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What Matters Most On Friday, August 12, 2016

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Russia's Aliya Mustafina (right), and Americans Simone Biles (center) and Alexandra Raisman (left) on the podium of the women's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 11, 2016.
(AFP/Ben Stansall)

Olympic women’s all-around champions: A Christian, a Jew and a Muslim

By ToI Staff and AFP

Awe-inspiring performances in a close match-up between American gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, and Russian Aliya Mustafina, are a cross-section of faith, race and nationality

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Kissimmee, Florida, on August 11, 2016. (AFP/Gregg Newton)

Trump: Obama is ‘founder of IS’ comment was ‘sarcasm’

Republican nominee berates CNN for reporting allegation ‘so seriously’; ‘They don’t get sarcasm?’ he tweets

Trump entertains notion he could lose to Clinton

By Josh Lederman

Clinton pans Trump for claim she and Obama founded IS

By AFP

Up in armHaredi paper finds ‘modest’ way to show Clinton photo

By JTA

Marc Zell, co-chair of Republicans Overseas Israel, in his Jerusalem office, August 23, 2016. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Interview

How Israel’s leading Republican learned to love The Donald

By Raphael Ahren

Trump should not become president, Marc Zell declared eight months ago. Now he sings the nominee’s praises, and accuses the Clintons of raping the American public

In revolt, Republicans urge party to de-fund Trump — report

By AFP

This undated photo released Aug. 10, 2016, provided by the Greek Culture Ministry, shows the 11th century BCE skeleton of a teenager excavated recently at Mount Lykaion in the southern Peloponnese region of Greece, the mountaintop sanctuary of Zeus, king of the ancient Greek gods. (Greek Culture Ministry via AP)

Chilling find on Greek mountain may confirm dark legend of human sacrifice

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS

Excavations on Mount Lykaion, once worshipped as birthplace of god Zeus, uncover 3,000-year-old skeleton of teenager in mound of ashes from sacrificed animals

Free drinks at a party held for binary options executives in the Clara club, Tel Aviv, August 12, 2016. (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)

Though fearing closure, the Wolves of Tel Aviv enjoy the party ‘while it lasts’

By Raoul Wootliff

Israel’s binary options executives are worried that regulators could shut down their industry, but in the meantime, there’s money to be made and drinks to be downed

Adin Steinsaltz

Remembering Jerusalem

The holy city’s destruction was the ruin of all existence, casting a curtain of sadness over reality ever since

What does Jerusalem teach us?

The fractured ‘City of Peace’ asks us to recognize and mend the brokenness found within every human being

To 120: Growing old, staying young

Moses found the fountain of youth in creating himself anew and passing his wisdom on to the next generation (Devarim)

Reuven Tradburks

A tale of two city builders

How a couple of general contractors respond to Tisha B’Av: from sackcloth and ashes to rebuilding Jerusalem

British schoolgirl Kadiza Sultana, who joined Islamic State and was killed in an airstrike. (London Metropolitan Police)

British teen who ran away to Islamic State said killed in airstrike

Kadiza Sultana’s story, together with those of fellow IS-inspired youth, showcases the lure of the jihadist group for some Muslim youth

Illustrative photo of Palestinian workers inside a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip (Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

Palestinian young people face grim employment prospects

Findings indicate 40% of 15- to 29-year-olds are out of work; rate even higher among university graduates

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video published on Facebook on August 11, 2016, in which he slams Hamas for taking aid money to 'build a war machine to murder Jews' (screen capture: Facebook)

Netanyahu: I care more about Palestinians than their leaders do

After employees of World Vision and the United Nations charged with aiding Hamas, prime minister records video castigating Gaza’s ruling terror group

Mohammad el-Halabi, a manager of the World Vision charity's operations in the Gaza Strip, was indicted on August 4, 2016, for diverting the charity's funds to the Hamas terrorist organization. (Screen capture: World Vision)

Gaza aid workers fear impact of Hamas allegations

Accusations that employees diverted funds to Hamas ‘could have major implications for wider humanitarian community,’ expert says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) seen with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 11, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)

Cabinet unanimously okays two-year budget after marathon talks

Health minister, education minister announce bumps in their office budgets after close to 24 hours of negotiations

People hold up pictures of those who died in the AMIA Jewish center bombing that killed 85 people as they commemorate the attack's 22nd anniversary in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina identifies last victim of AMIA bombing, 22 years on

By JTA and ToI Staff

Augusto Daniel Jesus named as 85th fatality in 1994 attack on Buenos Aires Jewish community center

A handout photo of Aaaron Driver, provided by the RCMP is shown on a screen, as Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Assistant Commissioner Mike Cabana (not shown) speaks during a press conference at the RCMP National Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario August 11, 2016. (AFP/Lars Hagberg)

Islamic State claims attempted attack on Canadian police

By AFP and ToI Staff

Aaron Driver shot dead after detonating bomb in a cab, which Amaq Agency says was ‘response to call to target coalition countries’

Jonathan Pollard (left), and his lawyer Eliot Lauer leave federal court in New York following a hearing, July 22, 2016. (AP/Larry Neumeister, File)

US judge refuses to ease Pollard’s parole conditions

By Larry Neumeister

Government’s monitoring, curfew for former Israeli spy not an abuse of power, ruling says, upholding ban on leaving the country

President Reuven Rivlin addresses a pluralistic study session ahead of Tisha B'Av, a Jewish day of mourning and fasting, on August 11, 2016. (Mark Neiman/GPO)

Rivlin hosts pluralistic study session ahead of Tisha B’Av

By Chanan Elias

Leaders from all major movements, as well as secular scholars, learn together about Jerusalem in bid to calm intra-Jewish tensions

Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee staffer who also was involved in Jewish outreach, was killed near his Washington, DC, home on July 10, 2016. (Facebook via JTA)

Slain Jewish DNC staffer’s family slams conspiracy theories

By JTA

‘Some are attempting to politicize this horrible tragedy,’ spokesman charges after WikiLeaks head hints Seth Rich may have been killed by Democratic Party

Amona, an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, May 18, 2016 (AP/Oded Balilty)

NGO: Government ‘started process’ to relocate Amona outpost

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli authorities place ad in Palestinian newspaper declaring patch of land near West Bank settlement liable for seizure; US ‘deeply concerned’ by move

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, July 13, 2016 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Eisenkot’s ‘revolution’: A GI Bill of Rights for the Israel Defense Forces

By Judah Ari Gross

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Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men boarding a bus to Monsey in Rockland County New York, Manhattan, New York, June 17, 2013. (Serge Attal / Flash90)

Small bombs explode outside homes of 2 NY rabbis

By JTA

This file photo taken on July 27, 2016 shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (R) greeting US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg (L) as US Secretary of State John Kerry looks on during his visit to the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila. (AFP/Pool/Aaron Favila)

Philippines leader calls US envoy ‘gay,’ prompting summons

By AFP

Likud MK Sharren Haskel at a faction meeting in the Knesset, May 30, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Likud MK seeks to raise Knesset threshold to 7%

By Stuart Winer

Israeli model Bar Refaeli in Jerusalem, June 18, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

A model momBar Refaeli gives birth to baby girl

By JTA

Illustrative photo of a burqini (YouTube screen capture)

Blowing their coverFrench mayor bans burqinis on Cannes beaches

By AFP

In this recent photo made available by the Italian Police, two police officers serve pasta, after cooking it, to two elderly, after they were called in a Rome neighborhood to check on a couple loudly quarreling on a recent, hot summer night. Police say that four officers who came to the couple's apartment used butter, cheese, spaghetti and "all their humanity" to cook them dinner and ease their loneliness. (Italian Police Photo via AP)

Cop-elliniRome police cooks pasta to ‘save’ couple

By AP

GIA 2016 finalists and partners

Israeli start-ups take top prizes in prestigious China start-up event

By Dan Schwartz

This undated photo made available by Julius Nielsen on August 11, 2016 shows a Greenland shark slowly swimming away from a boat, returning to the deep and cold waters of the Uummannaq Fjord in northwestern Greenland during a tag-and-release program in Norway and Greenland. (Julius Nielsen via AP)

Old timerGreenland shark is oldest living animal with backbone

By Seth Borenstein

Prince Tahina's product is thought to be the origin of a salmonella contamination in Israel in August 2016 (Times of Israel)

Hebrew media reviewSalmonella salads and side-dishes

By Adiv Sterman

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