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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 7, 2017

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Satellite image of a CERS facility near Masyaf reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight Wednesday, September 7, 2017 (screen capture: Google Earth)

Israeli jets said to hit chemical weapons, missile site in Syria

By Stuart Winer

Syrian army says 2 killed in attack; targeted facility reportedly belongs to an agency associated with production of non-conventional weapons

Institute for National Security Studies Chairman Amos Yadlin attends the Annual International Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv January 23, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Ex-IDF intel chief: Israel enforcing its ‘red lines’ with Syria strike

By Stuart Winer

The sunrise is seen through the rain in Cap-Haitien as Hurricane Irma approaches, September 7, 2017. (AFP/Hector RETAMAL)

Hurricane damage devastates Dutch St. Martin, Israelis incommunicado

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Foreign Ministry says four Israeli citizens out of communication; island unreachable; Jewish community suffers extensive property damage

At least 8 dead and 23 injured as Irma smashes Caribbean

By DANICA COTO and ANIKA KENTISH

Jewish students, Chabad rabbis, and kosher salami firm pitch in to help Houston

By JTA

Florida braces for Irma as monster hurricane lashes Caribbean islands

By AP

Hollywood mogul denies champagne and cigars for Netanyahu were bribery — report

By Alexander Fulbright

Arnon Milchan said to tell police there was no quid pro quo for the gifts; investigators say they are ‘very pleased’ with his testimony

Arnon Milchan, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 28, 2005. (Flash90/File)

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the annual bible study held at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on October 13, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Yair Netanyahu sues over ‘fake passport’ Facebook post

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem, September 3, 2017. (Marc Israel
Sellem/Pool)

Hebrew media reviewAs the noose tightens around Netanyahu

By Tamar Pileggi

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid speaks to the audience during a special town hall meeting in English, at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on September 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Eritreans looking for a job? 'Not our problem'

Lapid says Israel should deport 40,000 Eritrean ‘economic migrants’

By Marissa Newman

At English-language town hall in Jerusalem, Yesh Atid head says his party may try to step up deportations, stresses Israeli obligation to harbor refugees from ‘places like Darfur’

Live updates (closed)

Trump sounds cautious note on chances for Middle East peace

US president says he is ‘reluctant’ to state there is a chance for peace

7:00 pm

Trump: "There is a chance there could be peace' between Israel, Palestinians
6:33 pm

US Hurricane Harvey aid measure grows to $15b as Irma bears down
6:03 pm

Attorney general said to tell Sara Netanyahu she will be indicted

Happily married couples need a post-nup

Be an example to your children and community, and prevent get-refusal in the Orthodox community

What is it about The New Yorker?

Errors and omissions in David Remnick’s critique of the Fauda TV series reflect a larger anti-Israel pattern

Donniel Hartman

The not-Jewish-enough homeland

45,000 refugees don’t threaten Israel’s Jewish character, refusing to grant them asylum does

Shayna Goldberg

When things are much worse than they seem

Internalize the fact that it’s normal for even strong, capable, happy people to need help sometimes

Elena Rzhevskaya, the military translator who carried Hitler's teeth. (Courtesy Liubov Summ)

'Am I holding the only thing that is left of Hitler?'

The woman who carried Hitler’s teeth on V-Day

Translator Elena Rzhevskaya helped identify the Fuhrer’s charred body in 1945. Now, her memoir is being published in English for the first time

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at a press conference ahead of their meeting in Jerusalem, June 11, 2013. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu to embark on first-ever trip by an Israeli PM to Latin America

By Raphael Ahren

After visiting Argentina, Colombia and Mexico next week, he heads to New York for the UN General Assembly and a likely meet with Trump

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a moment of silence for Shimon Peres during a special cabinet session in Jerusalem, on September 28, 2016 (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Netanyahu to be abroad during memorial events for Shimon Peres

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 6, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu tells Red Cross chief of unbelievable Hamas ‘cruelty’

By Alexander Fulbright

Chavie Weisberger (Facebook via JTA)

NY Hasidic mother who came out as lesbian regains custody of her children

By JTA

Appeals court restores Chavie Weisberger’s guardianship over her kids, but rules she must keep a kosher home, send children to religious schools

Mike Tolkin, the youngest candidate in the Democratic primary for New York mayor, at a city cafe, Sept. 5, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)

The Jewish millennial trading tech success for a dark horse NYC mayoral bid

By Josefin Dolsten

Mike Tolkin isn’t expected to beat out incumbent Bill De Blasio, but the entrepreneur has big plans for the Big Apple if he does

A screen capture from an attack ad against Cory Booker by the Emergency Committee for Israel. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Attack ad targets Cory Booker for voting against Taylor Force Act

By Eric Cortellessa

Right-wing Committee for Israel goes after New Jersey senator who was among four to oppose bill cutting PA funding

Screen capture from video of an interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, broadcast on Channel 20, July 13, 2017.
(YouTube/uz72777)

Right-wing Channel 20 faces closure over news offerings

By Marissa Newman

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Undated photo of Bnei Akiva in Germany's winter camp (Bnei Akiva in Germany)

After 8 decades, Religious Zionist youth movement reopens in Germany

By JTA

Then US president Barack Obama embraces Elie Wiesel before delivering a speech about the Holocaust and its meaning at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, April 23, 2012. (Courtesy USHMM/JTA)

US Holocaust museum pulls study on Obama inaction in Syria

By JTA

Tali Mizrachi, the teacher from southern Israel who resigned after parents threatened to keep their children from school because of her activities for refugees, the peace movement. (Channel 2 screenshot, September 7, 2017)

Teacher who quit over ‘leftism’ charge invites parents to talk

An undated photo of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Nof Zion in Jabel Mukabar (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Jerusalem to reportedly okay tripling Jewish enclave inside Arab neighborhood

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

The domed roof of the Louvre Abu Dhabi is seen in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Is the UAE Guggenheim museum unbuilt because of ‘Jewish name’?

By Jon Gambrell

Minister of Economy, Eli Cohen, speaking at the Invest in Isarel event at DLD Tel Aviv, on Sept. 6, 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

DLD festivalIsrael sets up one-stop-shop to help foreign firms beat the red tape

By Shoshanna Solomon

A knife found on a Palestinian minor by Border Police officers at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron on September 6, 2017. (Police spokesperson)

Palestinian teen arrested at Hebron checkpoint with knife

By Judah Ari Gross

Chef Rafi Cohen, arrested at Ben Gurion Airport on September 7, 2017, seen during better times at his Raphael restaurant in Tel Aviv. (Moshe Shai/FLASh90)

In the soupFugitive celebrity chef arrested at Ben Gurion Airport

Illustrative: Facebook notifications on a smartphone. (JaysonPhotography/Istock by Getty Images)

Facebook: Russia-based ‘troll farm’ targeted US voters with divisive ads

By AP

Illustrative: Italy's power forward Nicolo Melli (R) dribbles past Israel's small forward Omri Casspi (L) during the FIBA EuroBasket match between Italy and Israel at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv on August 31, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

Israel finishes last in group stage of EuroBasket after thrashing by Ukraine

Author Seth M. Siegel, and his book, 'Let There Be Water.' (Courtesy)

Live event

Author Seth Siegel to discuss how Israel is winning the world’s water wars

By Yaakov Schwartz

Israeli startup Fiverr sees Amazon as model for growth

By Shoshanna Solomon

The freelance hub has provided over 10 million online services in 150+ categories, and adds some 6000 new offerings each day

From the webHebrew University backs down on Mobileye claim

Maya Beiser performing an orchestral version of David Bowie’s 'Blackstar' album at the L’Auditori in Barcelona, Spain, July 13, 2017. (Robert Marquardt/Redferns/via JTA)

'I don’t think art is about perfection'

Cello goddess Maya Beiser wants classical music to rock like Janis Joplin

By Gabe Friedman

Despite a successful 30-year career playing with traditional ensembles, Beiser is not your typical cellist

Darren Aronofsky’s new film ‘Mother!’ is absolutely unhinged

By Yaakov Schwartz

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