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What Matters Most On Friday, November 27, 2015

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Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel at their wedding at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, November 26, 2015. Litman's father and brother were murdered in a shooting attack on November 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Thousands from Israel, overseas at wedding of terror victim’s daughter

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Some fly in following open public invite from bride Sarah Techiya Litman and groom Ariel Biegel; marriage held two weeks after Litman’s father and brother were murdered

Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel under huppah at their wedding on November 26, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)

WATCH: Daughter of terror victim opens her wedding to the world

Israeli security forces at the scene where a Palestinian driver rammed his car into Israeli soldiers near Beit Ummar in the West Bank, on November 27, 2015. (Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Six soldiers hurt in car-ramming during West Bank protest

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Palestinian driver, 19, killed by troops; ambulances pelted with stones as they approach site of attack in Beit Ummar, near Hebron

Ya’alon: Wave of Palestinian terror won’t end soon

Two soldiers hurt in car-ramming east of Jerusalem

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli car firebombed on West Bank Route 443

Abu Dhabi. (Wikimedia/CC BY 3.0/Ralf Roletschek)

In diplomatic first, Israel to open mission in Abu Dhabi

Office will represent Israel to UN’s renewable energy agency, headquartered in Gulf kingdom

IDF lone soldiers from the US enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner on November 26, 2015. (Simona Weinglass/Times of Israel)

Away from family, Israel’s lone soldiers are thankful for Thanksgiving

By Simona Weinglass

Despite the dangers, an increasing number of diaspora youth are joining the IDF, and the Lone Soldier Center gives them a much-needed sense of community

Lone soldiers dig in to Thanksgiving dinner in Tel Aviv

By JTA

Illustrative image of Jewish students at Texas A&M (courtesy)

Most Birthright applicants functionally illiterate about Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

A new Brandeis University study finds that among surveyed Birthright candidates, over 50% couldn’t correctly answer even half of the basic questions requiring minimal knowledge of the Jewish state

Feeling the fear

God doesn’t let Jacob succumb to feeling inadequate, wrestling him to make him overcome himself (Vayishlach)

Israel helps EU deal with new reality

Writing from Brussels, where a harsh new reality offers an opportunity for Israeli rapprochement with Europe

Sunday, the rabbi went to church

What began as a statement of support for the Charleston community ended as a profound renewal of shared faith

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, center, and then top nuclear negotiator (now president) Hassan Rouhani, in Tehran, March, 9, 2006. (photo credit: AP Photo)

Building a bomb now easier for us than putting in a contact lens, claims Iran official

Quds Force adviser says regime ‘closer than ever’ to nuclear device, and could easily complete project if religious ban were lifted

In a still image from security-camera footage of the scene, a young Palestinian girl (center) lashes out with a pair of scissors in an attack in Jerusalem on November 23, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 2)

Teenage terrorist files complaint against cop who shot her

16-year-old questions need to fire at her, says she was brandishing scissors on Jerusalem street in self-defense

Illustrative: The Israel Navy launches its new 'Barak 8' missile defense system on November 26, 2015. (screen capture: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

WATCH: Israel successfully launches new naval missile defense system

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

IDF holds first operational test of ‘Barak 8,’ aimed to deflect Hezbollah weapons, as all eyes turn to more powerful Russian S-400

Illustrative: Two Israeli Air Force F-15 Ra'ams practicing air maneuvers. (TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald, USAF/Wikipedia)

‘Business as usual’ for IAF in Syria, despite Russian missiles

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Illustrative image of a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet. (CC BY-SA Tim Felce, via Wikimedia)

Turkey ‘temporarily’ suspends Syria strikes after Russia spat

By AFP

Moscow, Ankara ‘agree to act cautiously’ to reduce tensions after Russian warplane shot down, say security sources

A man walks past a French national flag put outside a flower shop on November 27, 2015 in Strasbourg, eastern France, in tribute to the 130 people killed in the November 13 Paris attacks. (AFP Photo/Frederick Florin)

Hollande vows to destroy Islamic State ‘army of fanatics’ as France honors dead

By Eric RANDOLPH

Official ceremony attended by wounded from November 13 jihadist rampage in Paris; names of 130 dead read aloud

File: French gendarmes officers patrol near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Weapons used in Paris attacks ‘bought from German dealer’

By AFP

Benjamin Netanyahu in an Election Day message, March 17, 2015, warning that Arab voters were coming out in droves. (screen capture: YouTube)

Netanyahu’s Election Day talk of Arabs voting in droves was ‘not racist’

8 months on, attorney general’s office answers citizen’s query over PM saying ‘left-wing NGOs are busing Arabs to ballots’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on November 15, 2015. (Emil Salman/Flash90/Pool)

Cabinet said to hold anguished debate on what to do if PA collapses

Netanyahu convenes meeting after Kerry visit fails to yield results on steps to reduce tensions amid terror wave, according to report

Some subjects could eat ice cream without a blood glucose spike (ice cream image via Shutterstock)

Will ice cream make you gain weight? It depends on your gut, study finds

By Simona Weinglass

Two Weizmann Institute scientists show that healthy vs. unhealthy foods vary from person to person, and create an algorithm that tells you which are which

Illustration of test tubes for blood tests. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)

Israelis dying more from diabetes, new report says

CBS study cites cancer, heart disease as leading causes of death, shows differences between Jews and Arabs

Projected aerial view of the IDF's advanced technology and training facilities near Beersheba (Courtesy: Ministry of Development for the Galilee and Negev)

IDF marches south – with jobs, shopping, and people following

By David Shamah

The man responsible for the IDF’s transition to the Negev realizes that moving is a hassle – but it’s worth the trouble

Jonathan Levine, center, in gray T-shirt, on set during the filming of 'The Night Before.' (Courtesy of Columbia Pictures/via JTA)

Real Jewish debauchery lies behind ‘The Night Before’

By Curt Schleier

More Headlines

#FailPro-BDS group uses Israeli platform Wix to build website

CNN map with "Palestina" highlighted by HonestReporting, November 26, 2015 (YouTube screenshot)

Graphic errorCNN omits Israel from Middle East map

By JTA

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump makes a reference to New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski during a speech, November 24, 2015. (YouTube: Richard Rabat)

Jewish group calls out Trump for apparently mocking reporter’s disability

By AP

Anne Frank, age 12, at her school desk in Amsterdam in 1941. (AP Photo)

Anne Frank’s diary to be published online in challenge to copyright

By JTA

Inside Tel Aviv's Bitcoin Embassy (Courtesy)

Israeli-made tech behind bitcoins is changing everything, expert says

By David Shamah

Leftover Turkey Noodle Soup with Matzah Balls (Shannon Sarna/via JTA)

How to make your Thanksgiving leftovers into ‘bestovers’

By Shannon Sarna

Locations of some of OHT translators (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Ahead of Black Friday, Israeli translation firm opens world for China retailers

By David Shamah

Likud MK Oren Hazan laughing at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem, October 26, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Political embarrassmentMeet Oren Hazan, Israel’s most scandalous lawmaker

Sarah Litman and Ariel Biegel at their wedding at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, November 26, 2015. Litman's father and brother were murdered in a shooting attack on November 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewRebuilding life after death

By Adiv Sterman

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