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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 21, 2017

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Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, addresses the 72nd UN General Assembly on September 20, 2017, at the United Nations in New York. (AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS)

Calling Trump ‘rogue newcomer,’ Rouhani vows tough response if nuke deal ditched

By ToI Staff and AFP

In address to UN, Iranian president blasts ‘ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric’ of Trump and Netanyahu, terms Israel a ‘racist regime’

It wouldn't be niceIran translator mocked for soft-balling Trump’s UN speech on state TV

By AFP

Trump says he’s made decision on Iran deal, won’t say what it is

Iran’s top leader dismisses Trump’s ‘ugly, foolish’ remarks

From left to right, front row: Malawi's President Arthur Peter Mutharika, French President Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attend the 72nd Session of the United Nations General assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 20, 2017. AFP/ ludovic MARIN)

Macron says nuclear deal no longer sufficient safeguard against Iran

By AFP

Speaking on sidelines of UN, French president says accord needed but Tehran’s growing influence in Mideast should be curbed

After meet on Iran nuke deal, Tillerson says Iran complying but violating spirit

Iran government-backed group said hacking aviation, petrochemical industries

By Jon Gambrell

Diplomats meet on Iran deal as Trump stays mum on decision

Illustrative image of a tank flying the Hezbollah terror group's flag seen in the Qara area in Syria's Qalamoun region on August 28, 2017 (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)

Hezbollah has 10,000 fighters in Syria ready to confront Israel, commander says

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump (R) and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

Trump to ‘consider’ resuming military aid to Egypt

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, right, in New York on September 19, 2017. (Avi Ohayun)

Netanyahu aide hails PM’s first public meet with Egypt’s Sissi as diplomatic win

By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks while US President Donald Trump listens before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Trump to Abbas on peace prospects: ‘Who knows? Stranger things have happened’

US leader assures PA leader his administration is working ‘very hard’ for peace in region, despite not mentioning Palestinians in speech to General Assembly

Abbas tells UN it’s responsible for ending Israeli ‘apartheid’

By ToI Staff and JTA

Full text of remarks by Trump and Abbas in New York

Trump administration transfers $20 million to PA for wastewater projects

By Eric Cortellessa

Top 10 moments for Jews in 5777. (JTA Collage)

A look backJews have found it hard to take their eyes off the news

10 moments that mattered to Jews in 5777

By Josefin Dolsten

Things are getting more peculiar by the minute; here are a few of the good, bad, and perplexing events of last year

Ruth Bader Ginsburg surprise speaker at Rosh Hashanah service

By Jessica Gresko

16 UN ambassadors wish Jews, Israel a happy new year in video compilation

University of Maryland Professor Melissa Landa, right, with one of her students. (Courtesy of Landa)

University of Maryland professor says she was fired for being pro-Israel

Melissa Landa says she began feeling antagonism from her superiors days after joining campus activist groups

Killing of Paris Jewish woman was anti-Semitic crime, prosecutors finally say

By JTA

Facebook tightens ad policies after ‘Jew-hater’ fiasco

By Barbara Ortutay

Holocaust-denying Belgian ex-MP ordered to visit Nazi camps

By AFP

Participants at an event dubbed the First World Championship of Hummus held in Buenos Aires, Sept. 17, 2017. (Courtesy of Muslim and Jewish Fans of Hummus)

Chickpea-ce

In Argentina, Muslims and Jews make hummus not war

By JTA

In coexistence initiative, 20 amateur chefs from across the globe compete for the best-tasting chickpea dish

A Lufthansa plane which returned to Munich when an engine failed, April 21, 2016 (Ksenia Svetlova)

Lufthansa plane makes emergency landing in Tel Aviv after engine fails

German carrier forced to circle back to Ben Gurion less than 30 minutes after takeoff

'Munich' by Robert Harris. (Courtesy)

Interview'He remains the most vilified of 20th century British PMs'

The deal with Hitler that buried Neville Chamberlain

By Robert Philpot

Dropping this week, Robert Harris’s historical fiction ‘Munich’ plays devil’s advocate, examining whether the then-British PM was as naive as he appeared

File: Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

General Assembly, Day 3

Live: Leaders of Lebanon, Jordan among speakers at UN today

Thursday’s session comes day after Palestinian president accused Israel of imposing ‘apartheid’ policies, Rouhani slammed ‘rogue newcomer’ Trump

Peter Reigert and Amy Irving in 'Crossing Delancey.' (Courtesy)

'Crossing Delancey' is a universal story, rooted in its time

A pickle for the nostalgic ones: 30 years on, a ‘Crossing Delancey’ reunion

By Jordan Hoffman

The cast of the iconic film gather in Manhattan’s Film Forum to reflect on the ’80s portrayal of a then-bygone era

The midnight shofar

Italy’s B’nei Anusim — Jews forced into Christianity — hide in plain sight

Turning a heart of stone into a heart of flesh

When my father was murdered, I hated everyone, including God

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)

Handing dossier to The Hague, Palestinians accuse Israel of apartheid

By AP and ToI Staff

Singer/songwriter Eric Komar was arrested on child pornography charges in New Jersey on September 19, 2017. (screen capture: YouTube)

Jewish kids singer from New Jersey charged with distributing child porn

By AP

Stanwood Elkus, convicted of murdering his doctor Ronald Gilbert. (Screen capture/YouTube)

California man jailed for life for killing Jewish doctor over botched surgery

By JTA

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, fifth from left, leads the last cabinet of the German government ahead of Germany's general elections at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP/Markus Schreiber)

German government supports new definition of anti-Semitism

By AP and ToI Staff

The new Shalva National Center building in Jerusalem, dedicated to assisting children with disabilities. (Courtesy)

Jerusalem hospital, Russian Jews team up to treat disabled children

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Macron says Rohingya crisis in Myanmar is ‘genocide’

By AFP

Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 20, 2017 a day after a strong quake hit central Mexico. (AFP PHOTO / Yuri CORTEZ)

Rescuers in grim search for survivors of Mexico quake; over 230 dead

By Jennifer GONZALEZ COVARRUBIAS and Yussel GONZALEZ

Israel, Chile, El Salvador and Honduras sending search and rescue specialists after 7.1-magnitude tremblor

Trees are toppled in a parking lot at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 20, 2017, during the passage of the Hurricane Maria. (AFP/Hector Retamal)

Hurricane Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to movie director Steven Spielberg at the White House, Washington, DC, November 24, 2015. (AFP/NICHOLAS KAMM)

Review'He had the entire weight of his tribe on him'

HBO’s ‘Spielberg’ documents director’s 45-year career

By Jordan Hoffman

Feature-length docu shows the blockbuster filmmaker became a hero to Jews with the world’s most important Holocaust film — but it took him time to get there

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