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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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This Sunday, August 27, 2017, photo provided by Ramit Plushnick-Masti, shows her husband, Rafi, standing in waist-high water inside their flooded home in Houston's Meyerland neighborhood that was caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. (Ramit Plushnick-Masti via AP)

First person

Riding out Harvey, as the floodwaters rose over our heads

By Ramit Plushnick-Masti

An Israeli living in Houston rethought her decision not to evacuate once water started to come in through the walls. Hours later, with beds and TVs bobbing in the water, she and her family were finally rescued

Israeli aid group rushes to help flooded Houston

By Stuart Winer and AP

More feared dead, Trump vows help, as ‘epic’ Harvey inundates Houston

Dozens of Texas Jewish families displaced in ‘catastrophic’ flooding

By JTA

B'nai Akiva emissary Rafi Engelhart sets out with a neighbor who is an EMT to rescue stranded Houstonians from Tropical Storm Harvey, August 27. (Courtesy)

Into the eye of the storm: The Jewish heroes of Hurricane Harvey

By Yaakov Schwartz

With floodwaters reaching second-story levels, 30,000 people displaced, and 100,000 without power, these are a few of the people who put themselves in danger to save lives

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (r) with settler leader Yossi Dagan at event commemorating 50 years of settlement in the West Bank, August 28, 2017. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu vows he will never evacuate another settlement

At event celebrating 50 years of settlements in the northern West Bank, thousands cheer PM as he speaks of the area’s strategic importance

Palestinians, NGOs file objection that could delay new settlement

UN head, in Israel, slams Trump for tepid Charlottesville response

By David Sedley

US asked for 3-4 months to present peace plan, Abbas adviser says

MK Yehuda Glick (C-L) walks barefoot, escorted by Israeli police and supporters, inside the flash-point Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem's Old City on August 29, 2017. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP).

Jewish MKs make first Temple Mount visit since 2015

Yehudah Glick and Shuli Moalem-Refaeli enter flashpoint site as police test the waters 2 years after lawmakers were banned

US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference on Monday, August 28, 2017, at the White House (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: ‘All options on the table’ after North Korea missile launch

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

As Pyongyang fires ballistic missile over Japan, US president warns against ‘threatening and destabilizing actions’

North Korea fires missile over Japan in ‘unprecedented’ escalation

By AFP

North Korea tensions at a ‘tipping point,’ China warns

By AFP

Japan, US seek to up pressure after North Korea missile launch

A girl carries a sign reading 'I have two mothers and I'm happy' as thousands protest in support of the right of LGBT couples to adopt children in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

State reverses opposition to adoption by same-sex couples

By Tamar Pileggi

Arab League chief condemns Netanyahu settlements remark; Police to question British-American billionaire in PM fraud probe; Justice Minister says High Court degrades Israel’s Jewish character

Yahya Sinwar (C), the new leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, arrives for the opening of a new mosque in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 24, 2017. (AFP/Said Khatib)

Hamas leader in Gaza: Ties with Iran now ‘fantastic’; we’re preparing battle for Palestine

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Hailing fully restored relations with Tehran, Yahya Sinwar says his group doesn’t want war yet but is building up military power for ‘the liberation of Palestine’

Hamas official denies his group has upped demands in prisoner-swap talks

By Avi Issacharoff

2 Palestinians said wounded by IDF gunfire in Nablus

By Judah Ari Gross

Erdogan tells Abbas rising tensions ‘no good’ for Israelis, Palestinians

White House chief strategist Steve Bannon steps off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on April 9, 2017. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Ousted Trump adviser Bannon to speak at ZOA gala dinner

By Eric Cortellessa and Agencies

Hawkish pro-Israel group hails Bannon as ‘one of the best friends that Israel has had’

US to keep anti-Semitism envoy, drop Iran nuke deal coordinator

By AP and JTA

Pennsylvania politician under fire for bashing ‘Hungarian Jew’ Soros

By JTA

ADL taps Arab-American ex-official to head up security outreach

By JTA

A dancer performs at a Tel Aviv strip club (photo credit: Boaz Oppenheim/Flash90)

Setting precedent by banning club, judge says striptease is not ‘entertainment’

By Tamar Pileggi

Siding with Ramat Gan city council, court rules strip clubs are ‘degrading, objectify women and violate their dignity as human beings’

Conan O'Brien, with the Orange T-shirt, meets participants of the Tower of David Museum Hackathon in Jerusalem, Aug. 28, 2017; Elat Lieber, director of the Tower of David Museum, is at the far left (Courtesy: Ricky Rachman)

Conan O’Brien, Israeli teenagers storm Tower of David in hackathon

By Shoshanna Solomon

American comedian is honorary hacker at Jerusalem event that aims to find out what makes venues attractive to teenagers

A woman sunbathing at the Setai hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, August 25, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)

Hosting Conan, new hotel aims to make Sea of Galilee luxury destination

By Andrew Tobin

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes Conan O'Brien to Israel in a satirical video uploaded to social media on August 28, 2017. (screen capture: Twitter)

Conan who?Netanyahu welcomes Conan to Israel in satirical video

How to help Houston

With its streets under water, the city is holding its collective breath to see if more rain will fall

A statue is never just a statue

From Rome to Virginia, efforts to shift the scenery have tried to transform how society relates to its places of memory

Join a synagogue this minute

A post-Charlottesville lesson: Here’s why every Jew, religious or not, must step up — and pay up

Looking for a new God

Imagine a job opening for the position of Deity for the Children of Israel

Court backs Israel’s deportation of migrants to third country, but limits jail time for those who refuse

Judges reject human rights groups petition, but says migrants can’t be jailed for more than 60 days for refusing to go; justice minister vows to amend law to enable non-voluntary deportations

Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

22 suspected pedophiles arrested in nationwide raids

By Stuart Winer

More detentions expected after undercover operation tracked individuals who allegedly harassed and abused children online

French President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he adresses French ambassadors during the annual gathering of French diplomatic corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris, August 29, 2017. (AFP/POOL/YOAN VALAT)

Emmanuel Macron to visit Israel next year

By ToI Staff and Agencies

French president says he will promote peace process during trip to region; cites fighting Islamic terrorism as his top priority

Illustration. New immigrants arrive to Ben Gurion airport in Israel. (Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)

Let’s get digital, ‘Startup Nation’ tells new immigrants

By Shoshanna Solomon

Online Hebrew-language courses and job-searching apps aim to make moving to Israel a touch easier

Israeli-American oncologist Arie Belldegrun, founder of Kite Pharma. (YouTube screenshot)

Gilead to buy Israeli-founded Kite Pharma for nearly $12 billion

By Shoshanna Solomon

The US firm, founded in 2009 by Israeli-US oncologist Arie Belldegrun, develops cell therapies for cancer treatments

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Nev Schulman attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images/AFP)

Stargazing‘Catfish’ host protests with yellow star at MTV awards

By Gabe Friedman

Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim Hussain Al-Ali, murdered in London on July 22, 1987. (Metropolitan Police Service)

UK police seek killer in 1987 death of Palestinian cartoonist

By AFP

Hebrew media reviewRefugee resentment

By Tamar Pileggi

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