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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 27, 2016

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Iranians hold their identification cards as they line up outside a polling station at Massoumeh shrine during the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at a polling station in the holy city of Qom, 130kms south of the capital Tehran, on February 26, 2016. (AFP / BEHROUZ MEHRI)

First Iran poll results show seats split among rivals

By AFP

60% of 55 million Iranians voted; as count gets under way, 8 of first 20 constituences go to conservatives, 4 to reformists and 8 to independents

Iran executes men of entire village for drug smuggling

High turnout in Iran elections raises hope for moderates

By AFP

Clinton condemns Iran’s cash offer for Palestinian terrorists

By Eric Cortellessa

In this Dec. 21, 2015 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd before addressing supporters at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Trump’s America is very bad for the Jews

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

The candidate’s message — distrust of the foreign, abhorrence for pluralism — poses a threat to US Jewry

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shakes hands after making an appearance on stage at the Music Farm in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 25, 2016 during a concert by singer Charlie Wilson. (AFP / Nicholas Kamm)

Clinton seeks big win as South Carolina starts voting

By Ivan Couronne

Rival Bernie Sanders has invested scant resources in state, where he trails 28%-56%, as he focuses on areas that vote in March

Ex-GOP hopeful Chris Christie backs Trump for White House

By AFP and AP

Trump says he will weaken libel laws protecting reporters

By Jeff Horwitz

Clinton condemns Iran’s cash offer for Palestinian terrorists

By Eric Cortellessa

Syrians inspect the damage at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighborhood of the central Syrian city of Homs on February 21, 2016. (AFP/STRINGER)

Syria ceasefire takes effect under US-Russia deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

Guns fall silent in Damascus suburbs in first major truce in 5-year war, but activists report some fighting in Homs and Aleppo

Syria rebels warn against truce violations

Russia halts airstrikes against IS, Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Lebanon’s PM issues ultimatum over Hezbollah

A still from 'Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah' (Courtesy: HBO Documentary Films)

Will ‘Lanzmann’ finally win an Academy Award?

An interview with Adam Benzine, the young first-time director whose award-winning take on the famed veteran filmmaker is up for an Oscar on Sunday

8 reasons I learn Torah every day

He had to convince his Hebrew school students to study, so he set out to remind himself why he does it

Forget the proverbial cat; the religious personality thrives on the unfamiliar ground that sparks Godly discovery

File: Planes sit on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport, near Tel Aviv, on August 21, 2014. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Holocaust survivor sues El Al for gender discrimination

Renee Rabinowitz, 81, was asked to move seats on a Newark-Tel Aviv flight because an ultra-Orthodox man refused to sit beside her

US President Barack Obama, with lawmakers and supporters of the bill, signs H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on February 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

Democratic senators: Obama ‘mischaracterized’ trade bill over settlements

By Eric Cortellessa

After president signs law defending Israel from BDS, but vows not to enforce settlements clauses, six Dems urge him to implement it ‘as intended’

A file picture taken on October 22, 2008, shows Samir Kuntar posing for a picture during an interview on the outskirts of Beirut. In the background is a photograph of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK)

MK confirms for first time: Israel killed Samir Kuntar

Asked whether December 2015 assassination of terror chief was great achievement for Israel, Omer Bar-Lev says: Absolutely

Israeli soldiers and security forces at the scene of an attempted stabbing attack at a checkpoint near the settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, on February 26, 2016. (Photo by Flash90)

Palestinian teen killed in Friday attack bid ‘had US citizenship’

PA officials say 17-year-old was a resident of West Bank village close to area of attempted stabbing

Author Max Blumenthal at a controversial Toronto event organized by PEN Canada — a charity which advocates for free expression and other basic rights for writers, on February 24, 2014. (Sammy Hudes/The Times of Israel)

Anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal jeered at Toronto event

500 guests attend ‘Embattled Truths: Reporting on Gaza with Max Blumenthal,’ organized by free expression charity, PEN Canada

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at a town meeting at the Elmo High School gymnasium as he continues to campaign on February 19, 2016 in Elko, Nevada. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Sanders accuses Republicans of racism

By AFP

Democratic presidential hopeful slams GOP frontrunner Trump, other party politicians for ‘delegitimizing’ Obama

Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai in 2015 (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Israel: No talks with Turkey about Gaza seaport

Official responsible for Palestinian territories says when time is right, negotiations will be held with PA or Hamas

An unmanned IDF ground vehicle near the southern part of the Gaza-Israel border fence (Zev Marmorstein/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Manhunt ends as Gazans who crossed into Israel caught

Residents of Eshkol Region had been told to stay indoors while IDF searched for the infiltrators

Illustrative: Palestinians wave flags as they ride boats in support of activists aboard a flotilla made up of four boats aimed at defying Israel's blockade of Gaza, at the seaport of Gaza City on June 28, 2015. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Dichter: Seaport in Hamas hands is bigger threat than tunnels

Likud MK, ex-Shin Bet chief lines up with Netanyahu and Ya’alon in rejecting idea of giving Gaza port access to ease economic pressure

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech to parliament in the capital, Tehran, on January 17, 2016, after sanctions were lifted, under Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

Court says terrorism victims can collect $2.8m in frozen Iranian assets

By AP

Terror victims, including survivors of ’97 Jerusalem suicide bombing, to seize funds owed to Tehran Defense Ministry

The oud and darbuka, as well as classical European instruments, help create the sounds and tones of the Andalusian Orchestra. (Courtesy: Ashdod Andalusian Orchestra)

A little bit oud country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll

By Jessica Steinberg

In this photo taken on Saturday Feb. 20, 2016, Palestinian chef Jihad al-Maharmeh prepares a mixed Palestinian French dish, Freekeh lamb rack at Orjuwan restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah. At a time of simmering Mideast tensions and rising malaise, a group of French chefs recently visited the West Bank to bring a little joie de vivre to Palestinian kitchens. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Visiting French chefs scramble Palestinian cuisine

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Daniella Cheslow

Group help cooks at West Bank and East Jerusalem restaurants master culinary techniques

Kate Winslet as the very Jewish mobster Irina Vlaslovhas in 'Triple 9,” which opens in the US this February 26, 2016. (Open Road Films)

‘Triple 9’ — where stereotypes and Stars of David collide

By Jordan Hoffman

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Illustrative photo of a Muslim man reading the Quran during the holy month of Ramadan (photo credit: Atta Kenare/AFP)

Better believe itSaudi man gets 10 years, 2,000 lashes for tweeting atheism

By AP

Workers at B&H Photo and Electronics (YouTube/screen capture)

B&H Photo ‘forced Hispanic workers to use separate, unsanitary bathrooms’

Illustrative photo of New York City police officers (AP/Mary Altaffer)

NYPD cops hurt while investigating anti-Semitic hate crime

By JTA

Dutch philosopher Baruch De Spinoza, circa 1660 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images/via JTA)

Armchair philosopherSpanish man skips work for 6 years to study Spinoza

By JTA

In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 photo at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Mary Tanaka Abo recalls her family's incarceration in Japanese internment camps during World War II. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)

Archeologists unearth little-known WWII internment camp in Alaska

By RACHEL D'ORO

President Reuven Rivlin pays his respects at a memorial ceremony marking two years since the death of late prime minister Ariel Sharon on February 26, 2016, at the family's Negev ranch. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

Rivlin remembers Sharon as man of principle, bold leader

By Tamar Pileggi

Roseanne Barr speaks at an anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem, March 28, 2016. (CC BY-SA, monterey media, Flickr)

Barr-ing BDSRoseanne to attend anti-BDS conference in Israel

By JTA

A bronze candelabrum at the Erfurt Cathedral (CC BY-SA Torsten Maue, via Wikimedia Commons)

Iconic church decoration in Germany traced back to local synagogue

By JTA

Jill Soloway attending the Directors Guild of America Awards in Century City, California, February 7, 2015. (David Buchan/Getty Images/via JTA)

Back to college‘Transparent’ creator Soloway works on new Amazon series

By JTA

Bar Refaeli (Helga Esteb/Shutterstock.com)

Flame warBeersheba fire brigade shuts down Bar Rafaeli event

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive in Berlin, Germany for an official state visit on February 15, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Jet LaggardSara Netanyahu ‘keeps Berlin-TA flight waiting’

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