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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 3, 2016

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Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich at the scene of a shooting and stabbing attack near Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, February 3, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Policewoman killed, second badly hurt in Jerusalem attack

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Three Palestinian assailants carry out shooting, stabbing spree at Damascus Gate outside Old City, shot dead

Hamas says 2 of its members killed in Gaza tunnel collapse

Anti-Israel spoof ‘New York Times’ handed out in NY

By Tamar Pileggi

Hamas calls for Palestinian elections 10 years on

By AFP

Police investigator near the bodies of Palestinian attackers at the scene of a shooting and stabbing attack near Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, February 3, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Border policewoman killed; Obama slams ‘inexcusable’ anti-Muslim rhetoric

By Marissa Newman

Hadar Cohen succumbs to wounds suffered during shooting; PM convenes security brass after fatal Jerusalem attack

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton participating in a town hall forum at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 25, 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, via JTA)

5 questions Jews should be asking after Iowa

Does Bernie do foreign policy? Is Donald Trump fired? What will the Adelsons do? Some post-Iowa points to ponder

New Hampshire Jews all over the map ahead of presidential primary

By Uriel Heilman

Clinton’s narrow win sparks nervousness among supporters

By Julie Pace and Lisa Lerer

Sanders’ ancestral town in Poland kvells over his Iowa performance

By AFP

British author Howard Jacobson rewrites 'The Merchant of Venice' in a wickedly funny novel, 'Shylock Is My Name.' (courtesy)

How would Shylock have fared in 21st century Britain?

By Jenni Frazer

Howard Jacobson finds a different pound of flesh in a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic ‘The Merchant of Venice’

Dyonna Ginsburg

‘We’ve got the whole world in our hands’

The Jewish people can punch far above their weight to relieve human suffering, but they must first embrace the fight

Bring your daughters to shul!

Unless you think girls’ spiritual practice matters less than boys’, they should be at services with the same urgency

PHOTO ESSAY: Roman Aqueduct, Caesarea

An ancient city’s need for drinking water creates a picturesque place to stroll, relax, and take in the sunset

Church slogans and life without God

To be clear: Judaism teaches that every life is precious, not pointless — even if one doesn’t believe in God

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox men study toward professional degrees at Kemach, a Jerusalem-based organization that guides Haredim through study programs and job placement. (photo credit: Kemach/JTA)

Majority of ultra-Orthodox men now working

By Daniel Douek

Steady rise in Haredi workforce participation hailed as having ‘historical implications’ for Israeli society

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on January 31, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Amir Cohen)

Netanyahu rejects lawmakers’ anti-Reform statements

By JTA

Calling remarks ‘disparaging and divisive,’ PM reiterates backing for Western Wall pluralistic plaza compromise

Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, speaks in Tehran, Iran, on July 15, 2015. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s nuke chief tipped as contender for Nobel Peace Prize

Ali Akbar Salehi named as strong candidate by Oslo analyst, days after he bragged that Iran has accelerated some of its nuclear activities

Top of the US Capitol building, the seat of Congress, in Washington, DC (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin/File)

House OKs bill targeting Iran deal; Obama vows to veto

By AP and JTA

Republican majority approves motion that would limit sanctions removal, which the White House warns could derail the accord

Illustrative: Browsing on a phone (Frank Franklin II/AP)

Cellphones may damage male fertility, Israeli study finds

Technion researchers see link between mobile use and drop in sperm count, recommend shorter calls and not carrying phone in pants pocket

Alex Kerten (Debbie Zimelman)

Israeli healer treats Parkinson’s through talk and dance

By Simona Weinglass

A hole caused by an explosion is seen in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane on February 2, 2016 (YouTube screen capture)

Explosion blasts hole in plane, but it manages to land safely

By AP

Unconfirmed reports say one man may have fallen to his death after apparent bomb on Somalia flight

A scene from 'Ave Maria' by Basil Khalil. (Incognito Films)

Will Oscar embrace comedic short on settler meet-up with Palestinian nuns?

By Renee Ghert-Zand

File: Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, stands in front of an F-16 fighter jet. Ramon perished in the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, while re-entering the atmosphere. (Flash90)

Fragments from Ilan Ramon’s doomed space flight go on Israeli display

Exhibits loaned by NASA were used for space research by Israel’s first astronaut, killed in 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster

The Supreme Court in Jerusalem before the start of a discussion on the controversial agreement reached between the government and large energy companies over natural gas production, February 3, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu to testify in High Court on controversial gas deal

By Raoul Wootliff

Drama in the courtroom as state makes unusual request for PM to defend government position on major energy agreement

Argus Cybersecurity founders from right to left: Zohar Zisapel, Chairman; Oron Lavi, VP R&D; Ofer Ben Noon, CEO; Yaron Galula, CTO (Photo credit: Courtesy)

In cyber car hacks, loose lips can kill, says expert

By David Shamah

While every expert wants to be first to discover a security breach, information must not get into the wrong hands

The Seven Species Salad created by Waldorf Astoria executive chef Itzik Barak for a global Waldorf tasting competition (Courtesy Sarka Babicka)

Savor the 7 species

A salad of biblical proportions at the Waldorf

By Jessica Steinberg

Women seen praying in the women's section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, September 30, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Podcast

TOI talks: Praying, spying and struggling together

By Raoul Wootliff

On this week’s episode: The French ultimatum; Obama’s ‘je suis Juif’ speech; praying together at the Western Wall; hacking and tracking Israeli drones; and Israel’s own vulture spy

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Birthday balloons (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Girl dies after inhaling helium from birthday balloon

'Hasidic Jews Watch "Fiddler on the Roof" for the First Time' (YouTube)

Tradition, Tradition!Hasidim watch ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ for first time

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Tame Impala in concert at Rock En Seine Festival on August 31, 2015 in Paris, France (Tame Impala image via Shutterstock)

Let it happenPsychedelic powerhouse Tame Impala to play Israel

By Daniel Douek

3,500-year-old scarab amulet found by a hiker in the Galilee, January 2016 (Clara Amit/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Hiker discovers 3,500-year-old Egyptian antiquity in Galilee

A stack of Israeli identification cards, January 22, 2008. (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/ Flash90)

Cop accused of ‘turning in’ Jewish women consorting with Arabs

By Tamar Pileggi

Zionist Union MK Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin and Likud MK Oren Hazan at the Knesset on October 26, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Knesset won’t discipline MKs filmed in shouting match

Actor Moshe Ivgy, at a 2014 protest against the price of Tel Aviv housing (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)

6 women accuse actor Moshe Ivgy of sexual harassment

By Jessica Steinberg

Former financier Bernard Madoff exits Federal Court in Manhattan, New York on March 10, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)

Madoff said disappointed his family doesn’t visit in prison

By JTA

And adult male leopard tortoise. (Wikipedia/Charlesjsharp/CC BY 3.0)

Slow foodIsraeli study says prehistoric people feasted on turtles

By AFP

The Carmel fire raging through the forest on December 2, 2010. (Gili Yaari/ Flash90)

Israel is top of the world in fire safety, says fire chief

Staff and volunteers of the Hillary Clinton Burlington, Iowa campaign field office cheer as Hillary Clinton speaks on the television at the Boogaloo Cafe on February 1, 2016 in Burlington, Iowa. (AFP / Michael B. Thomas)

Hebrew media reviewFrom Des Moines to de moans

By Joshua Davidovich

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