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What Matters Most On Tuesday, November 22, 2016

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Attendants at the National Policy Institute's annual conference give Nazi salutes as NPI head Richard Spencer speaks of white supremacy, on November 19, 2016 (YouTube screenshot)

‘Hail Trump’ and Nazi salutes abound as alt-right leader champions white supremacy

At National Policy Institute conference in DC, Richard Spencer ‘hails’ Trump victory, appears to allude to Jewish power controlling national media

After Nazi salutes, Trump camp denounces racism, but not alt-right

By Stuart Winer

NY governor orders statewide hate crimes unit after rise in attacks

By JTA

A former neo-Nazi warns against complacency in new Trump era

By Cathryn J. Prince

Mahmoud al-Zahar speaks at a Hamas rally in Gaza on December 14, 2015. (YouTube screenshot)

Hamas official says Trump may be a Jew

Gaza’s Mahmoud al-Zahar claims president-elect ‘loves the Jewish religion, and the most important thing in the Jewish religion is Jewish money’

Eddie Redmayne and J. K. Rowling attend the European premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' at Odeon Leicester Square on November 15, 2016 in London, England. (Karwai Tang/WireImage)

Why ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is an allegory about anti-Semitism

By Gabe Friedman

First outing in Harry Potter spin-off series alludes to the rampant xenophobia and fear of the post-war 1920s

Protesters set fire to an effigy of an Orthodox Jew during an anti-migrant protest in the Polish town of Wroclaw in November 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)

Polish man jailed for burning effigy of ultra-Orthodox Jew

By JTA

Dummy sporting black hat, beard and sidecurls set alight during demonstration against absorption of Muslim refugees

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a Channel 2 interview screened November 21, 2016 (Channel 2 screenshot)

Seething Erdogan accuses Israel of ‘barbarism’ in TV interview timed to mark warming of ties

‘I don’t agree with what Hitler did and I also don’t agree with what Israel did in Gaza,’ says Turkish president, when asked about his 2014 comparison

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen (YouTube screenshot)

Hitler comparisons mar Austrian presidential election

By AFP

This photo taken on November 21, 2016 at the Bubb Kuyper auction house in Haarlem shows a rare handwritten poem by Anne Frank, penned shortly before she went into hiding from the Nazis, addressed to "Cri-Cri" or Christiane van Maarsen, signed by the Jewish teenager and dated March 28, 1942. (AFP PHOTO/Maude BRULARD)

Lost Anne Frank poem unearthed, put up for sale

By Maude Brulard

Short ode to friend was penned in March 1942, months before family went into hiding: ‘If others have reproached you for what you have done wrong…’

Image of a fire on the outskirts of Zichron Yaakov on November 22, 2016. (Credit: Israeli police spokesperson's unit)

Numerous homes destroyed as major blaze hits Zichron Yaakov

Eight people, including 10-day old, treated for smoke inhalation; residents of Givat Eden neighborhood ordered to evacuate; fire in nearby Atlit causes school to clear out

A forest fire rages outside Neve Shalom, November 22, 2016. (Israel Police)

Coexistence community evacuated as fire erupts nearby

Illustrative: A view of the upscale Mamila neighborhood in Jerusalem, on October 27, 2015. Most of the luxury apartments are owned by foreign residents or by Israelis who use them as vacation homes. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

'If you have capital, you're fine. But if you don't...'

Who is rich? In Israel, it’s he who owns an apartment

By Simona Weinglass

Wages have not increased in real terms since 2000, while housing prices more than doubled, a Taub Center study shows. As a result, hard work and talent are less likely to get you ahead than already possessing wealth

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox women at an Israeli high-tech company (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Being docile at work doesn’t pay, especially for women, study shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

The squeaky wheel gets the salary, Tel Aviv researchers say, but even demanding women still earn less than men

Ceramicist and 'The Hare With Amber Eyes' author Edmund de Waal (Ben McKee)

Interview

How tiny Japanese sculptures prompted a quest into Jewish roots — and Nazi looting

By Renee Ghert-Zand

On emotional first visit to Israel, Edmund de Waal, heir to the mighty Ephrussi banking dynasty wiped out by Nazis, says his bestselling ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes’ is his proactive means of restitution

Joshua Teitelbaum

What liberals must do (after the shiva)

Writing from Israel to the American Jews who share his politics: Get a grip and get out of your safe spaces

Marc D. Angel and Avi Weiss

Thou shalt not oppress the convert

If the RCA abandons its members to kowtow to Israel’s Rabbinate, it’s the halachic Jews they converted who will suffer

Talking to pictures

On the permanency of loss and the value of memories in overcoming the pain it inflicts

Boris Krichevsky

Lessons from Russia, with love

Calling on his fellow US educators to teach young Americans how government works and how to be critical historians

Education Minister Naftali Bennett during a plenum session in the Knesset, November 16, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett met Trump aides, urged alternative to two-state plan

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Education minister’s recent sit-downs with new administration officials likely behind Netanyahu’s order that cabinet members not contact Trump team

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump meeting at Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu bans ministers from speaking to Trump administration

Iraqi forces wear gas masks for protection as smoke billows in the background after Islamic State (IS) group jihadists torched Mishraq sulphur factory, near the Qayyarah base, about 30 kilometres south of Mosul, during an operation to retake the main hub city from IS on October 22, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Islamic State has used chemical weapons 71 times, group charges

Analysts warn liberation forces approaching jihadist-held Mosul could face chlorine and mustard gas attacks

A general view of Times Square at night, Manhattan, New York City, USA,. June 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Islamic State sought truck attack in Times Square, court hears

By AP

US man arrested after joining terror group told associate of plans for operation mirroring attack in Nice, France, that killed more than 80, prosecutor says

A photo taken on November 21, 2016 shows La Grande Roue ferris wheel in Paris after the Christmas lights of the Champs Elysees avenue were officially switched on during a ceremony. (AFP PHOTO / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT)

US warns of heightened European terror risk over holidays

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustrative image of a female IDF tank instructor during an exercise on January 1, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF stands by integration of women, after spate of condemnations

Army spokesman Moti Almoz praises female soldiers’ motivation and desire to contribute, says they are fully part of people’s army

Public Security Gilad Erdan attends a conference on the Temple Mount, held at the Israeli parliament on November 07, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Amona settlers won’t violently oppose demolition, security minister says

By Marissa Newman

Gilad Erdan says outpost residents ‘will not lift a hand against a policeman’; still hopes razing of site can be avoided

Israeli security forces near the body of Palestinian man who was shot and killed while trying to stab an Israeli police officer, at tye Qalandiya Checkpoint near Ramallah, November 22, 2016. (Credit: Flash90)

Palestinian killed while trying to stab guard at crossing — police

By Joshua Davidovich and Judah Ari Gross

Knife man dies of wounds after being shot during tussle with guard at Qalandiya checkpoint near Jerusalem; no Israelis hurt

File: Members of the Arab Joint List at the Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran on November 22, 2016. (Courtesy Joint List spokesperson)

Demolition of Bedouin village delayed after protest, appeal

Joint List politicians say rally at Umm al-Hiran led to postponement, vow to continue ‘struggle’ to keep bulldozers away; police say court must still decide on case

Marine Le Pen, head of France’s far-right party, attending a rally in Paris, May 1, 2011. (Franck Prevel/Getty Images)

Is Europe’s far right experiencing a ‘Trump effect’?

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Mainstream media, having got Trump and Brexit wrong, wary when assessing impact for would-be populist presidents Le Pen, Wilders and Hofer

Iran's Arak heavy water reactor (photo credit: Hamid Foroutan/ISNA/AFP)

Iran says it has moved 11 tons of heavy water to Oman

By AP

Transfer comes after Iran exceeded its permitted limit of substance, marking its second violation of nuke deal this year

Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt court quashes Morsi life sentence over Hamas espionage

By AFP

In second legal victory for deposed president, appeals bench overturns prison term, orders retrial on charges he spied for Iran and Palestinian terror group

David Shimron in Tel Aviv on February 17, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Report: PM’s lawyer spoke to government figures on behalf of German firm

By Alexander Fulbright

Despite denial, David Shimron allegedly contacted Defense Ministry’s legal adviser on behalf of ThyssenKrupp, requested that detrimental tender be canceled

Michael Rubenfeld weds Magda Koralewska in Krakow, Poland on April 1, 2015. (Katka Reszke)

On Poland trip seeking roots, Canadian actor finds wife and new life

By Renee Ghert-Zand

More Headlines

Lt. Col. Dr. Avraham Yitzhak, poised to take over as medical officer of the Southern Command and become the IDF's first colonel to come from the Ethiopian community. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

In first, IDF taps member of Ethiopian community for colonel

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 6, 2016. (Emil Salman/POOL)

TA resident says PM threatening to sue him for Facebook post

Rabbi Eliezer Berland covers himself with his talit (prayer shawl) at the Magistrate Court in Jerusalem where he was sentenced to prison for indecent acts and assault, on November 22, 2016. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Popular rabbi convicted of sexual assault sentenced to 18 months

Chris Martin (second from left) and the rest of the members of Coldplay, pictured in India for the Global Citizen Festival in November 2016 (Courtesy Global Citizen)

And it was all yellowColdplay’s Chris Martin scopes out Israeli desert

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative. Shabbat candlesticks. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Guess who's coming to dinnerShabbat meals touted as forum for post-election healing

By JTA

Bana Alabed and her mother tweeting from war-torn Syria. October 7, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube).

The girl who tweeted Syrian girl has magical exchange with J.K. Rowling

Illustrative photo of an agricultural field in Israel, May 2013 (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Israel fund to raise $50m to invest in ag-tech projects

A man removes cash from a Bank Leumi ATM machine in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israeli bank becomes first to use behavioral biometrics to secure credit card

By AP

Facebook's Ime Archibong (left); Malvina Goldfeld (center) and Adi Soffer Teeni in Facebook's Tel Aviv office (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Israel tech ‘splash’ felt in Silicon Valley, FB official says

By Shoshanna Solomon

UK Israel Tech Hub delegation of Israeli entrepreneurs at the Prime Minister's Office in London, May 2016 (Courtesy: British Embassy Israel)

UK, India tech firms call for Israel-style tech hub

By Shoshanna Solomon

The female soldiers of the Jordan Lions Battalion during their swearing-in ceremony in February 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit.)

Hebrew media reviewSisters (up) in arms

By Joshua Davidovich

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