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What Matters Most On Monday, February 27, 2017

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Executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Malcolm Hoenlein in Jerusalem, February 19, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

Interview

‘Pandemic’ of anti-Semitism taking shape worldwide, even threatens America, warns top US Jewish leader

By Raphael Ahren

‘We saw anti-Semitism in Britain, we saw it in France, and now we see it’s spreading everywhere,’ says Malcolm Hoenlein, calling for global summit to combat the phenomenon. Stresses: ‘Any accusations that Trump is an anti-Semite are unfounded’

Melanie Steinhardt comforts Becca Richman at the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery, February 26, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AFP/Dominick Reuter)

Dozens of gravestones toppled at Philadelphia Jewish cemetery

Israeli spokesperson says ‘desecration is shocking and a source of worry’; US police launch investigation

ADL offers $10,000 for help finding Philadelphia cemetery vandals

Nearly 10 anti-migrant attacks a day in Germany in 2016

By AFP

Peru president, son of Jewish refugee, tells Trump he prefers ‘bridges to walls’

By JTA

"La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz (L) shows the card reading Best Film 'Moonlight" next to US actor Warren Beatty after the latter mistakingly read "La La Land" initially at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON)

‘Moonlight’ wins best picture Oscar after massive flub

By Jake Coyle, AP and ToI Staff

Warren Beatty given wrong envelope, leading Faye Dunaway to accidentally announce ‘La La Land’ as winner

Jewish ‘La La Land’ producer takes starring role in Oscars gaffe

By JTA

Iran’s ‘The Salesman’ wins Oscar as director boycotts

Short film on Syria’s White Helmets wins Oscar

By AFP

Palestinians drive on a road as smoke billows, in the background, following an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 27, 2017. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Israeli jets hit Gaza after overnight rocket attack

By Judah Ari Gross and Sue Surkes

Four Palestinians reported wounded as air force bombs several targets throughout Strip; army says it hit ‘5 Hamas positions’

Rocket from Gaza hits southern Israel in dead of night

By Judah Ari Gross

At least 15 Hamas tunnels extend into Israel, TV report says

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Hamas warns it ‘will not accept Israeli aggression’ in Gaza

By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff

White House press secretary Sean Spicer talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Live updates (closed)

White House condemns ‘cowardly’ cemetery vandalism, threats to Jewish centers

Attorney general upgrades ‘submarines affair’ to full-blown police investigation; Hebron shooting soldier to appeal prison sentence

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas is seen on a TV screen while speaking during a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 27, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

Abbas rejects regional approach, ‘temporary solutions’ to conflict

PA leader tells UN Human Rights Council he’s still open to working with Trump, calls for international protection of Palestinians

Palestinians urge boycott of Israeli military courts

By AFP

UN agency suspends staffer accused of senior Hamas role

By AFP and ToI Staff

PLO’s Tehran envoy says he hopes Iran will produce 1,000 nukes

Efraim Halevy is interviewed by the Times of Israel's David Horovitz, February 26, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Ex-Mossad chief: On thwarting Iran, Netanyahu should be speaking to Putin, not Trump

By Judah Ari Gross

Former spymaster Efraim Halevy shares anecdotes, analysis on Russia, Iran and the Palestinians at sold-out Times of Israel event

Filmmaker to discuss ‘Sand Storm,’ Israel’s Oscar submission, at Times of Israel screening

By Jessica Steinberg

Joint List MK Ayman Odeh speaks to the J Street Annual Conference in Washington, February 26, 2017. (YouTube screen capture)

At J Street confab, top Arab MK takes aim at Israel’s ‘unreliable’ Labor Party

By Eric Cortellessa

Ayman Odeh says Isaac Herzog’s center-left faction is ‘no opposition at all’ to right-wing government, failing to protect civil society

J Street, JCPA gatherings grapple with Jewish advocacy under Trump

At Las Vegas confab, Republican Jews find reasons to like Trump

With Trump at helm, US takes seat at UN rights council

How democracy slips away

The comptroller’s 2014 Gaza war report will prove only the most recent indicator that democratic Israel is in trouble

Sheldon Kirshner

Fake news out of Israel

Minister Ayoub Kara’s tale of a Palestinian state to be set up in Sinai was just a mirage in the desert

Deborah Klapper

Kaddish away from home

Here’s what to do if you must prevent Orthodox women from elevating the souls of their dead in your shul

Guila Benchimol

‘Hung up on this child abuse stuff’

A public figure’s remarks on pedophilia are one reminder why Jewish communities must foster awareness and take action

Illustrative image of a woman reading from the Scroll of Esther. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Orthodox women rabbis don’t ‘count’ in prayer quorums. Should they?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

This file photo taken on November 1, 2010 shows British MP Gerald Kaufman walking past Israeli border police guards at the entrance of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. AFP/HAZEM BADER)

Britain’s oldest MP, Jewish and vociferously anti-Israel, dies aged 86

By ToI Staff and AFP

Gerald Kaufman, who served 47 years in Parliament, urged sanctions against Israel and compared IDF troops to Nazis

Security forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint after a Palestinian woman was shot and wounded to thwart a suspected attack, on February 27, 2017. (Flash90)

Palestinian woman shot approaching checkpoint with ‘object’ in hand

Police say guards at Qalandiya crossing fired at suspect’s leg after she failed to heed their warnings; turns out she did not have knife

Shlomo Pinto at a hearing at a Haifa court on October 14, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Israeli sentenced to 11 years for stabbing man he mistook for Arab

Shlomo Pinto to pay NIS 50,000 compensation to his victim in bungled revenge attack over wave of Palestinian knifings

Likud parliament member Ayoob Kara arrives to a meeting of the Likud secretariat in Maccabiah Village, near Tel Aviv on August 16, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Pro-Hezbollah paper mocks Israeli ‘science fiction minister’ over killer robot claims

By Dov Lieber and Sue Surkes

Ayoub Kara defends widely derided comments about plans to build terminators, says it is ‘known in Israel and overseas’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aboard the new submarine 'Rahav' at the Israeli navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu slams MK’s bid to force criminal probe over submarine affair

Responding to Zionist Union MK Margalit’s petition to High Court, PM says ‘unbridled attack’ is tantamount to obstruction of justice

A Syrian boy hospitalized in Israel has his first taste of matzah on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 (courtesy Ziv Hospital)

Israeli hospitals to stop treating wounded Syrians if no funding found

Medical centers say they will cease treatment for those hurt in civil war unless government reimburses them for costs

Israelis Dalia and Rami Elyakim, who were caught up in the attack at a Christmas market in Berlin on December 19, 2016. Rami was wounded and Dalia was killed in the attack (Image from Facebook)

Israel won’t recognize Berlin casualties as terror victims

Rami Elyakim was badly injured in 2016 Christmas market terror attack that killed his wife Dalia, but is not eligible for compensation

Jewish Home MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli during a Knesset committee meeting, August 16, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

New bill aims to charge left-wing NGOs to access public information

By Raoul Wootliff

MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli’s proposal would exclude foreign-funded groups from Freedom of Information Law, charge them $5 per request

MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli from the Orthodox-nationalist Jewish Home party speaks in front of the Knesset. October 31, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinian convicted of assaulting MK during Temple Mount visit

Shuli Mualem-Refaeli was taking a tour of the Temple Mount in 2014 when a Palestinian woman shoved and shouted her down

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Actor Mahershala Ali, winner of the award for Actor in a Supporting Role for 'Moonlight,' attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Kevork Djansezian/AFP)

Mahershala Ali becomes first Muslim actor to win Oscar

By Frankie TAGGART

Joint (Arab) List MK Basel Ghattas in his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Knesset panel to vote on expelling MK for smuggling phones to jailed terrorists

Illustrative photo of a guard in an Israeli prison (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Israeli paid Colombians to film violent child pornography — court

By Judah Ari Gross

Jewish group cancels Brazil exhibit after theft of paintings by Israeli women

By JTA

Construction in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit, with the Arab village of Wadi Fukin in the foreground, on June 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Man found dead in synagogue in apparent suicide

Trevor Ariza #1 of the Houston Rockets drives against Dante Cunningham #33 of the New Orleans Pelicans and Omri Casspi #18 during the second half of a game at the Smoothie King Center on February 23, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images/AFP)

NBA star Casspi waived by Pelicans after breaking thumb

By JTA

Joe Wapner pictured outside the set of 'The People's Court.' (Screen capture/YouTube)

Joseph Wapner, retired judge who starred on ‘The People’s Court,’ dies at 97

By JTA

Benjamin Netanyahu taking a selfie with troops near the Gaza Border on May 3, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Hebrew media reviewWho warred it better?

By Joshua Davidovich

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