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What Matters Most On Friday, August 11, 2017

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a security briefing on August 10, 2017, at his Bedminster National Golf Club in New Jersey. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

Trump warns US ‘locked and loaded’ to respond to North Korean threat

By Eric Talmadge

As tensions mount, Pyongyang finalizes plans to launch missile salvo towards US territory of Guam while Washington and Seoul prepare major military drill

As tensions soar, S. Korean media urge nuclear arms

Mattis says US wants diplomatic solution for N. Korea

By AP

Trump says warning to North Korea maybe ‘wasn’t tough enough’

By AFP

Denis Shapovalov, of Canada, salutes the crowd after defeating Rafael Nadal, of Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, in Montreal. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Israel-born teen upsets tennis champ Nadal’s bid to return to no. 1

By AP and ToI Staff

Denis Shapovalov, 18, of Ontario becomes the youngest player to beat an opponent ranked in the top two in the world since Nadal beat Federer in 2004

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 25, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

PA chief Abbas issues decree curbing free speech online

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

Ramallah has blocked 30 websites in the past month, most of them belonging to Palestinian leader’s main rivals Mohammed Dahlan and Hamas

Waqf says Israel didn’t damage any historic items on Temple Mount

Palestinians hurl stones at IDF soldiers in West Bank

Israeli forces arrest 5 Palestinians said on way to terror attack

By Judah Ari Gross

Jeffrey Lord on CNN. (Screenshot/CNN)

CNN fires Trump advocate Jeffrey Lord for ‘Sieg Heil!’ tweet

One of the network’s most familiar panelists says he was mocking liberal ‘fascists’

A man sitting with his foot near a stumbling stone; stumbling stones placed in the road, one near a pedestrian crossing marking. (Noah Lederman/Times of Israel)

Austrians tread carefully as underfoot Holocaust memorials remain controversial

By Noah Lederman

For the past 20 years Stolpersteine, or stumbling stones, have peppered the idyllic town of Salzburg, a reminder of the city’s victims. But does anyone notice?

A photo of the former Grossinger’s resort in 2013. (Flickr Commons via JTA)

Time of my life

‘Dirty Dancing’ Catskills resort may reopen as spa hotel

By JTA

Owner of former Grossinger’s complex hopes to get state funding to clear up contaminated areas of dilapidated site

A group of IAF soldiers works to create a program to help autistic children from ALUT. (Dror Sitahkol)

IDF soldiers take part in a unique collaboration to help children with autism

By Jade Alexandre

Soldiers develop apps to help autistic youngsters communicate better with facial expressions, stay close to their caregivers

The Jo Goldenberg restaurant in Paris, France. (CC BY-SA 3.0, David Monniaux, Wikipedia)

French Jews call for extradition of Palestinians accused of 1982 terror attack

By JTA

Head of CRIF umbrella group says France bears responsibility for not pushing countries to extradite suspected terrorists

Australian group to resubmit plans for Sydney synagogue

By henry Benjamin

Polish Jews ask ruling party to denounce rising anti-Semitism

By AP

American far-right calls to ‘unite’ at rally

By AFP

Illustrative: A firefighting plane sprays flame retardant on a forest fire near Motza, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel, Jordan, PA to hold first-of-its-kind joint firefighting and rescue exercise

Drill slated for October will take place in Israel and Jordan, include four European nations, and test cooperation in cases of major fires and disasters

An Israeli firefighting plane in Macedonia (Israel Police)

Israeli firefighters conclude Macedonia aid effort

Clockwise from top left: Elissa Slotkin, in blue jacket; Hannah Risheq, in white shirt; Laura Moser; Lisa Mandelblatt, in black shirt. (Courtesy via JTA)

These Jewish women are running for office because of Trump

Coming from states across America, these 7 candidates are running for Congress to oppose US president’s agenda

Jewish groups spar over McMaster’s record on Israel

By JTA

Avi Issacharoff, left, and Lior Raz, the co-creators of Israeli TV series 'Fauda.' (Courtesy YES)

Real-life drama kings

‘Fauda’ creators green lighted for 2 new Netflix series

By Jessica Steinberg

Both thrillers cover territory familiar to writers Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz

My mother is not ‘uncooperative’

A plea to health care professionals to learn to speak a language that patients with dementia can understand

This eruv is more than a legal fiction

Will decency prevail in the ugly fight on the NY/NJ border over an abstract wall that lets Orthodox Jews carry on Shabbat?

Why civilizations fail

Moses articulated a clear solution to the great challenge of how to save a society from sure decline (Ekev)

US President Donald Trump embraces Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after making a joint statement in Jerusalem, Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Netanyahu’s legal woes hardly affect Trump’s peace push, say ex-Mideast negotiators

By Eric Cortellessa

Two veteran US diplomats say PM’s possible indictment won’t undercut US attempts because no process is yet in place, though Bibi may be a bit more distracted

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a rally in his support, as he and his wife face legal investigations, held in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Survey finds 72% back investigating Netanyahu

By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff

Iranian soccer player Ehsan Haji Safi, number 28, seen in a game between the Greek club Panionios and Maccabi Tel Aviv on August 4, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Iranians rage at banning of soccer stars who played against Israel

By JTA

Thousands of Persian speakers take to social media to urge football umbrella FIFA to censure Iran’s own national team over the spat

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a security briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump falsely says Iran ‘not in compliance’ with nuclear deal

By Eric Cortellessa

At his private New Jersey golf club, US president tells reporters Tehran not ‘living up to the spirit’ of the landmark 2015 accord

Na’im Abd al-Karim Qassem Jabarin, left, and Mahmoud Abd al-Karim Qassem Jabarinl, two Arab Israeli brothers suspected of supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization who were arrested in July 2017. (Shin Bet)

Two Arab Israeli brothers held over suspected IS ties

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Security forces find gun, photos associated with terror group during raid on suspects’ home in Umm al-Fahm

Illustrative: A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)

US religion monitor welcomes release of Iranian Christian

By AFP

Maryam Naghash Zargaran, a Christian convert from Islam, was jailed ‘simply due to her Christian faith,’ says US government watchdog

President Reuven Rivlin, center, attends an event to mark the eighth anniversary since a deadly shooting at a gay community center in Tel Aviv, August 10, 2017. (GPO/Mark Neiman)

Rivlin urges equal rights at event marking anniversary of 2009 gay center shooting

President says LGBT community is an integral part of Israeli society, calls on state to find a way forward in disputes with it

Zioness posters (Zioness via JTA)

New group for progressive Zionists to march in Chicago SlutWalk

By Josefin Dolsten

Organizers of the women’s rights demonstration aren’t happy, say Zioness promotes a ‘nationalist agenda’

Maj. Gen. Amikam Nurkin, left, replaces Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel as head of the Israeli Air Force at a ceremony in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on August 10, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

Amikam Norkin takes over as Israeli Air Force chief

By Judah Ari Gross

At event marred by this week’s helicopter crash, outgoing commander Amir Eshel praised for his years of service

Martine Yana, director of the Edmond Fleg Center in Marseille, France, standing on its terrace roof, July 10, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

It’s Jew vs. Jew in France as conflict over women reading Torah turns ugly

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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Harvey Weinstein in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 12, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Harvey Weinstein to direct film on Warsaw Ghetto uprising

By JTA

Part of the draw for scholars attending the 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on August 6-10, 2017, is the chance to catch up with old friends. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebookAt 70, Jerusalem’s Jewish Studies ‘Olympics’ still a good brain workout

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Illustrative photo of the Route 6 toll road, also known as the Trans-Israel Highway, March 30 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Mother indicted for throwing her 2-month-old out of moving car

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. (Courtesy Soroka Medical Center)

Boy, 6, dies after being locked for hours in car

By Stuart Winer

A migrant is rescued from the mediteranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya on October 3, 2016.
(Aris Messinis/AFP)

At least 56 dead as smugglers throw migrants into Yemen sea

By Natacha Yazbeck

Southern pole, Antarctica (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Cookson69, Wikimedia Commons)

2016 weather report: Extreme and anything but normal

By Seth Borenstein

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Likud supporters at a rally designed to deliver a powerful show of force as he battles a slew of corruption allegations, August 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Hebrew Media Review‘Fake news’ hits back at Bibi

By Tamar Pileggi

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