the treaty is signed, says Ambassador Eamonn McKee, drawing on Northern Ireland experiences

Andreas Reinicke, the European Union special envoy for the Middle East peace process, speaking at an Institute of International and European Affairs event in Dublin, January 2013. (photo credit: IIEA via JTA)

‘Settlement labeling gaining support in Europe’

By AP and ToI Staff

Boardroom image via Shutterstock

Learning how to defend Israel in the boardroom

Businessmen and women can now travel abroad armed with tools to better defend Israel, thanks to a new seminar

Israeli President Shimon Peres meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the President's residence in Jerusalem, December 19, 2013 (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)

China FM: Iran deal ‘first step’ toward settling nuclear issue

In meeting with President Peres, Wang Yi says he expects Tehran to fully comply with terms of interim agreement

UN special rapporteur Richard Falk (photo credit: UN Watch)

Canada wants UN official ousted over ‘Palestinian holocaust’ comment

By JTA

Ottawa completely ‘rejects and condemns’ the ‘appalling’ remarks by Richard Falk

Outgoing chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks (left), walking with Ephraim Mirvis (right) and Prince Charles (behind them in center). (photo credit: Yakir Zur)

Britain’s chief rabbi calls for ban on partnership minyans

By JTA

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis calls on Orthodox synagogues to abstain from letting women lead services

A piece from Traces V -- Beyond Paper, part of the 5th Biennale for Drawing in Israel (photo credit: Courtesy Traces V)

Top Five

Design times in Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

The snow’s almost gone, time to check out the concepts and methods of design (and Christmas) in the holy city

Jewish community center in Sosua, Dominican Republic. (photo credit: Yaniv Salama)

Memories from a fading Tropical Zion

By Yaniv Salama-Scheer

More Headlines

Illustrative: Tools for a circumcision procedure. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Sloppy snipPittsburgh rabbi sued for botching bris

By JTA

Al Goldstein, the founder of Screw magazine and New York City public-access cable show 'Midnight Blue' (photo credit: CC BY-SA Jeff Goodman, Wikimedia Commons)

Porn pioneer Al Goldstein dies at 77

By JTA

The problem of 'agunot,' or chained women, is international (illustrative photo: Serge Attal/Flash 90)

Report of get given to Tamar Epstein denied

By JTA

The artists checking out the exhibit (photo credit: Yossi Gamzo Letova)

Uniformly artisticIDF artists deal with facts and fantasy

By Koby Benmeleh

MK Ahmad Tibi (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Tibi attacker ‘mentally ill,’ says family

From the webTen female founders to watch out of Israel

Syrian President Bashar Assad (photo credit: AP/CBS)

Arabic Media Review(Don’t) run, Assad, (don’t) run!

By Elhanan Miller

Illustrative photo of African asylum seekers, held in an open detention facility in the Negev. (Flash90)

Hebrew Media ReviewOur man in Soweto

By Yossi Nachemi

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