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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 8, 2016

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, in Manheim, Pa. (AP/John Locher)

Amid growing GOP calls to withdraw, Trump says ‘zero chance’ he’ll quit

By Steve Peoples and Jill Colvin

As Republicans panic over his lewd comments on women, nominee vows to ‘never withdraw,’ claims he has ‘tremendous support’

Trump apologizes for shockingly vulgar remarks on women, but calls them ‘a distraction’

By AP and AFP

Trump’s campaign reeling after crude comments on women aired

By Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire

‘Sickened’ by Trump comments on groping women, Ryan cancels joint appearance

By AP

The UN Security Council votes at United Nations Headquarters in New York, December 10, 2015. (AFP/Don Emmert)

Security Council to discuss settlements as ‘obstacle to peace’

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Move comes amid diplomatic tussle between Israel and US over new West Bank homes; Israel’s UN envoy accuses Palestinians of trying to ‘harm Israel’ instead of negotiating

EU questions Israel’s commitment to peace amid approval of new West Bank homes

NY Times: Obama should let UNSC set out peace terms

ICC to decide on Israel-Palestinians probe ‘in due course’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israeli forces next to the security fence on the border between Israel and southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Kite, with camera attached, briefly crosses into Israel from Gaza

Hovering object pulled back into Hamas-run Strip after IDF fires warning shots

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier addresses the media after talks in Berlin on October 15, 2015. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

Germany: US-Russia tensions ‘more dangerous’ than Cold War

By AFP

Foreign Minister Steinmeier sounds alarm after Washington accuses Moscow of staging ‘war crimes’ in Syria

Russia said to deploy nuclear-capable missiles on NATO doorstep

By AFP

US turns up heat on Russia as ties deteriorate

Russia facing Security Council showdown on Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and PHILIP ISSA

Thousands of protesters attend a rally against anti-Semitism near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Sunday, September 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

US bill seeks to keep closer eye on European anti-Semitism

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Bipartisan House measure stresses ‘urgent need’ to ensure safety and security of Europe’s Jewish communities

Swedish lawmaker rapped for decrying Jewish family’s ‘control’ of media

By JTA

Ax-wielding man threatens Jews near Manchester synagogue

By JTA

UK Jews fume as lawyer in ‘whitewash’ anti-Semitism report gets top Labour job

Adolf Hitler (German Federal Archive/Wikimedia Commons)

Early biography comparing Hitler to Jesus was likely written by Fuhrer himself

By AFP

Scottish historian says uncovered documents prove 1923 book pushing messianic image of future dictator ‘almost certainly’ an act of self-promotion

Israelis and visitors from abroad got tattooed at the Israel Tattoo Convention in Tel Aviv. October 7, 2016. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Israelis get distinctively inked at Tattoo Convention

Annual Tel Aviv event is a celebration of body art, which has been growing, gaining acceptance here over past decade

Andrew Silow-Carroll

The Days of Awfulness

At this fateful time, Jews are fervently declaring ‘Hear O Israel, the polls are up, the polls are down’

The day when our souls sing

There’s a word to describe a day of fasting, prayer and repentance and the word is joyful

Jonathan Safran Foer (Jeff Mermelstein/via JTA)

10 awesome tomes for the Days of Awe (and after)

By Victor Wishna

An official vehicle passes along the shoulder of Highway A1A after it was partial washed away by Hurricane Matthew, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, in Flagler Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Weakening but still powerful Matthew plows up Atlantic coast

By BRUCE SMITH and Russ Bynum

Hurricane drops to category 1 storm, with winds dropping by almost half; at least 4 killed in Florida, over 300 in Haiti

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and husband Arash Sadeghi (Facebook photo)

Iran jails woman for 6 years for writing (unpublished) story on stoning

Writer convicted of insulting Islam and spreading propaganda; husband sentenced to 15 years in prison

Police officers surround an apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz, Germany, Saturday Oct. 8, 2016. (Nonstop News via AP)

German police find explosives, detain 3 in search for would-be bomber

By AP

Officials say several hundred grams of explosive materials were hidden in Syrian suspect’s apartment, as hunt continues

Police forensic officers work at the scene of a suicide bombing in Haymana, in the outskirts of the capital Ankara, on October 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

‘Huge disaster’ averted in Turkey as suspects blow themselves up

By Raziye AKKOC

Two men who apparently planned to carry out a massive car bomb attack in Ankara detonate explosives early after being spotted by police

Shani Cooper, diplomatic attaché to the Israeli mission in Ankara, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a reception in the Turkish capital on August 30, 2016. (Courtesy of the Turkish presidency)

Turkey chooses envoy to Israel, in final stage of reconciliation deal

New ambassador named in Turkish media as foreign policy expert Kemal Okem; appointment yet to be officially confirmed

Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, search for victims amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a government forces air strike on the rebel-held neighbourhood of Bustan al-Basha in the northern city of Aleppo, on October 4, 2016. (AFP/Thaer Mohammed)

Syria’s White Helmets: ‘Heroes’ who run towards bombs

By Sara Hussein

Rescue group’s volunteers sprint into clouds of dust and dig through debris to save civilians buried under buildings wrecked by regime strikes

Brian Berman, his wife Dafna Berman, and their children, (from left to right): Noam 11, Nava 6, Ranaan 9, Akiva 1, Eitan 13. (Courtesy Brian Berman)

Gaucher foundation CEO shows disease is no death sentence

By Cathryn J. Prince

Meirav Ben-Ami attending a session of Israel’s Knesset. (Knesset Spokesperson)

Israelis welcome lawmaker’s pregnancy, gay dad included

By Andrew Tobin

Kulanu MK Meirav Ben-Ami says reaction to unconventional pregnancy has been overwhelmingly positive

A wrecked Israeli tank during the early days of the Yom Kippur War (Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli artist recreates Yom Kippur War through new music-listening experience

By Gabe Friedman

More Headlines

From left: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lena Dunham and Hillary Clinton all made public apologies this year. (Getty Images/JTA)

From Trump to Lena Dunham, ‘sorry’ is the hardest word

Moroccan election officials empty a ballot box during the country's parliamentary election in the capital Rabat on October 7, 2016. (AFP/Fadel Senna)

Islamists beat liberals in Morocco elections

Illustrative: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, waves as he is escorted out of the Istishari Hospital in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 6, 2016, following his discharge. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

PA officials: Abbas in good health, but may continue tests in Jordan

By ToI Staff and AP

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch (Courtesy)

Chabad rabbi critically wounded in Ukraine robbery

Defense Minister Shimon Peres (r) with Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin welcoming the released Entebbe hostages upon their return to Israel on July 4, 1976. (Defense Ministry Archives)

Ex-IDF officer says Peres inflated role in Entebbe rescue

Women activists aboard the Zaytouna-Oliva sailboat headed for the Gaza Strip sing a song for Gaza. The boat was intercepted on October 5, 2016 by the Israeli Navy and escorted to the Israeli port of Ashdod. (Screenshot)

Israel deports activists on ‘women’s boat’ for Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

A screenshot from an interview with a man at a Trump rally in Nevada on October 5, 2016, who said the Nazis 'did not mean to gas 6 million people.'

Donald Trump supporters shout down Holocaust denier at rally

By JTA

Residents of the Cuban community of Cecilia, in Guantanamo Province, are evacuated on October 3, 2016 as Hurricane Matthew approaches. (YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)

Rabbi’s High Holidays at Gitmo cut short by Hurricane Matthew

By Gabe Friedman

An illustrative photo of a man praying at a synagogue. (photo credit: Aaron Kalman)

127-year-old Colorado synagogue closes

By JTA

Presidential candidate Norbert Hofer of Austria's far-right Freedom Party waves to supporters during the final election campaign event in Vienna, Austria, on May 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Herr raising fineAustrian far-right pol wins damages over Hitler mustache

By AFP

Illustrative photo of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man participating in a kapparot ritual, in which a chicken is swung over one's head in the belief that one transfers the sins from the past year into the chicken. (Dima Vazinovich/Flash90)

Pecking order SoCal Chabad sued in bid to stop kapparot ritual

By JTA

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