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What Matters Most On Saturday, September 24, 2016

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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)

Netanyahu to meet Clinton, Trump on Sunday

PM to have separate sit-downs with presidential nominees in New York, a day before their televised debate

Kerry: US, Israel can make progress on two-state solution in coming months

PA said mulling Security Council resolution on settlements

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Quartet: Settlements harming chances for two state-solution

By AP, AFP and ToI Staff

Jeremy Corbyn speaks after being reelected as the head of the UK Labour Party, at a party conference in Liverpool on September 24, 2016. (AFP/Oli Scarff)

Jeremy Corbyn easily wins reelection as head of UK Labour Party

By AFP and AP

Hard-left MP, who has seen accusations of anti-Semitism in party soar on his watch, beats rival Owen Smith with almost 62% of vote

Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street in central London on July 13, 2016. (AFP/OLI SCARFF)

British PM hails UK-Israel ties in greeting for Jewish New Year

Law enforcement officers work at the crime scene outside of Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., where several people were fatally shot on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

US police hunting gunman who killed 5 at mall near Seattle

By AFP

Authorities release image of shooter in attack at Cascade Mall in Washington, describing him as Hispanic male wearing gray shirt

Illustrative wedding photo. (JTA)

Orthodox rabbis’ group mandates prenup to prevent ‘chained’ wives

Rabbinical Council of America will require couples to sign agreement ensuring husbands will not withhold a ‘get’ from their spouses

Israeli Chief Rabbinate nixes 4 conversions approved by top US rabbi

By JTA

Religious Services Ministry okays private immersion at ritual baths

US Orthodox Jewish group calls for day of unity to counter political rancor

By JTA

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton (JTA/Drew Angerer/Getty Images) and Republican rival Donald Trump (JTA/Christopher Gregory/Getty Images)

Majority of Americans fear Trump presidency, new poll shows

By Jonathan Lemire and EMILY SWANSON

56% of respondents says they would be ‘afraid’ if GOP nominee were elected; 44% of those polled would feel the same of Clinton

Advisers warn Trump not to get riled by Clinton in debate

In dramatic reversal, Cruz says he’s voting Trump

By Steve Peoples and Will Weissert

Born not to runSpringsteen: Trump an embarrassment to US

By AFP

Crocus flowers dot the grounds of the Kommemiyut Forest. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

Figs, olives, almonds and more: Exploring Israel’s Biblical foliage

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

An abandoned quarry gave rise to the Kommemiyut Forest, where visitors can see the breadth of Israeli flora and learn some historical lessons on the way

A song for the eyes

An artist shares her ‘visual midrash,’ illuminations of the psalms that welcome the Sabbath

Joshua Hammerman

Curses and consequences

This week’s Torah portion reads like a compilation of our greatest fears and nightmares — a Deuteronomic dystopia

Jonathan Pollard, accompanied by his wife Esther, talks to Israel's Channel 1 television in an interview aired Friday, September 23, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)

Jonathan Pollard says it would ‘take a miracle’ to live in Israel

In impromptu street interview with Israeli TV, convicted spy says his health is better since release, wishes viewers ‘Shana Tova’

Leonard Cohen in concert at London’s O2 Arena, September 15, 2013. (Brian Rasic/Getty Images/JTA)

Montreal cantor helps Leonard Cohen on road back to his Jewish roots

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Lehava leader Bentzi Gopstein (circled in red) arguing with a police officer at a choir performance in Jerusalem on September 22 2016. (screen capture: Channel 10)

Far-right extremists arrested for riot at Jerusalem choir event

Lehava chief Bentzi Gopstein, 2nd activist detained after disrupting performance by Armenian Church singers in finale of capital’s arts festival

An Egyptian man reacts upon the arrival of a body along the shore in the Egyptian port city of Rosetta on September 22, 2016, during a search operation after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean. (AFP/Mohamed El-Shahed)

At least 162 bodies recovered from Egypt migrant shipwreck

By AFP

Survivors say up to 450 migrants were on board overcrowded fishing vessel heading toward Italy

A Syrian family leaves the area following a reported airstrike on September 23, 2016, on the al-Muasalat area in the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP/Thaer Mohammed)

Syria regime pounds devastated Aleppo in bid to reclaim city

By AFP

Death toll still unknown as ongoing strikes level buildings and obliterate streets, leaving residents cowering in their homes

Illustrative photo of a Palestinian protester hurling stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes on the Israeli border in eastern Gaza City, October 9, 2015. (AP/Adel Hana)

3 Palestinians said hurt by IDF fire in riots on Gaza border

By Judah Ari Gross

Protests break out along northern, central Strip; army pushes back rioters with live ammo, non-lethal means

In this photo taken Sept. 22, 2016, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Josh Lederman

With possible override looming, president says legislation could open US up to lawsuits by anyone claiming it supports terror

The Amos-6, Israel's largest ever satellite, and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on which it was perched go up in flames after the rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on September 1, 2016. (YouTube screen capture)

SpaceX: Accident points to breach in rocket’s helium system

Falcon rocket, Israel satellite Amos-6 went up in flames on September 1; Elon Musk-owned company says it will resume launches soon

A Tunisian Muslim woman, right, wearing a burkini swimsuit wading in the water on a beach near Tunis, August 16, 2016. (Fethi Belaid/ AFP/Getty Images/JTA)

Analysis

Burkini debate in France exposes a divide in its Jewish community

By Cnaan Liphshiz

People attend the inauguration of '21 Rue de la Boetie,' an exhibition on legendary French art dealer Paul Rosenberg (1881-1959), at the Musee de la Boverie in Liege, Belgium on September 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS)

Art meets history in homage to legendary French Jewish dealer

By Catherine BENNETT

Paul Rosenberg, who represented Matisse and Picasso, was forced to flee Paris in WWII, leaving behind many paintings to be stolen, destroyed or sold by the Nazis

Jacques Stuzalft, left, helps unveil a plaque remembering the rescue of Jewish children of Lille, France, by local railway workers at a ceremony in the northern French city, Sept. 9, 2016. (City of Lille, via Facebook)

French Holocaust survivor seeks honors for his Rosh Hashanah rescuers

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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The Mufti of Mauritania, Sheikh Ahmad Ould Habib al-Rahman, speaking at a sermon on September 16, 2016. (Screen capture MEMRI)

Mauritania’s mufti says Iran’s influence ‘worse than Zionism’

Screenshot from the Israeli film 'Sand Storm.'

In first, Israel selects all-Arabic film as its foreign language Oscars entry

By JTA

Screen shot taken from a speech by Dr. Imad al-Barghouthi at Hamas rally at al-Quds University in Jerusalem in October 2014. He is standing on the far left, and is flanked by a poster honoring Hamas' military wing. (screen capture: YouTube)

From our partnerBritish Muslim charity takes Israel to court

Csanad Szegedi stands in front of a Budapest Synagogue, Hungary, May 30 2014. (Peter Kohalmi/AP)

Former far-right Hungarian pol with Jewish roots is moving to Israel

By JTA

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan lays a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem on September 23, 2016 (photo credit: Steve Kwak, Executive Office of the Governor)

Maryland governor hails trade mission to Israel as success

By AP and ToI Staff

Anthony Weiner in the documentary 'Weiner' (Courtesy of Sundance Institute)

Anthony Weiner under investigation for alleged sexting with a minor

By JTA

A player for the Israeli team in the WBC tournament during a game against Brazil on September 23, 2016. (Screenshot)

Israel shuts out Brazil, advances to final of World Baseball Classic qualifier

By Hillel Kuttler

Leon Cooperman (screen capture: YouTube)

SEC charges NJ Jewish philanthropist with insider trading

By JTA

Brazilian police seize hundreds of kilos of cocaine in a drug raid in Sao Paulo on September 23, 2016, in which an Israeli man was arrested. (screen capture: Ynet)

Israeli arrested in Brazil with 300kg of cocaine — report

Pope Francis waves to faithfuls upon his arrival at Saint Peter square to lead his weekly general audience on September 14, 2016 in the Vatican. (AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI)

Pope to hold multi-faith meeting with Nice attack victims, families

By AFP

Rudolf Mueller, the top candidate of the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in elections in the western state of Saarland next year, poses for a photo in Voelklingen, Germany on July 3, 2016. (Oliver Dietze/dpa via AP, file)

German nationalist probed for selling Nazi-era memorabilia

By AP

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