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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 11, 2017

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US President Donald Trump on February 3, 2017 (L); Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on January 30, 2017 (Mandel Ngan/AFP; Zacharias Abubeker/AFP)

Palestinians: Trump to brief Abbas after Netanyahu meeting

Officials in Washington reportedly tell PA intelligence chief that president is reconsidering embassy move to Jerusalem

US ‘has allayed Palestinian fears’ on embassy move, settlements

Trump to Israeli paper: Settlements are ‘not a good thing for peace’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Dershowitz would defend Israel in The Hague over outpost law

Former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad, seen here when still in office, heads a cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, April 16, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

US blocks appointment of former Palestinian PM as UN envoy to Libya

By AFP

Nikki Haley against tapping Fayyad for high-level position, says it would signal full membership for Palestine at United Nations

Palestinians condemn US ‘blatant discrimination’ in veto of ex-PM as UN Libya envoy

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israel hails new era at UN as US blocks Palestinian from key post

By ToI Staff and AFP

Palestinian arrested carrying handgun near settlement

Michael Bennett in 2014 (Jeffrey Beall/ Wikimedia/ Creative Commons)

2 NFL stars pull out of Israel government publicity trip

By Gavin Rabinowitz

Michael Bennett, Kenny Stills quit Holy Land tour, say they don’t want to be ‘used’ by the Israeli government

The main cast of 'Girls' at a New York Times TimesTalks event. From left to right: Allison Williams, Lena Dunham, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke. (Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic via Getty Images)

Yiddishe maidelech

An ode to ‘Girls,’ Lena Dunham and modern Jewish neuroticism

By Gabe Friedman

The writer and star has been in turns lauded and vilified. As the once-iconic show wraps up, here is a reflection on the series that was briefly the voice of a generation

Illustrative: A man stands outside the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Jerusalem rabbinical court says spousal abuse not grounds for divorce

By JTA

Woman makes unusual appeal to attorney general after rabbis deny her motion to leave husband, blaming her divorce request itself for violent episode

Leonard Bernstein and daughter, left, with Lilian Hochhauser. (Courtesy)

'As long as I can keep going, and I enjoy it, I will'

At 90 and with stories to tell, this British impresario still presents cultural legends

By Jenni Frazer

Lilian Hochhauser, historic promoter of Russian artists in Britain, continues to toil in her latest project: a three-week run from the acclaimed Mariinsky dance company

Mitchell Rocklin

Why the OU barred female clergy

Open Orthodoxy is beyond the pale of Orthodoxy; no Jewish legal authority supports women rabbis

The power of the spirit

The Red Sea split conveys multiple understandings, as maturing readers shift focus from miracle to freedom (Beshalach)

Democratic district leader of the 45 Assembly District in Brooklyn, Ari Kagan. The 45 district contains a large and influential Russian-Jewish population. (Courtesy)

When it comes to supporting the US president, former Soviet Jews say Israel trumps all

By Cathryn J. Prince

Due to his perceived strength, the Russian-speaking community has long-backed Donald Trump — but there’s one red line he mustn’t cross

Elliott Abrams testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump reportedly nixes Elliott Abrams as State Department’s top deputy

By Eric Cortellessa

After learning of the former diplomat’s past criticism of his candidacy, president pulled the plug on appointment, CNN says

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend part of the weekend with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago resort on February 10, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump warns Iran president he ‘better be careful’

By AFP and ToI Staff

US president, Rouhani trade barbs on anniversary of 1979 revolution as Iranian officials dismiss White House’s rhetoric

French far right National Front (FN) political party leader Marine Le Pen, member of the European Parliament, and candidate for the 2017 French Presidential elections presents her New Year's wishes to the press at her campaign Presidential headquarters, in Paris, France, January 4, 2017. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

French Israelis fume at Le Pen’s plan to ban dual citizenship

By AFP and ToI Staff

Head of group representing nation’s immigrants to Israel calls comments by far-right presidential candidate an attempt ‘to destroy identity of French Jews’

A Danish and an Israeli flag seen among flowers and candles honoring the victims of a shooting attack outside the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 15, 2015. (AFP/Odd Andersen)

Danish teen charged with plotting to bomb Jewish school

By AP

16-year-old girl was arrested in January, is accused of ‘having made preparations to make bombs’ to attack two schools

Illustrative: An image taken from a video clip released by the Sinai affiliate of the Islamic State group on August 1, 2016. (MEMRI)

Analysts: Islamic State rocket attack on Eilat was PR, not a sign of things to come

By Judah Ari Gross

Experts say recent barrage on Israel notwithstanding, Egypt is still group’s main adversary — threatening the Jewish state simply sells

Illustrative: An image taken from a video clip released by the Sinai affiliate of the Islamic State group on August 1, 2016. (MEMRI)

IS executes 5 Egyptians accused of aiding army

By AFP

Photos show five men lying face down before a gunman shoots them in the back of their heads with an assault rifle

The Red Sea islands of Tiran, in the foreground, and Sanafir, in the background, sit at the the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images, via JTA)

Leaks show Egypt consulted Israel over transfer of Red Sea islands

Israel had to give assent for transfer to Saudi Arabia because the two islands figure prominently in 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara) attend a memorial ceremony for Ron Nahman, the founder of Ariel, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank on February 2, 2017 in Ariel. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Police said weighing whether to accuse PM of accepting bribe

TV report says probe on alleged illicit gifts set for completion in 4-6 weeks, with recommendation to indict Netanyahu; details emerge from Sara Netanyahu’s questioning

Joe Feingold and Brianna Perez in the Oscar-nominated short documentary 'Joe's Violin.' (Screenshot via JTA)

Try not to cry during this Oscar-nominated film about a survivor and his violin

By Curt Schleier

More Headlines

The Roddick Gates, the main entrance to McGill University. (CC BY-SA 3.0 Gene.arboit / Wikipedia)

Canadian student leader urges Twitter users to ‘punch a Zionist today’

By JTA

President of Rome's Jewish community, Ruth Dureghello (courtesy)

Italian judge: Soccer chants about Jews not hate speech

By JTA

Nahal Prat (Wadi Kelt), a nature reserve and park in the Judean desert, Israel (Public domain/Wikipedia)

Body found in West Bank nature reserve, police suspect foul play

This file photo taken on June 17, 2016 shows former Peruvian President (2001-2006) Alejandro Toledo speaking during a discussion on Venezuela and the OAS at The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Mandel Ngan)

Peru hunts ex-president Toledo over graft claims, fears he may flee to Israel

By Moises AVILA

Volunteers pour water on pilot whales during a mass stranding at Farewell Spit on February 11, 2017.
(AFP/Marty Melville)

Rescuers work to save hundreds of whales in New Zealand day after mass beaching

By Marty MELVILLE

Alexander Rapaport, rear left, attending a protest at New York City Hall after presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the US, Dec. 9, 2015. (Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Orthodox soup kitchen loses donors after director helps Yemeni neighbors

By Josefin Dolsten

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in Facebook post he published on Friday. (Screen capture Facebook)

In new video, PM boasts of steps to strengthen Arab minority

The Miami Marlins during a game against the Washington Nationals at Marlins Park in Miami, Fla., April 21, 2016. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images via JTA)

Eye on the ballKushner family in talks to buy Miami Marlins

By JTA

Experts check the location where an unexploded World War II bomb was found 5 meters (over 16 feet) deep, at a gas station in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2016. Authorities in Greece's second-largest city on Sunday are planning to evacuate up to 60,000 residents from their homes so experts can safely dispose of the unexploded World War II bomb. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greeks prep for big evac to dispose of WWII bomb

By COSTAS KANTOURIS

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