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What Matters Most On Friday, September 16, 2016

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The scene of an apparent car ramming attack outside the Kiryat Arba settlement near the West Bank city of Hebron on September 16, 2016. (Judea and Samaria Hatzalah)

2 Palestinians ram truck into West Bank bus stop, one of them killed

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian man killed, woman injured, as they try to run over people near Kiryat Arba; 3 Israelis treated for mild injuries; knife found in vehicle

Jordanian man tries to stab cops at Damascus Gate, is shot dead

By Judah Ari Gross

Driver hurt as rocks, bottles thrown at bus near Jerusalem

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF soldiers shoot and kill Palestinian fleeing arrest

By ToI Staff and AFP

The signing of the US-Israel military aid deal in the State Department on September 14, 2016 (Israeli Embassy, Washington)

Analysis

Does the US-Israel military aid deal really mean ‘AIPAC can retire’?

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

A clause in the new agreement prompted a light-hearted tweet from ex-ambassador Indyk. But key provisions of the massive package are prompting heavy debate

Ex-defense official: US military aid is actually $100m less than past deal

Ya’alon: $38 billion military aid does not ‘meet all our needs’

Iran becomes hot issue in NJ race, though both candidates opposed deal

Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former US secretary of state Colin Powell speaks at the State Department in Washington, September 3, 2014. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

In leaked emails, Colin Powell says Israel has 200 nukes

By Judah Ari Gross

While discussing Iran nuclear deal, former secretary of state apparently reveals extent of Jewish state’s alleged atomic arsenal

Donald Trump allows comedian Jimmy Fallon to play with his hair (YouTube screenshot)

Mane event

Trump’s enigmatic hair put to the test on US TV

By AFP

On ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,’ Republican candidate plays good sport as comedian messes with his bob

Trump now believes Obama born in US, spokesperson says

Trump’s son says media would ‘warm up gas chamber’ for GOP

By Eric Cortellessa

As race tightens, Clinton and Trump trade barbs over health

By Julie Pace and Lisa Lerer

Members of the Jewish Community of Porto stand in the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto, on September 2, 2016. (AFP/Miguel Riopa)

Amid rising European anti-Semitism, Portugal sees Jewish renaissance

By Olivier DEVOS

200 Jews from 21 nationalities flock to Porto, where they can ‘stroll carefree in a kippah’

Illustrative: As part of a B'chol Lashon initiative, in anticipation of the construction of a new synagogue in Nabagoye, Uganda, the women and children there were given the honor of transferring the Torahs from the old synagogue to a temporary home. (Courtesy of Be’chol Lashon via JTA)

Though eligible to come to Israel, Ugandan Jews say new local synagogue is ‘our Jerusalem’

By Josefin Dolsten

2,000-strong community set to meet Friday for first prayer services in new house of worship — and to share it with Muslims and Christians

Out of the closet as ‘datlash’ (OTD)

He is no longer in sync with the rigidity of Orthodox Judaism, after years of immersion in traditional practice

Helen Maryles Shankman

I hug him for a long time; then I let go

That moment when you realize aerogrammes are no longer part of a year of yeshiva in Israel — a mom’s perspective

How to save the Israeli Shabbat

The national religious must create the Jewish character of Israel’s public sphere via the progressive power of Halacha

Michael Chernick

The season of our guilt or joy?

Treat Rosh Hashanah as the day when friends who have lost touch renew their friendship for a better future together

Soldiers in the IDF Home Front Command's search and rescue units carry a stretcher during a large-scale exercise in Zikim near the Gaza border on July 3, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Hundreds would die, missiles would rain everywhere in all-out war, IDF predicts

By Judah Ari Gross

Ahead of nation-wide exercise, Home Front Command says 230,000 rockets are aimed at Israel, though only a few would cause carnage should conflict break out

A practice run for the 23 members of the Ari Hayam, or Sea Lion. (Courtesy)

75 years later, Britain recognizes 23 lost at sea in Palmach’s Operation Boatswain

By Jenni Frazer

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a reception in the southern Israeli town of Netivot, September 15, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO).

Netanyahu threatens ‘downpour’ if rocket fire does not subside

Responding to recent missiles from both Syria and Gaza, prime minister says country will not tolerate attacks

A Syrian boy carries a toy gun past a destroyed building in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 13, 2016, as a truce brokered by Russia and the United States saw guns fall silent at sundown the previous night. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

Fierce shelling, clashes reported in east Damascus

By AFP

Despite internationally brokered ceasefire, Syrian military and rebels exchange fire in Jobar district

Homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo on December 17, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Dozens of new homes said set to be approved in East Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Construction in Gilo bound to infuriate the Americans, Channel 2 says, adding that numerous other building plans also to be ‘taken out of the freezer’

President Reuven Rivlin visits an elementary school in Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa, on the first day of the academic year on September 1, 2016. (Photo by Mark Neyman/GPO)

Israeli women better educated than men – but earn less

OECD report shows Israel spends more on education overall, but large student population means it spends less per pupil

Hapoel Beersheba's midfielder Maor Buzaglo (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the Europa League football match against Inter Milan on September 15, 2016 at San Siro Stadium in Milan. (AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE)

Beersheba beats mighty Inter Milan in European soccer

Israel’s unfancied national champions launch Europa League campaign with stunning 2-0 victory in Italy

Israeli Paralympic swimmer Inbal Pezaro (Razi Livnat/Wikipedia)

Swimmer Inbal Pezaro wins Israel’s 3rd Paralympics bronze

29-year-old from Kibbutz Yizrael, paralyzed in her lower torso in childhood, began swimming at age 5

An image taken on September 15, 2016, shows the site of excavations near Tozeur, in southwestern Tunisia, where Tunisian and British researchers say they have unearthed Stone Age tools showing humans lived in the area nearly 100,000 years ago. (AFP PHOTO / AYMEN ZAOUALI)

Tunisian remains prove 100,000-year human presence

By AFP

Researchers says Stone Age tools found at site could help explain spread of Homo sapiens

File: Shimon Peres in Tel Aviv, November 30, 2015 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Peres to remain sedated, condition still ‘serious but stable’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Former president has ‘quiet night,’ his office says, three days after major stroke; no plans to revise treatment

Naturalist Amir Balaban handles a bulbul in front of a group of Sacred Festival participants at the Jerusalem Bird Observatory on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

‘Secret’ tours aim for fresh look at well-trod Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

A Mekudeshet Festival jaunt brings participants to lesser known sites — and people — around the city

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Newly elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan is greeted by well wishers outside City Hall in London, on his first day as mayor, Monday May 9, 2016. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Praying togetherLondon’s Muslim mayor to visit Rahm Emanuel’s shul

By Josefin Dolsten

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce on Monday, September 12, 2016, in Fort Pierce, Florida (St. Lucie Sheriff's Office via AP)

Jewish suspect admits to setting Florida mosque ablaze

By AP

Illustrative: A Students for Justice in Palestine protest at Brooklyn College, CUNY, September 2. 2014. (YouTube screenshot)

Actions of campus pro-Palestinian group not anti-Semitic, probe finds

By JTA

View of the Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, September 3, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox MKs protest Shabbat train work

Illustrative: NATO foreign and defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 14, 2010. (US Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison/DOD/Public Domain/Wikimedia)

Israel’s first ambassador to NATO presents his credentials

Scottsdale City Court (Screen capture: Google Street View)

Getting off easyWoman acquitted of flashing at Arizona bar mitzvah

By JTA

The Jerusalem office of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceuticals (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Teva, Intel join forces to monitor Huntington disease

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of Thuringen bratwurst (YouTube screenshot)

Jewish FrankfurterFirst kosher bratwurst coming to Thuringen

By JTA

Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks at a conference for the Darkenu organization in Rishon Lezion on August 17, 2016. (Neri Lider)

Hebrew Media ReviewMr. Barak goes to the Washington Post

By Adiv Sterman

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