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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 20, 2017

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Protesters at 'dueling rallies' on the Boston Common, August 19, 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)

In Boston, concerned Jews gather in prayer and protest against bigotry

By Matt Lebovic

An interfaith vigil and well-publicized ‘dueling rallies’ draw thousands of Jews to denounce racism and anti-Semitism in America’s Cradle of Liberty

Ivanka Trump praises Boston counter-protesters in tweet

By JTA

Boston ‘free speech rally’ cut short after massive counterprotest

By Steve LeBlanc

Free speech concerns mount as far-right evicted from web

By Paul Handley

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin stands in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, during an event for President Donald Trump to sign a memorandum calling for a trade investigation of China. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pressed by old Yale classmates to quit, Mnuchin stands by Trump

By Eric Cortellessa

Jewish treasury secretary defends US president’s response to Charlottesville violence, says his boss is not a bigot

Trump’s new communications director isn’t new to his ways

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

My sidesJon Stewart intimates Trump is anti-Semitic

Trump thanks ousted aide Bannon, ‘it was great’

By AFP

Jerry Lewis gives an interview to the Hollywood Reporter on December 21, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Live updates (closed)

American comedy legend Jerry Lewis dies aged 91

By Tamar Pileggi

Spanish police probe if body in car is 15th attack victim; Abbas tells Israeli MKs Trump administration ‘in chaos’; Man dies in jail cell at Kiryat Gat police station

Spanish police officers block a road near Alcanar on August 20, 2017, as part of an operation to find a suspect of the Barcelona terror attack. (AFP PHOTO / JOSE JORDAN)

Spain hunts van driver as larger gas attack plot comes into focus

Police say Barcelona attacker may have left country, confirm 12-strong terror cell believed to have planned series of attacks with over 120 gas canisters

After attacks, Spain probes missing imam, mysterious blast

By Lori Hinnant, Joseph Wilson and Alex Oller

Catalonia BDS branch says Europe ‘responsible’ for Barcelona attacks

By JTA

Spain terrorists showed ‘no sign of radicalization’: father

By Hamza Mekouar

A scene from Manchester's Say No to Anti-Semitism rally on Sunday, October 19,2014. (Mike Poloway)

Poll: 1 in 3 UK Jews considered emigrating over anti-Semitism

By JTA

37% of over 7,000 respondents say they’ve been concealing signs that would indicate they’re Jewish; 767 anti-Semitic attacks in first half of 2017

Seth Stephens-Davidowicz, data scientist and author of 'Everybody Lies.' (Courtesy)

Racism and white lies: What your Google searches say about you

By Jordan Hoffman

Author Seth Stephens-Davidowicz says you can hide untruths from family and friends, but not from data science

Israeli security forces at the scene of an alleged attempted stabbing incident at the Tapuah Junction in the West Bank, on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (Israel Police)

Palestinian killed trying to stab Israeli officer in West Bank

17-year-old attempts to stab Border Police officer at Tapuah Junction, is shot dead by other troops; one officer hurt by shrapnel

IDF arrests brother of killed Tapuah Junction attacker

IDF colonel censured, officer dismissed over theft of 33 assault rifles

By Judah Ari Gross

Italy expels 2 Moroccans, Syrian as terror fears mount

By Angus Mackinnon

Arthur Finkelstein and Benjamin Netanyahu in March 10, 1999. (Flash 90)

Arthur Finkelstein, strategist who helped Netanyahu to power, dies at 72

PM sends condolence to family of US campaign expert, mourning ‘a true friend, a professional, deeply committed to Israel’

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, center, holds a national flag upon his arrival to Mosul, Iraq, July 9, 2017. (Iraqi Federal Police Press Office via AP)

Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul

By AFP

In televised speech, Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi tells Islamic State militants, ‘there’s no choice other than to leave or be killed’

Turkey kills IS suspect, detains 4 more ‘planning attack’

By AFP

Lebanon army launches offensive against IS on Syria border

By Rana Moussaoui

Fierce clashes rock Palestinian camp in Lebanon

By AFP

Jewish wisdom for the solar eclipse

The sages found a message for humanity in the story of a competition between the sun and the moon

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Our tree in Israel

This time next week she and her family will be walking through the streets of a strange and new city

Adam R. Bronfman

Conscience trumps political expedience

A call on Jews to take a collective moral stance against Donald Trump and everything he stands for

Smashing idols, changing minds

Talmudic insight for today: It takes more than destroying statutes to eliminate the mindset of those who worship them

Far-right extremists gather to commemorate the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, in Berlin's western district of Spandau, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP)

39 people detained over neo-Nazi rally in Berlin

By AP

Far-right marchers commemorating 30th anniversary of death of Rudolph Hess in Spandau prison blocked by left-wing protesters

In this file photo dated Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, Neo-Nazi sympathizers demonstrate prior to the beginning of a commemoration march for Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in the northeastern Bavarian town of Wunsiedel where Hess was buried. (AP Photo/FILE)

Police separate neo-Nazis, opponents at Berlin march

By AP

Pete and Janna Linde in Kansas City's Meshuggah Bagels (Facebook)

Authentic NY bagels have finally arrived in Kansas City

By Victor Wishna

Demonstrators attend a protest against government corruption n Petah Tikva, August 19, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Police under pressure for blocking anti-Netanyahu protest, arresting organizers

By Raoul Wootliff

Prominent critics of the PM detained, demonstrators prevented from holding rally to call for action in corruption probes against him

Pedestrians walk past newly-installed concrete security bollards near the Lindt Cafe on July 17, 2017, scene of the 2014 Sydney cafe seige, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed. (AFP/WILLIAM WEST)

Australia releases ‘how-to guide’ to protect from vehicle attacks

By AFP

Following global spate of car-rammings, new government report gives venue operators a ‘toolkit’ to address terrorism concerns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow on March 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Pavel Golovkin)

Netanyahu to meet with Putin in Russia this week

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

PM to travel to Sochi as the countries continue dialogue aimed at preventing clashes between their air forces operating in Syrian skies

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech after being sworn in before parliament in Tehran, on August 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Rouhani: Iran’s top priority to protect nuclear deal from US

By AFP

Comments come a week after president indicated that Tehran is prepared to renege on nuclear deal if US continues applying sanctions

President Reuven Rivlin (c) oversees the signing of an Education agreement in Vietnam (Koby Gideon /GPO)

Israeli contest seeks Vietnamese startups as fresh link in bilateral ties

Entrepreneurs in Far Eastern nation invited to participate in competition that will bring them to Jerusalem for 5 days of tech immersion

In this July 10, 1945, photo provided by U.S. Navy media content operations, USS Indianapolis (CA 35) is shown off the Mare Island Navy Yard, in Northern California, after her final overhaul and repair of combat damage. (US Navy via AP)

Wreckage of lost ship USS Indianapolis found after seven decades

By Maggy DONALDSON

Researchers say vessel was hit in final days of World War II after completing secret mission delivering parts of atomic bomb used in Hiroshima

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Gilbert Chikli, 50, and his wife, Shirly Chikli, 31, pose at their home in Ashdod on March 28, 2016. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Ukraine arrests French-Israeli wanted in ‘fake CEO’ scam

By AFP

Illustrative photo of an Israeli police car (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

2 off-duty soldiers assaulted after being mistaken for Arabs

Illustrative photo of a minefield in northern Israel (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Girl, 12, rescued from minefield in southern Israel

Illustrative: Message inside of a bottle sent by Palestinian children in Gaza as part of UNRWA campaign. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Sea mailGaza fisherman catches message in a bottle from Greece

People wear special glasses as they watch a partial solar eclipse at the Givatayim Observatory, Sunday, November 3, 2013 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

From our partnerCarbondale’s Jews are over the moon about total solar eclipse

By Robert Goldblum

Civil rights activist, writer, social critic, and comedian Dick Gregory, talks to the crowd at the 16th annual Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, MLK Leadership Luncheon, January 20, 2016. (Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Veteran comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies

By DAISY NGUYEN

Police officers stand guard in front of the "Sagrada Familia" basilica in Barcelona on August 19, 2017. (AFP / LLUIS GENE)

Hebrew media reviewThere would have been (more) blood

By Joshua Davidovich

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