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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 19, 2015

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Three hurt in stabbing attack in central town of Ra’anana

Man seriously hurt, two women lightly injured; Palestinian from village near Jenin, in Israel illegally, apprehended

A copy of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' (dccarbone/CC-BY, via Flickr)

German teachers want edited ‘Mein Kampf’ in school curriculum

By AFP

Jewish leader Charlotte Knobloch says using the ‘profoundly anti-Jewish diatribe’ as educational material is irresponsible

Testicularly challengedDid Hitler really only have one ball?

Hungary scraps planned statue of WWII-era anti-Semitic lawmaker

By JTA

Two Holocaust-themed films make the Oscar cut

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves following a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House in Washington, Friday, December 18, 2015. (AP /Susan Walsh)

‘Only so much bombing you can do,’ says Obama, vowing not to fade in final year

President pushes back against critics questioning strategy in Iraq and Syria, insists Islamic State will be defeated

Islamic State expands Afghan footprint with terror campaign

By LYNNE O'DONNELL and HUMAYOON BABUR

Jihadist who fled Syria: IS is planning ‘mega attack’ in Europe

AnalysisIsrael: Iran has withdrawn most of its Revolutionary Guards from Syria

By Avi Issacharoff

Disney's Aladdin, with the fictional city of Agrabah in the background (Screen capture/YouTube)

Good mooorning, Agrabah!

1/3 of Republicans want to bomb Aladdin’s home

Poll shows only 13% of GOP affiliated voters oppose attacking fictional city of Agrabah, over half say Muslims should be banned from entering US

Illustrative: A joint session of the US Congress, September 9, 2009. (Wikipedia/Lawrence Jackson/whitehouse.gov/public domain)

Congressional spending bill includes $3.1 billion in foreign aid to Israel

By Eric Cortellessa

$487 m. earmarked for missile defense and $40 m. for new tunnel detection program; ‘Nobody in Obama administration looking for a fight with Israel in 2016,’ analyst says

Obama signs Hezbollah sanctions bill into law

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Hezbollah recruiting drive uncovers its deeper role in Syria

By Bassam Mroue

UN unanimously backs Syria peace plan, but no mention of Assad

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The day I lost my voice and got it back

Giving witness to the toll of abuse, and to the strength it takes to withstand it

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Israel’s choice: Incitement or civility

Terror threatens to destroy an effective democracy’s healthy balance between civil liberties and security

Zionism’s essence is Jewish sovereignty

A response to Melanie Takefman’s position that human rights organization fulfill the Zionist mandate

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Arguing against oneself

A profound psychological interpretation of why the biblical Joseph treats his brothers in such puzzling ways

Sheldon Adelson, 2014 (Ethan Miller/Getty Images, via JTA)

Adelson calls Trump ‘charming,’ after discussing Israel with him

By JTA and ToI Staff

Republican Party donor describes ‘nice’ meeting with controversial frontrunner, but says he hasn’t yet decided who to back for presidency

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaking at the University of Chicago on September 28, 2015. (JTA/Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders campaign sues Democratic Party, claiming ‘sabotage’

By JTA

Presidential candidate’s representatives say they were barred access to key voter data, file lawsuit over breach of contract

American Jewish Committee counsel Marc Stern (screen capture: YouTube)

AJC seeks end to security ban for US Jews with family in Israel

American Jewish Committee says ‘shopworn canard of dual loyalty’ must be laid to rest for the good of the country

The Dutch village of Slootdorp, once home to Jews fleeing Nazis, has been offered as housing for Syrian and Iraqi refugees. (screen capture: Google Maps)

Dutch village built for Jews who fled Nazis now offered to Syrian refugees

By JTA

Local media says land owner in Slootdorp proposed the idea earlier this month to Dutch agency for asylum seekers

Joanna Caplan in 'Total Verrückt!' at the Baltimore Theatre Project (Courtesy: Baltimore Theater Project)

Cabaret at Holocaust camp reenacted in one-woman show

By Eric Cortellessa

One of the suspects arrested in connection with the Dawabsha murders, December 3, 2015. Due to a government gag order, the identities of the suspects are classified. (Screen capture)

Minister seeks debate on claims Shin Bet tortured Jewish terror suspects

By Jonathan Beck and Judah Ari Gross

Demand by Jewish Home’s Uri Ariel, backed by civil rights NGO, comes after detainees’ lawyers cite ‘outrageous physical violence’

File: An Iranian worker at the Uranium Conversion Facility at Isfahan, 410 kilometers south of Tehran, January 2014. (AP /Vahid Salemi)

Iran said exporting uranium stockpile to Russia in coming days

By ToI Staff and AP

Rouhani says Tehran will meet all obligations needed to lift sanctions in next two weeks

Hassan Khomeini (R), grandson of the Islamic Republic of Iran's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, registers his candidacy for the Assembly of Experts elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on December 18, 2015. (AFP Photo/STR)

With official nod, Khomeini’s grandson registers for electoral run

By ToI Staff and AP

Hadil Wajia Awad, one of two teenage Palestinian attackers who stabbed a passerby in Jerusalem on November 23, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 2)

Israel returns body of scissor-wielding teenage terrorist

Remains of Hadil Wajia Awad, 16, handed over with standard caveat that her funeral does not turn into violent rally

Analysis

Al-Sabirin claims responsibility for blast along Gaza border

By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff

Iranian-funded, Hamas-protected group says it detonated device near Khan Younis, in failed attack on IDF troops earlier this week

Interior Minister Silvan Shalom, October 6, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Likud officials said urging Shalom’s resignation amid sexual harassment claims

At least 7 women are reportedly accusing veteran minister; Channel 2 airs new allegations by former subordinate; police probe subsequently closed

The Wauchope Bridge in Tel Aviv Port, with Reading power station up ahead (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel travels

At Tel Aviv Port, once the gateway into the Land of Israel

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

More Headlines

Jerry Seinfeld speaking to the media on Friday, December 18, 2015, shortly after landing in Israel. (Screen capture Ynet)

Jerry Seinfeld ‘happy to be in Israel again’ for Tel Aviv shows

Fans dressed up as Star Wars characters pose ahead of the European premiere of 'The Force Awakens' in central London on December 16, 2015. (AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS)

Feel the Force‘The Force Awakens’ on track for record $215m-plus weekend

Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in an upcoming movie about the widowed first lady. (courtesy Protozoa Pictures)

Twinset TwinsNatalie Portman channels Jackie Kennedy in new role

Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, New Jersey (screen capture: Google maps)

US teacher claims she was fired because she’s Muslim

By AP

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

Isis Pharma changes name to avoid unwanted association

By AFP

Poland's Culture Minister Piotr Glinski looks the marble bust of the antique goddess Diana during a ceremony of return at the Lazienki Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, December 18, 2015. (AP/Alik Keplicz)

18th-century marble bust looted by Nazis returns to Poland

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA

French Jewish author Tobie Nathan (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, G. Garitan)

Jewish author wins top Tunisian prize for book on Cairo expulsion

By JTA

Illustration of lovers (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Honor intactWomen simulate virginity with artificial hymens

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Eleven Paris ad (Courtesy)

Fashion failFrench Jewish boss fined for prejudice, against Jews

By JTA

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