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What Matters Most On Friday, July 29, 2016

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Pope Francis stands in silence as he visits the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland on July 29, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)

Silent meditation and survivors’ embraces as pope visits Auschwitz

‘Lord, forgive so much cruelty,’ Francis writes in the memorial book at the Nazi death camp after he tours the site without speaking

Pope Francis walks alone through horrors of Auschwitz

US rabbi calls on Pope Francis to remove church at Auschwitz

By JTA

US man charged over online threats to ‘slaughter’ Jews

By AP

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton acknowledges the crowd as she arrives on stage during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2016. (Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images/AFP)

Accepting historic presidential nomination, Clinton touts Israel’s security, Iran deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Democratic leader says keeping US safe is ‘highest priority’; amid scathing rebuke of ‘divisive’ Trump, she admits ‘some people just don’t know what to make of me’

Jewish Democrats pressed to get out the vote for Clinton

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

At Democratic confab, Dermer touts Israel as bipartisan cause

By Eric Cortellessa

AnalysisAt DNC national security night, Israel is notable for its absence

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Doral, Florida, July 27, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)

In string of tweets, Trump blasts ‘unfit’ Clinton for ‘unleashing ISIS’

By AP and ToI Staff

Responding to speech by Democratic rival, GOP nominee blames her for failed Mideast wars, refusal to use term ‘radical Islam’

Father of fallen Muslim American soldier blasts Trump at convention

By Bradley Klapper

AnalysisFrom NATO to Brexit, Trump has a record of siding with Putin

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA

Melania Trump’s website deleted after her degree is questioned

By AFP

US Marines train with elite Israeli naval commandos in a joint military exercise held in the Negev desert in July 2016. (screen capture)

IDF commandos, US Marines train together against terror threats

‘Noble Shirley’ drill in Israel’s Negev desert aimed at preparing American forces for combating Islamic State

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

InterviewAs Netanyahu again faces a corruption probe

‘Vindictive’ Israel too quick to put its politicians under investigation?

By Andrew Tobin

Israel is not corrupt by world standards, says poli-sci Prof. Yossi Shain. And while leaders who cross lines should certainly be punished, he argues, the country has become unduly hasty to incriminate

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Looking for faith at Heathrow Airport

The universal sweet and simple desire of fellow travelers to be safe in the world and make it back home

Moses’ disappointment

Even the greatest leader hit bumps in the road of family-raising, discovering too that kids will surprise! (Pinchas)

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Chaos, codification and Maimonides’ Guide

On why Orthodox Judaism doesn’t have committees to decide Jewish law, even after Rambam streamlined the whole system

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton acknowledges the crowd as she arrives on stage during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Key quotes from Clinton’s Democratic convention speech

By AFP

From soothing Sanders supporters to lampooning her opponent, some memorable lines as would-be president accepts the nomination

Illustrative: An Iranian navy vessel during a drill in the Strait of Hormuz. (YouTube screenshot)

Iran threatens to shut off Strait of Hormuz

Top army commander warns ‘enemies’ to avoid confrontation with Islamic Republic or risk closure of strategic channel

From left: Mayor of Nice Philippe Pradal; prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes department Adolphe Colrat; French Prime Minister Manuel Valls; and president of the Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur region Christian Estrosi observe a minute of silence on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on July 18, 2016, in tribute to victims of the deadly Nice attack on Bastille Day. (AFP/Valery Hache)

French PM ‘open’ to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques

Under fire for perceived security breakdowns amid terror wave, Valls says it was ‘failure’ that priest killer was released pending trial

Illustrative: French policemen at the arrest of a man in the Normandy city of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, where an elderly priest was killed by two terrorists who claimed to be acting on behalf of the Islamic State jihadist group, on July 26, 2016. (AFP/Charly Triballeau)

French police arrest Syrian refugee over church attack

By ToI Staff and AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara during a visit to Aleh Negev, a rehabilitation village for disabled children and adults near Ofakim in southern Israel, on July 28, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu: Any Hamas attack will bring ‘devastation’ on Gaza

PM, embattled over 2014 war in the Strip, claims conflict ‘changed the rules of the game,’ dealt terrorists an unprecedented blow

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on July 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM welcomes Cairo peace push: ‘There’s so much we can do together’

At event marking Egyptian independence, Netanyahu calls relationship an ‘anchor of stability and security in our region’

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York on September 26, 2015. (AFP/Dominick Reuter)

Kerry to meet Abbas Saturday to talk peace prospects

A Palestinian family whose house was demolished by Israeli bulldozers walk past a tent on April 21, 2015, in the southern West Bank village of Ad-Deirat Rifaiyya. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

UN: Israel ‘systematically’ emptying Area C of Palestinians

Opposition MKs also accuse government of embittering West Bank residents to facilitate future annexation; Israel categorically denies allegations

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in December 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ombudsman said to tell PM: Publish Gaza war report or I’ll call for probe

By Tamar Pileggi

In ultimatum, state comptroller reportedly warns he will back official inquiry into handling of 2014 conflict if his findings are not made public

Peru´s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski waves to supporters as he arrives to the Government Palace after his swearing-in ceremony held at the Congress in Lima on July 28, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ERNESTO BENAVIDES)

Ex-banker Kuczynski sworn in as Peruvian president

By Moises AVILA

Son of Jewish German doctor seeks to boost economy and create ‘social revolution,’ but faces stiff opposition

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai try out hand cycles on newly-adapted accessible bike paths at the dedication of the Accessible Cycling Complex on July 28, 2016. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Tel Aviv rolls toward accessibility with new adaptive cycling center

By Melanie Lidman

A delegate wears a Bernie Sanders mask on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 2016. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Minority Dem delegates frustrated with ‘Bernie or Bust’

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE

Sanders’s coalition ‘looked too much like modern-day Woodstock, not enough like Obama coalition it takes to win,’ says DNC member

James Schamus, left, and Logan Lerman on the set of 'Indignation.' (Alison Cohen Rosa/via JTA)

‘Indignation’ brings Philip Roth’s novel about anti-Semitism to the big screen

By Charles Munitz

More Headlines

Former US president Bill Clinton, right, cheers as former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses the third evening session of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 27, 2016. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

On the buttonWhy Bill Clinton’s Hebrew Hillary button resonated

Food producer in hot water over salmonella in cornflakes

A Turkish Airlines flight (photo credit: CC BY-SA BriYYZ/Flickr/File)

Turkey sees over 40% drop in visitors amid security crisis

By AFP

Bezalel Smotrich (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jewish Home MK: Reform Judaism is a ‘fake religion’

Head of the Lower Galilee Regional Council, Moti Dotan, February 7, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

Lower Galilee council head: I don’t want Arabs in our pools

By Sara Miller and Stuart Winer

Ultra-Orthodox girls (illustrative photo: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Man accused of raping two young daughters for years

Oded Guez. (Courtesy)

Israeli professor who refused to divorce wife arrested in Belgium

By JTA

A mugshot of Iranian passport forger 'The Doctor' Hamid Reza Jafary (L) is displayed with his cohorts at the Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok on July 22, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA)

The fall of Iranian ‘doctor’ who forged Israeli and lots of other passports

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres speaks with survivor Benny Davidson at an event marking 40 years since Operation Thunderbolt, the Israeli rescue of over 100 hostages from the Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976, which was held at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa on June 27, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Doctors called as Peres experiences chest pains overnight

Palestinian grooms during a mass wedding ceremony in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on December 19, 2012. (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90)

CoupledHundreds wed in Hamas-sponsored Gaza event

Illustrative photo of a young Israeli man playing Pokémon Go on his iPhone, on July 28, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Pokemon noMedics warn Israelis to be careful hunting Pokemon

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 2016. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

Hebrew media reviewIsraeli papers draw battle lines in Trump-Clinton fight

By Ilan Ben Zion

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