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What Matters Most On Friday, September 23, 2016

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The White House. (Rachael Cerrotti/Flash90)

Study shows US Jewish votes could play decisive role in swing states

By Penny Schwartz

Unprecedented state-by-state research indicates Jews are mostly Democrats, not necessarily ‘liberal,’ could swing election in a tight race

Famed Holocaust historian ‘will quit US’ if Trump elected

By AFP

Two former US ambassadors to Israel sign letter opposing Trump

By Eric Cortellessa

Sweet analogy, broTrump Jr. defends refugee Skittles comment

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly on Thursday, September 22, 2016 (screen capture)

In fiery UN speech, Netanyahu invites Abbas to address Knesset

PM pans Palestinian incitement, urges new talks; also slams Iran as biggest threat to world, terms Human Rights Council a ‘joke’

Abbas official: Netanyahu’s invitation to address Knesset ‘bluff’

Opposition MKs slam Netanyahu’s ‘hypocritical’ UNGA speech

Full text of Netanyahu’s speech at 2016 UN General Assembly

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets leaders and representatives of African states on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 22, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

At UN, Netanyahu meets 15 African leaders to talk tech, rapprochement

Israel’s efforts to rekindle ties throughout the continent, including in Muslim-majority states, looms large at global gathering in NY

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits down with his staff prior to his address at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, September 22, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Analysis

Though a perennial pessimist, Netanyahu dreams of peace in our time

By Raphael Ahren

‘Everything will change and a lot sooner than you think,’ PM tells the UN, arguing that even Arab leaders are embracing Israel. But their public statements are as vile as ever

File: Border Police officers at the scene of an attempted stabbing attack near the entrance to the Kiryat Arba settlement, September 23, 2016. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Soldiers foil stabbing at Kiryat Arba bus stop — army

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian teenager shot, seriously wounded as he tries to attack Israelis outside West Bank settlement

In clip, 2 soldiers seen torching Palestinian property in Nablus

Palestinian teen accused of attempting ‘suicide by soldier’ denies wanting to die

Jordan’s Brotherhood back in parliament after vote

By AFP

At the ordination ceremony for the first cohort of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis, Rabba Noga Brenner Samia accepts her certificate from Rabbi Donniel Hartman of the Shalom Hartman Center and Dr. Moti Zeira, CEO of HaMidrasha at Oranim on September 20, 2016. (Netanel Tobias)

'Create for yourself a rabbi, obtain for yourself a comrade'

Jerusalem ordination of secular Jews seeks to ‘redeem’ the word ‘rabbi’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Egalitarian and pluralistic, the first cohort of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis is set to lead Israelis in the promised land on their own terms

We are what we remember

That ‘wandering Aramean’ from the Passover haggadah makes the long Jewish memory a religious duty (Ki Tavo)

Jennifer Geretz

Is “partnership minyan” an oxymoron?

How men supporting women’s participation in shul creates a paradigm shift in what ‘Jewish community’ is all about

Education and hope in the Arab world

The underdiscussed case of how the Palestinians became one of the most educated people in the Middle East

The power of memory at the UN

71 years after Auschwitz, justice remains critical, as unknown Holocaust details come to light and survivors pass on

Mark Zuckerberg speaking at the Samsung Electronics Co. Unpacked launch event ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 21, 2016. (JTA/Pau Barrena/Bloomberg)

NY judge raps Facebook for not taking suit by Israeli terror victims seriously

Nicholas Garaufis says it’s ‘outrageous, irresponsible and insulting’ that social media giant would send first-year attorney to defend case

US President Barack Obama speaks at the US-Africa Business Forum at the Plaza Hotel, September 21, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Obama to veto bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia

By Andrew BEATTY

A New York City police officer standing guard outside Grand Central Station in New York City, Sept. 20, 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via JTA)

After bombings, New Yorkers cop an Israeli attitude: ‘Stuff’ happens

By Andrew Tobin

Israel's Ofek-11 spy satellite takes off from Palmachim air base in central Israel on September 13, 2016. (Ministry of Defense Space Administration)

Despite initial woes, new Israeli spy satellite beams back first pictures

By Judah Ari Gross

Engineers on the ground worked non-stop to fix spacecraft, which did not function properly after launch, Defense Ministry says

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 22, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD)

Abbas warns two-state solution at risk, calls for UN action

PA president points finger at Israel’s settlement construction; calls Holocaust ‘one of the most heinous crimes’ in history

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 22, 2016 (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)

Full text of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech at the UN

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on September 22, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Rouhani blames ‘Zionists’ for US ‘violations’ of nuclear deal

Agreement with world powers ‘confirms’ peaceful nature of Islamic republic’s nuclear program, Iranian president tells UN General Assembly

Syrians search for victims at the scene of a reported airstrike on the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on September 10, 2016. (AFP Photo/Omar Haj Kadour)

Leaked text of US-Russia Syria ceasefire deal

By AP

Document was kept under wraps, even though fragile truce has apparently broken down already

US President Barack Obama, left, and firsl Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One, Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Michelle Obama passport scan appears online in apparent hack

By Josh Lederman

White House says it’s looking into cyber breach as Secret Service expresses concern; officials won’t comment on authenticity

South Sudanese government forces ride on a vehicle, January 12, 2014. (AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin, File)

High Court hears arguments against spy tech sales to South Sudan

By Judah Ari Gross

Meretz MK Zandberg behind case to prevent Israeli ‘surveillance weapons’ from being used against political dissidents; details of the trial under gag order

Members of the right-wing Azov group in Loshchynivka, Ukraine, on August 28, 2015. (Courtesy of Marianna Zlobina)

In Ukraine, Jews witness historic echoes in pogroms against the Roma

More Headlines

President Barack Obama jokes with actor, comedian and writer Mel Brooks as he awards him the 2015 National Medal of Arts during a ceremony in the White House in Washington DC, September 22, 2016. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Blazing artistsDid Mel Brooks try to pull down Obama’s pants?

By AP and ToI Staff

Jewish Labour Party MP Ruth Smeeth (screen capture: YouTube)

Jewish MP to bring bodyguard to UK Labour Party confab

By JTA

The residence hall at San Jose State University where swastikas were painted by vandals (YouTube screenshot)

California college students vandalize dorms with swastikas

By AP

French writer Yasmina Reza performing in the play 'Dans la luge d'Arthur Schopenhauer' at the Ouvert Theater in Paris, September 22, 2006. (AFP/Fred Dufour)

The tears and laughter of Yasmina Reza’s lost Babylon

By Fiachra GIBBONS

The installation 'Crisalidas' by Jorge Gil is pictured during a press presentation for the 'Golem' exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Mystic golem spotlighted in Berlin Jewish Museum exhibit

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Marla Maples, right, the ex-wife of Donald Trump, speaking with Dalila, the wife of Druze Sheikh Abu-Ruchon Hussein, at the Kabbalah international conference in Tel Aviv, Sept. 19, 2004. (Heidi Levine/Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

All in the familyTrump’s second wife, a Christian, keeps kosher and Shabbat

By JTA

A view of the Blue Sky restaurant at the Carlton Tel Aviv, which was recently designated as Israel's best business hotel by World Travel Awards (Courtesy Gad Halperin Lighting)

Tel Aviv’s Carlton named best business hotel in Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 22, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Hebrew media reviewA farce on the international stage

By Adiv Sterman

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