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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 11, 2015

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Treason claims leveled at Jewish senator opposed to Iran deal

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Sen. Chuck Schumer’s loyalty called into question by progressives; advocacy group calls discourse a ‘slap in the face’ to his long years of service

Jewish senator becomes latest backer of Iran deal

By AP and ToI Staff

Obama: GOP opposition to Iran deal is over politics, not merits

By AP, AFP and JTA

Americans skeptical Iran will abide by nuke deal — poll

Rabbi David Stav, co-founder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization, speaks at the 5th annual Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem on June 20, 2013. (Flash 90)

Defying rabbinate, rabbis set up alternative Jewish conversion court

Leader David Stav denies move is ‘rebellion’ against religious authorities, but procedures not likely to be recognized by state

Reuven Rivlin with supporters outside the President's Residence in Jerusalem on August 7, 2015. (Kobi Gidon/GPO)

Haredi school disinvites Rivlin over gay parade comments

Shas MK condemns decision to cancel president’s visit to Jerusalem school, which was reportedly ordered by rabbinic leadership

Tolerance LostWATCH: Gay couple cursed at in Jerusalem

By Gabe Friedman

Police summon Jewish extremist who called for church burning

ADL slams Jewish extremist for church-burning comment

Baruch Marzel, with beard, speaking to the press with attorney Itamar ben Gvir at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on February 17, 2015. (Photo credit: Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

Overruling government, court cuts illegal migrant detention to a year

By Ilan Ben Zion

Accused Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade attacker to be sent for psychiatric evaluation; right-wing activist attacks defense minister’s car

Hamas leader tweets pro-Israel cartoon

Basem Naim posted Israeli cartoonist’s work, but despite efforts to point out his mistake, he stuck to his guns

Michael Ben Aharon

How the Iran deal is like the Iraq war

Obama’s comparison of the two decisions is on target: Like George W. Bush, he too is quashing valid criticism

When morality trumps religion

On Shira Banki and the dilemma of young Orthodox Jews forced to choose between what is commanded and what is right

Yohanan Plesner

Recognize Reform, Conservative Judaism

To be a healthy democracy, Israel must finally grant the main branches of Judaism equal footing

A Hamas tunnel discovered by soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade in the northern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Nabbed Hamas man reveals new Gaza war plans

By Stuart Winer

Ibraheem Shaer, caught entering Israel from the Strip, tells Shin Bet materials for rebuilding are being diverted to tunnels

Israeli-Arab Magen David Adom paramedic Ziad Dawiyat (Courtesy/MDA)

Parents of baby killed in car-ramming attack welcome second child

By Tamar Pileggi

Israeli-Arab paramedic Ziad Dawiyat, who evacuated Chaya Zissel Braun from scene of Jerusalem attack, delivers baby at couple’s home

Saad and Riham Dawabsha, with baby Ali. All three died when the Dawabsha home in the West Bank village of Duma was firebombed by Jewish extremists on July 31, 2015 (Channel 2 screenshot)

Firebombing victims said not eligible for compensation

By ToI Staff and AFP

Dawabsha family, being Palestinian, must appeal to special committee if it wishes to receive Israeli reparations, Haaretz reports

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference, June 10, 2015 (AP/Darko Vojinovic)

Abbas planning visit to Iran in coming months

By ToI Staff and Elhanan Miller

PA officials in Tehran make arrangements for Palestinian leader’s visit as part of bid to boost ties

A general view taken from Aleppo's Syrian regime-controlled neighborhood of Karm al-Jabal shows heavily damaged buildings on July 30, 2015. (AFP/George Ourfalian)

Iran proposes splitting Syria into mini-states to fight IS

Tehran says Assad regime, rebels should set aside hostilities to combat jihadists; each would keep captured territory

Illustrative: A screenshot of a Islamic State video released in February 2015 that encourages Muslims in France and Belgium to conduct terrorist attacks in their home countries. The two men pictured are French-speaking foreign jihadists. (screen capture: al-Jazeera)

Jihadists may be fabricating own deaths for strategic reasons

By Michel Moutot

Fighters with groups such as Islamic State report their own demise as a tactic to lie low, say experts

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett (left) and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky (right) join an 'online jam session' in Jerusalem, February 2014. (Sasson Tiram)

Will a political turf war kill off Israel’s main world Jewry program?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Dung Gate, located in the southeast corner of Jerusalem's Old Ciy, is the closest entrance to the Western Wall and is the main passage for vehicles. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

2 Palestinians arrested for extorting Temple Mount visitors

Undercover police operation nabs Silwan residents who demanded protection money for parking near site

View of the settlement of Givat Zeev, near Jerusalem. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Study: Israel spends twice as much on settler students

By JTA

Education Ministry says data compiled by Tel Aviv’s Macro Center is inaccurate

Students and volunteers from around the world celebrate MasaFest at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2012. (Louis Fisher/Flash90)

Young Diaspora Jews ponder whether to put a ring on it with Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Cadets in the IDF Cyber Defense Unit course, June 10, 2013 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Defense Ministry thwarts hacking attempts on its network

By Tamar Pileggi

Origin of cyber-attack remains under gag order; email carrying remote-access Trojan reaches some computers

Mendel Segal, aka “RaBBi-Q, cleaned up at the Chicago Kosher BBQ Competition with first places in chicken, brisket and beans on his way to being the grand champion, June 2015. (Courtesy of Mendel Segal)

Meet the ‘RaBBi-Q’ — Kansas City’s kosher BBQ star

By Victor Wishna

Yuval Steinitz. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Natural gas talks ‘on the rocks’ as Noble reps walk out

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Minister Yuval Steinitz: ‘We can’t accept’ energy companies’ demand for regulatory freeze

File: Former science minister Daniel Hershkowitz (second from left), in a meeting in July 2012 with Israeli Nobel laureates Ada Yonath (left), Aaron Ciechanover (second from right), and Israel Aumann (right). (Gil Yohanan/Flash90)

Hundreds of students, Nobelists set to arrive in Israel

By David Shamah

15 Nobel laureates and 400 foreign science students will participate in next week’s World Science Conference Israel

An illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Acre teen falls 3 stories to her death

By Stuart Winer

Father returns home from working the night shift to find his daughter unconscious on the ground

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In this screenshot, Chaim Weizmann cuts a tape to symbolize his official entrance into Jerusalem for his inauguration as president (Photo courtesy AP)

Reel Nostalgia, Clip #3WATCH: Weizmann is inaugurated as president

By Ramona Tausz

An exterior view of the Google office in Mountain View, California. (Google office image via Shutterstock)

Souped upGoogle reorganizes under new company ‘Alphabet’

By BRANDON BAILEY

Former model turned businesswoman Ivanka Trump. (screen capture: YouTube/CBS This Morning)

Trump cardHow Jewish values help Ivanka Trump stay classy

Illustrative picture of a beach in Dubai (CC BY-Peter Dowley, Wikimedia Commons)

In too deepMan saves daughter’s ‘honor,’ lets her drown in Dubai

By AFP

Ex-Italian lawmaker appointed Israel’s envoy to Rome

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an exhibition of paintings by the late Hadar Goldin, killed in battle in Gaza with his body never recovered, at the artists' village Ein Hod in northern Israel, on August 10, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

PM visits exhibit of fallen Gaza soldier’s art

The Jewish neighborhood of Ma'ale Hazeitim, at the heart of the Arab neighborhood of Ras al-Amoud, on the Mount of Olives, May 2011 (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

East Jerusalem enclave to get $3 m. Jewish ritual bath

Gery Shalon, second left, and Ziv Orenstein, second right, suspected of being involved in several fraud schemes tied to the NYSE, seen in the Jerusalem Magistrates' Court, July 22, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court extends arrest of Israeli NYSE hacking suspects

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative photo of pharmaceutical pills. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israeli med tech thwarts superbugs’ takeover plans

By David Shamah

In this Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 photo, Iranian merchants wait for customers at a carpet shop in Tehran's old main bazaar, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s storied carpet industry seeks revival with lifting of sanctions

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Illustrative: An Israeli rabbinical court reviews a conversion case. (Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewConversion reformists garner praise from press

By Ilan Ben Zion

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