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What Matters Most On Friday, September 8, 2017

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Misuse of public funds'They fraudulently received hundreds of meals,' AG says

Attorney general announces he’ll indict PM’s wife for fraud

By Raoul Wootliff

Prosecutors: Pending final hearing, Sara Netanyahu to face charges for lying about expenses and misusing public funds totaling over $100,000

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit Hippos, an archaeological site in Northern Israel, August 15, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and his wife Sara, center-right, react during a gathering by Likud party members and activists to show support for them as they face corruption investigations, held at the Tel Aviv Convention Center, August 9, 2017. (AFP/Jack GUEZ)

Netanyahus reject allegations against PM’s wife as ‘absurd, unfounded’

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

A young girl bowling in Jerusalem on Saturday 12. 2006. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewStrikes and gutters

By Joshua Davidovich

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky (r), of Bnei Brak, is asked whether Florida Jews may break Shabbat to flee Hurricane Irma. (Screen captur/YouTube)

Jews may travel on Sabbath to escape Hurricane Irma, top Haredi rabbi says

By JTA

Bnei Brak-based Chaim Kanievsky rules that life-threatening danger of storm takes priority over Sabbath rules

Chabad family in St. Martin rides out Hurricane Irma in ritual bath

By Gabe Friedman

500K people told to leave South Florida as Irma approaches

By JAY REEVES, JENNIFER KAY and FREIDA FRISARO

Qatar giving $30 million to help Harvey victims in Texas

By AP

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

The trouble with bombing a murderous dictator: Guessing how he’ll react

Analysts assume Syria and Hezbollah won’t retaliate against an alleged IDF airstrike in Hama, but say Israel should get ready just in case

Syrian President Bashar Assad climbing into the cockpit of a Russian SU-35 fighter jet as he inspects the Russian Hmeimim air base in the province of Latakia, Syria, June 27, 2017 (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Screen capture from a satellite of an area near Masyaf, Hama province Syria where the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center reportedly maintains a chemical weapons facility. (Google maps)

Syria files complaint with UN against Israel following strike on military site

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi speaks at a ceremony for the incoming head of Unit 8200 in the Gelilot base, north of Tel Aviv, on April 6, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Military intel chief says IDF fighting enemies ‘near and far’

By Tamar Pileggi

Members of the Mexican army look at damage caused by an earthquake in the Port of Veracuz on September 7, 2017. (Victoria Razo/AFP)

At least 26 dead in Mexico’s worst earthquake in a century

By Sofia MISELEM and Joshua Howat BERGER

Magnitude 8.2 temblor felt in Mexico City, some 800 kilometers away from the epicenter in the country’s south

People gather on a street in downtown Mexico City during an earthquake on September 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / PEDRO PARDO)

Israeli group prepares to send aid to earthquake-struck Mexico

By ToI Staff and AFP

Cnaan Liphshiz with his son and daughter, May 28, 2017. (Courtesy of Liphshiz)

First Person

I was disappointed to learn we were having a girl. Is that a sin?

By Cnaan Liphshiz

JTA’s Europe correspondent looks back at his mother’s feminist teachings and wonders how he can equip his daughter to cope in a world that’s unfair to women

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, waves with the released Palestinian prisoners at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 14 , 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

US lawmakers move to push bill slashing PA funding through busy Senate

By Eric Cortellessa

Taylor Force Act lumped together with foreign policy appropriations bills to increase chances of passing the Senate by December

Jewish candidate for Illinois governor drops running mate over BDS

By JTA

Sanders deflects Clinton criticism over loss to Trump

By JTA

From our partnerAhead of Roger Waters NY shows next week, JCRC launches aggressive campaign

Shannon Sarna, The Nosher's editor, offers something for cooks of all levels in 'Modern Jewish Baker.' (Emily Goodstein/via JTA)

Jewish food

You can now bake challah like a boss, thanks to a new cookbook

By Gabe Friedman

Nosher editor Shannon Sarna shares her step-by-step guide and beautiful photographs, for basic Jewish recipes easily transformed into fun fusion creations

Illustrative: German police (AFP Photo/dpa/Jens Büttner)

German cop wears far-right symbol at anti-racism demo

By AP

Officer under investigation for wearing patch showing Norse god Odin while assigned to keep peace at a protest against extremism

Bill would force Trump to sign off on fighting white supremacists

By JTA

Door of Colorado couple tagged with swastika twice in two days

By JTA

Croatia removes plaque with WWII pro-Nazi regime’s slogan near death camp

By AP

Al Jazeera reporter Elias Karram. (Courtesy)

PM draws criticism for barring Al-Jazeera bureau chief from free press seminar

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Foreign Press Association condemns ‘deeply disturbing’ decision by Netanyahu, cites ‘growing trend of incitement against media’

Red Cross chief blasts settlements as ‘key humanitarian challenge’

By Raphael Ahren

Police locate Palestinian allegedly assaulted by Breaking the Silence spokesman

Trump expresses ‘reluctance’ on chances for Middle East peace

An illustrative photo of a gym. (Wikimedia Commons)

Orthodox woman wins right to wear her skirt during workouts in Brooklyn gym

Yosefa Jalal Wood-Isenberg, 27, sued Lucille Roberts chain for booting her out when wearing attire in keeping with her religious lifestyle

Screenshot of the Israel S-98 returned to Israel in Septmber 2017 by a Syrian rebel commander. (Channel 2/Screenshot)

The eagle has landed

Syrian rebel chief returns lost eagle back to Israel

Commander captures ‘S-98’ in IS-held territory, takes care of bird for weeks, coordinates its safe delivery through Israeli NGO

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (L) and King Abdullah II of Jordan (C) tour the Sahara Forest Project Launch Station in the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba, on September 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Khalil MAZRAAWI)

Dry Jordan launches project to grow crops from seawater

McCarthy and the critics of David Myers

Accusations that a leading US Jewish scholar is anti-Israel hark back to a dark chapter in America

David Seidenberg

After the storm: How do we pray?

Praying for strength creates strength, and may help humanity confront the storm fatigue that’s on the horizon

Chananya Weissman

Dignity for singles

20 questions challenging married folk to reform how they treat those who are not married

Covenant and conversation

Judaism boils down to a marriage between God and the Jewish people, made possible by their ongoing dialogue (Ki Tavo)

More Headlines

Illustrative: UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis gives a speech as he attends a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster, on January 27, 2015. (AP/Chris Jackson)

British chief rabbi urges more inclusiveness for LGBTQ Jews

By JTA and ToI Staff

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads the Orthodox Easter ceremony of the 'Holy Fire' as thousands gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 15, 2017. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)

Greek church land investors threatening to cancel leases, KKL boss says

Rohingya Muslim refugees making their way into Bangladesh from Myanmar on September 7, 2017. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Liberal Orthodox rabbis urge US to protect Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

By JTA

Felicity Jones attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com via JTA)

Felicity Jones to play Ruth Bader Ginsburg in biopic

By JTA

American-Armenian Ara Dinkjian, a popular oud player, will be appearing for the sixth time at Jerusalem's Oud Festival in November 2017 (Courtesy Alena Soboleva)

Oud of this worldFestival puts Jerusalem in the mood for Oud

By Jessica Steinberg

Haroon Moghul, author of 'How to Be a Muslim,' faces criticism from the Muslim community for affiliating with a Zionist institution. (Courtesy of Rick Bern)

From our partnerHow this author went from Muslim activist to educator of rabbis

By Gary Rosenblatt

IDF soldiers take part in a training exercise on October 26, 2010. (Michal Shvadron/IDF spokesperson/Flash90)

Soldier seriously hurt by grenade blast during drill

By Judah Ari Gross

This May 7, 2013 photo shows TMZ.com founder Harvey Levin at The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Los Angeles Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Prime ObjectiveNetanyahu to feature on Fox News entertainment show

By AP

US postal stamp of children's book 'The Snowy Day,' by Ezra Jack Keats. (US Postal Service via JTA)

Ezra Jack Keats’ ‘The Snowy Day’ featured on new US postage stamps

By JTA

'Anne Frank, the Graphic Diary' (Ari Folman)

Waltz with Bashir's Ari Folman working on movie

Anne Frank’s diary is now a comic book; animated film will follow

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Authorized graphic diary illustrates teen’s dreams and fantasies, draws from her humorous anecdotes, features allusions to Munch and Klimt

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