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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 13, 2014

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Former prime minister Ehud Olmert before his sentencing at the Tel Aviv District Court, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 (photo credit: Yotam Ronen/POOL/Flash90)

Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in prison, NIS 1m. fine

By Yifa Yaakov and Lazar Berman

Judge blasts bribe-takers as ‘traitors’; former prime minister insists he’s innocent of corruption in Holyland case, will appeal conviction

President Shimon Peres and former prime minister Ehud Olmert at a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20 2009 (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Leaders say Olmert sentence a ‘sad day’ for Israel

The Holyland complex (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)

Analysis

On Holyland hill, a warning of corruption’s stain

By David Horovitz

The scar in Jerusalem’s skyline should serve as a reminder to politicians, and to voters

Britta R. Kollberg

Men without diapers

Israeli men don’t seem wimpy, so why can’t they seem to make it to the next toilet?

Big missile money and the IDF crisis

Israel’s pricey state-of-the-art missile defense program is a poor replacement for much-need army training

In between Gush Katif and Price Tag

Staking out a spot in the uncomfortable middle ground of a public discourse permeated with extremism

India’s electoral spring

814 million voters are casting paperless ballots in an election that hinges on water, electricity, roads and health

Danny Glover speaking at a 2007 rally for immigrants' rights, in Madison, Wisconsin. (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia)

Danny Glover pushes for Tel Aviv festival boycott

Actor and colleagues declare support for BDS, demand that their film be pulled from DocAviv festival

Detail from the cover of 'The Red Tent,' first published in 1997.

Anita Diamant’s ‘The Red Tent’ to hit the small screen

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Author kvells about new star-studded Lifetime miniseries based on her New York Times bestseller about biblical Dinah

A woman stands on May 10, 2014 in the burned trade union building in Odessa, southern Ukraine, as people gather outside the building during an Orthodox ceremony to mourn the death of pro-Russian militants killed nine days earlier. (photo credit: AFP/ANATOLII STEPANOV)

Odessa’s Jews lie low as violence engulfs their oasis

By Cnaan Liphshiz

42 have died in clashes this month, but Ukrainian city’s Jewish community insists it is a place of tolerance

A Palestinian woman inspects an area attacked by suspected Jewish settlers in the Jalazoun refugee camp north of Ramallah, on Dec. 31, 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

PA wants extremist settlers designated as terrorists

In letter to world powers, Palestinian FM says ‘Hilltop youth’ and others who perpetrate hate attacks ‘practice terror’ constantly

Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (photo credit: AP/Hakan Goktepe/Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Turkish FM: Jerusalemites ‘suffer’ under occupation

By Gavriel Fiske

Davutoğlu decries Israeli restrictions on Palestinians at the Temple Mount, says the city should be open to all

Jerusalem-based choreographer and dance instructor Nurit Melamed (photo credit: Facebook)

Rabbi to pay NIS 60,000 for outing lesbian

Man ordered to compensate dance instructor after warning women against attending her classes

Illustrative photo of a prisoner (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

NGO: Minors in solitary confinement in Israel on the rise

By AFP and ToI Staff

More than 1 in 5 teen Palestinian offenders held in isolation in 2013, Defense for Children says; Prisons Service refuses comment

Matisyahu on a visit to Israel. (photo credit: courtesy)

Sacred-secular remix

Matisyahu to sing with female cantor

By Renee Ghert-Zand

The ‘One Day’ the reggae star puts aside kol isha has arrived

Orthodox Jewish women attend a "Mashgiach" course at the Faith Seminary College for Jewish Women's Studies in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

Women kosher supervisors: A step toward gender equality?

E. Rubrum (Photo credit: Tami Kis Papo, University of Haifa)

Dead Sea salt-loving fungus may help feed the world

By David Shamah

An organism that thrives in a super-saline environment has properties scientists believe can be used to grow crops in brackish water

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Socks (composite image: Flash90, Gavriel Fiske)

Supreme annoyanceShrinking socks irk Iran soccer team

By Cyril Julien

Lana Del Rey (Courtesy Lana Del Rey - Israel Facebook page)

Summertime gladnessLana Del Rey concert details released

The Backstreet Boys canceled their sold-out Raanana shows (Courtesy Backstreet Boys)

Vocal backupBackstreet Boys sell out Ra’anana venue

By Jessica Steinberg

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert before his sentencing at the Tel Aviv District Court, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 (photo credit: Yotam Ronen/POOL/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewBig House bound

By Joshua Davidovich

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