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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 6, 2017

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Rabbi Dr. Amy Wallk Katz (left) leads as Rabbi Steven Wernick (far right), CEO of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, prays at the Western Wall plaza, in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 7, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Interview

‘Betrayed’ by freeze, Conservative head vows fight for Western Wall deal he never sought

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Rabbi Steven Wernick says Netanyahu recruited progressive Jews to find a compromise for the holy site; now that the PM has reneged, world Jewry won’t be silent

A group of American Conservative and Reform rabbis and the Women of the Wall movement members hold Torah scrolls during a protest march against the government’s failure to deliver a new prayer space, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, November 2, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Fed-up Reform leaders are thinking twice about their donations to Israel

Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai attends a meeting of the lobby for strengthening ties with the Jewish world, held at the Knesset, June 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset rejects bill requiring non-Orthodox Western Wall prayer section

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at an event celebrating 25 years of relations between Israel and India, at the Convention Center in Tel Aviv, on July 5, 2017.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

In Tel Aviv, jubilant Indian Israelis go gaga for Modi

By Marissa Newman

Featuring Bollywood acts and love songs to Israel, celebration with visiting PM draws thousands, as local Jewish community shows admiration for New Delhi and Jerusalem

Netanyahu accepts Modi invite to India as leaders ink cooperation deals

By Raphael Ahren and AFP

Orphan saved from Mumbai terror attack tells Modi he wants to return

In visit focused on economy, Netanyahu, Modi quietly talk terror

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi visit the water desalination plant at Olga beach, on July 6, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Barefoot bromance

Beach stroll by Modi, Netanyahu makes internet waves

By AFP

At Haifa’s Olga Beach, two premiers get their feet wet, see demonstration of mobile desalination unit

Clockwise from left: Marci Cohen, left, and Gina Jorasch 45 minutes before a match; a tennis player warms up at the Kfar Maccabiah facilities; athletes get ready to compete. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)

Maccabiah 2017The games draw 10,000 athletes and over 20,000 fans

Opening Thursday, the ‘Jewish Olympics’ is now world’s third largest sporting event

By Yaakov Schwartz

As athletes gear up for 20th Maccabiah Games, a roaming reporter has a surreal time getting pinned by an 80-year-old in the Kfar Maccabiah ‘Olympic Village’

Summer in Jerusalem: English activities for visitors to The Tower of David Museum

Zionist Union MK Shelly Yachimovich arrives to the Tel Aviv District Court for her appeal asking to stop the vote counting process, claiming ballot tampering in the elections to the head of the Histadrut labor union, May 25, 2017. (Flash90)

Former Labor leader backs Gabbay in leadership bid

Shelly Yachimovich gives her support to former environmental protection minister, who will face Amir Peretz in runoff

Labor candidate Gabbay: Herzog to remain opposition head if I win

AnalysisLabor Party looks to rebrand with leadership vote

Neither Gabbay nor Peretz would drag Labor out of third place, polls say

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit the American aircraft carrier, 'George HW Bush," which is anchored near the Haifa coastline in Israel, July 3, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Interview

US warship visit marks ‘deepening cooperation’ on regional threats, top officer says

By Raoul Wootliff

The world’s largest aircraft carrier’s sojourn off the coast of Haifa is ‘proof and testimony’ of a unique military relationship, says the man in charge of maintaining it

A scientist collects concrete samples from the Roman era Portus Cosanus pier in Orbetello, Italy (JP Oleson)

How have Roman structures lasted so long? New research finds concrete answers

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Ancient Israeli coastal city of Caesarea composed of surprising mortar recipe, Utah University geologist discovers

Professor Mary Aiken says anonymity online can be good, but also warns of a "tsunami of criminality" coming soon on the internet. (YouTube screenshot)

Internet’s invisibility cloak foments crime, pioneering cyber-shrink says

By Shoshanna Solomon

Irish cyber-psychologist Mary Aiken, who inspired TV’s ‘CSI: Cyber,’ says we must measure kids’ tech prowess and identify those at risk of becoming teen hackers

Women seek out 'Sperminator' Ari Nagel for his tall stature, blue eyes, and high sperm count. (Facebook)

Interview

‘Sperminator’ Ari Nagel spreads more seed on recent Israel visit

By Renee Ghert-Zand

He’s fathered 26 — with 7 on the way — but this formerly Orthodox man continues to give his gametes away for free

Erris Langer Klapper

‘How can you send your child to Israel?’

Asked what kind of mother would put her son in harm’s way, she answered with another question

Avidan Freedman

Six million plus one

Israel makes money off the suffering of millions by supporting South Sudan’s terror, and only one person is protesting

Donniel Hartman

Mr. Netanyahu, you divide our people

Israel must break the Orthodox monopoly on religion to live up to its claim of being home for all Jews

All of the Sea Israel aquarium tanks, which are filled with artificial seawater, also mimic the natural habitats of the mostly local fish (Jessica Steinberg/ Times of Israel)

Landlocked Jerusalem aims to hook visitors with exotic aquarium

By Jessica Steinberg

In this July 23, 2015 file photo, Ranking Member Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. is seen during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill to review the Iran nuclear agreement. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Top Democrat urges Trump to appoint anti-Semitism envoy, Jewish liaison

By Eric Cortellessa

Maryland Senator Ben Cardin asks White House to ensure Jewish affairs positions be filled immediately amid spike in anti-Semitic incidents

A picture taken on June 13, 2017, shows Palestinian children at home reading books by candle light due to electricity shortages in Gaza City. (AFP/ THOMAS COEX)

Palestinians overwhelmingly oppose Abbas pressure on Gaza

Poll shows majority of Strip’s residents support Hamas-Dahlan deal, but Fatah strongman still has paltry support for presidency

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh greets supporters during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Hamas militant group in Jebaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, December 12, 2014 . (AP/Adel Hana)

Hamas leader hails turning of ‘new page’ with Egypt

Ismail Haniyeh says Trump ‘trying to eliminate Palestinian issue’

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot addresses the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on July 5, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Israel engaged in wide effort against enemy rockets, says IDF chief

By Stuart Winer

Eisenkot tells Knesset committee that IDF now more capable than it has ever been, working to stop Hezbollah obtaining accurate missiles

Border Police officer Hadas Malka, who was killed on June 16, 2017, in a stabbing attack near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)

Probe into deadly Damascus Gate attack said to fault officers

June 16 shooting and stabbing spree by three Palestinian terrorists that killed Sgt. Hadas Malka could have been prevented, investigators find

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to the IDF West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El. January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Netanyahu torpedoes bill forcing hand on Beit El settlement construction

MK Bezalel Smotrich, who introduced the legislation, says move proves PM, not US, is behind alleged West Bank building freeze

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Republican congressman Clay Higgins addresses supporters after his victory in Louisiana's 3rd congressional district run-off election in Lake Charles, Louisiana, December 10, 2016. (Lee Celano/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

Congressman apologizes to those hurt by gas chamber video

By Kevin McGill

Pope Francis stands on the popemobile as he arrives for a weekly general audience at St Peter's square on June 28, 2017 in Vatican. (AFP/Vincenzo PINTO)

Cardinal sinsCops bust drug-fueled gay orgy in Vatican City

By Stuart Winer

Asher Faraj seen in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on March 15, 2017. (Flash90)

Holocaust survivor who burned nurse to death is fit for trial

Illustrative photo (KatarzynaBialasiewicz via iStock by Getty images)

Three teens held for alleged sexual assault of girl with autism

Axl Rose (L), lead singer, and Slash, guitarist of the US rock band Guns N' Roses, perform during a concert at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / TT News Agency / Vilhelm STOKSTAD)

Break down and cryGuns N’ Roses set for Israel’s biggest ever concert

Labor party leader Isaac Herzog arrives with his wife Michal to casts his vote at a polling station in Tel Aviv on July 4, 2017.(Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewSitting on the fence

By Adiv Sterman

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