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What Matters Most On Thursday, March 2, 2017

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David Rubinger in 2013; the famed photojournalist died Wednesday, March 1, at age 92 (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

David Rubinger, photographer of the nation, dies at 92

By Jessica Steinberg

The iconic photojournalist, a Viennese gentleman who always had a camera in hand, immortalized modern Israel’s history and enjoyed unique access to its leaders

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (R) with the late David Rubinger at an exhibition of the latter‘s photographs at the Knesset (Photo by Itzak Harari)

Photographer David Rubinger remembered as Israel’s ‘greatest documenter’

Illustrative. An Israeli tank parks in position overlooking the Gaza Strip on December 25, 2013. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Gaza gunfire hits IDF vehicle, prompting tank shelling

By Judah Ari Gross

After third attack in four days, Israeli army strikes two Hamas positions in the northern Strip

Gaza rocket attacks sparked by Hamas crackdown on pro-IS groups – report

UN envoy slams rocket attack from Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross and Jacob Magid

Gaza rocket strikes field south of Ashkelon; none injured

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: The Albany JCC closed briefly due to a bomb scare, January 18, 2017. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)

As bomb scares persist, parents begin pulling kids out of JCCs

By Eric Cortellessa

In Birmingham, Alabama, despite 5 children being withdrawn, administrator finds hope in rising ‘solidarity’ participation among non-Jews

Don't mail it inDallas JCC bomb threat goes to spam folder

Muslim veterans offer to guard Jewish sites across US

By Gabe Friedman

4 Jewish takeaways from Trump’s big speech to Congress

New York City police officers stand guard in Times Square on December 31, 2016. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

New York police: Anti-Semitic incidents nearly doubled over last year

US Jewish leadership group welcomes Trump repudiation of anti-Semitic vandalism; Israel said to again deny entry to Human Rights Watch official

US Secretary of State John Kerry on June 22, 2014 in Cairo. (photo credit: AFP Photo/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI)

In politely devastating critique, Israeli negotiator skewers Kerry for dooming peace talks

By Raphael Ahren

Secretary was determined and committed, writes Michael Herzog, who then details a series of instances where Obama’s top diplomat fostered confusion, misunderstanding, mistrust

Palestinian demonstrators stand on a poster of US President Donald Trump as they protest against his support of Israel and demand for the Israeli army to re-open Shuhada Street near a Jewish settler enclave in the heart of the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, which it has largely closed off to Palestinians, on February 24, 2017. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

Palestinians more pessimistic about peace with Israel under Trump

This microscope image made available by Matthew Dodd in February 2017 shows tiny tubes in rock found in Quebec, Canada. The structures appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began, a new study says. (Matthew Dodd via AP)

In the beginning

Oldest fossils point to life on Earth 4 billion years ago

By Marlowe HOOD

Researchers find ‘direct evidence’ of life 300 million years older than previously thought, only a bit younger than planet

Illustrative: smoke billows following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa on February 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)

Interview

Iran axis in Syria leads Israeli security concerns, top official says

By Raphael Ahren and Judah Ari Gross

Intelligence Ministry chief praises Trump for tough line on Islamic Republic, says Jerusalem hoping for ongoing US involvement in Syrian crisis

Intel chief said to tell MKs war with Hamas, Hezbollah likely not on horizon

By Judah Ari Gross

Islamic State reportedly pushed out of Syria’s Palmyra

Russian jets accidentally bomb US-backed forces in Syria

By AFP

An illustrative photo of three (Welsh corgi) puppies. (Alona Rjabceva/Getty Images)

Puppy Love

Husband seeks divorce: My wife prefers our dogs

Israeli man wants to end his marriage over his wife’s habit of letting their dogs sleep in the bed in order to avoid sex

Bernie (left) and Ed Massey, co-founders of Portraits of Hope, in a laundromat with machines laminated in art by Portraits of Hope. (Laura Paresky Gould)

'Public art should serve a social good'

Colorful brothers’ art activism literally makes the world a brighter place

Using disabled and disadvantaged artists to beautify public spaces, the Portraits of Hope initiative will this weekend hold a 24-hour paint-a-thon to benefit LA animal shelters

Ofra: Shaken ground

Eyewitness to one woman’s refusal to fight the police evacuation of her family home, and at a loss of how to help

Manning up at the Kotel

To the teen girls who drowned out women’s prayers at the Wall: You know better than to commit such immodesty

5 things to do now to help your JCC

You’re not powerless to stand up to hate! Even small acts of support can make all the difference to your community

The Titanic of the French Left

The media’s embrace of a rabid, homophobic Jew-hater exposes moral bankruptcy and blindness to Muslim anti-Semitism

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset on February 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu says he pitched Trump on US exit from UN Human Rights Council

By Tamar Pileggi

In leaked recordings, PM is heard telling Likud MKs he ‘raised issue’ in Washington, calling for ‘delegitimization’ of rights body

Depiction of Iranian soldiers in a scene from the animated Iranian film 'Battle of the Persian Gulf II' (screen capture: YouTube)

Iranian film hails demise of US Navy in imagined Gulf battle

By Nasser Karimi

Director of animated ‘Battle of the Persian Gulf II,’ 4 years in the making, warns Washington of ‘a rain of hot lead’ in response to any attack

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 officers search the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada after an employee received a suspicious phone call that led about 10 people to evacuate the building on February 27, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)

PJ Library helps US kids learn to cope with wave of anti-Semitism

By Cathryn J. Prince

View of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumin, in the West Bank on January 4, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Coalition MKs to renew push for Ma’ale Adumim annexation

By Tamar Pileggi

After delaying efforts to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jerusalem-area settlement at Trump’s request, lawmakers set to introduce controversial bill to Knesset

Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich attends a committee meeting regarding the so-called Regulation Bill, which is designed to avert the court-ordered demolition of the West Bank outpost of Amona by December 25, on November 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Right-wing lawmaker’s home may be built on private Palestinian land

New photos show West Bank house of MK Bezalel Smotrich, initiator of Regulation Law, stands outside state land, Channel 2 reports

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset, July 18, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Attorney general won’t defend contentious outpost law in court

By Tamar Pileggi

Mandelblit will allow a private attorney to represent the state against challenges to the Regulation Law, which recognizes illegal settlements

Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas No. 2 is okay with one democratic state, but says Israel won’t ever be

Mahmoud al-Aloul says PA is communicating with Trump administration, still uncertain about direction of US policy

Elor Azaria's father Charlie, center, mother Oshrat and defense attorney Yoram Sheftel, hold a press conference on March 1, 2017, in Tel Aviv, to announce an appeal against Azaria's 18-month jail term for manslaughter. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

Lawyer accuses army of trying to extort Hebron shooter to drop appeal

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Military rejects claims by Yoram Sheftel, only remaining attorney for Elor Azaria; judges to decide Thursday whether he can stay out of jail until end of hearing

A sign of the polarization of American Jewry: J Street activists deliver a petition to the US Senate opposing the nomination of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel, February 28, 2017. (J Street/JTA)

In the age of Trump, a quandary for US Jewish leaders: Access or resistance

Given the president’s hostility towards the media, a controversial refugee ban, and a spike in anti-Semitism, community leaders divided on whether to engage or oppose the new administration

Illustrative image of a Pakistani woman covering her face in Saudi Arabia (screen capture: YouTube)

2 trans Pakistani women beaten to death by Saudi police

The pair, identified as Amna and Meeno, arrested in a raid with 33 others under law banning cross dressing

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Former Hapoel Jerusalem basketball player Amare Stoudemire seen during the match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem at the National Cup final game in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2017. (Flash90)

Stoudemire apologizes for homophobic comments meant as ‘jokes’

Up to 1,000 engineers in Israel said developing augmented reality for Apple

Illustrative image: Money laundering (iStock)

20 Israelis arrested for multimillion-dollar international fraud

Illustrative photo of milk and chocolate milk cartons. May 3, 2015. (Flash90)

Dairy to be differentUdder confusion as chocolate milk sold as milk

An Israeli airport security guard patrols with a dog in Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ben Gurion Airport experiences delays due to technical glitch

Drake, left, and Jamie Foxx performed at a recent bar mitzvah in the Netherlands. (JTA)

Stage riteDrake, Jamie Foxx perform at glitzy Dutch bar mitzvah

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The nonprofit KamaTech works to promote entrepreneurship in the ultra-Orthodox sector. (Courtesy)

Are Israel’s ultra-Orthodox ready to join the Startup Nation?

By Shoshanna Solomon

This February 10, 2016, file photo shows IDF soldiers keeping watch as a machine drills holes in the ground on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip as they search for tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists planning to attack Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Hebrew media reviewStrip mining for news

By Joshua Davidovich

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