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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 28, 2017

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People gather in front of the 'Generalitat' palace (Catalan government headquarters) at the Sant Jaume square to celebrate the proclamation of a Catalan republic in Barcelona on October 27, 2017. (Lluis Gene/AFP)

'As Spanish Jews we wholly support the Spanish Constitution'

Breaking neutrality, Spanish Jews come out against Catalan independence

By JTA

Despite umbrella body statement, Jews living in the secessionist region appear divided over the crisis that is roiling the country

A flag with the text in Catalan "The people lead" is held up as people gather to celebrate the proclamation of a Catalan republic at the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona on October 27, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / PAU BARRENA)

Spain takes over Catalonia, fires defiant separatist leaders

Protesters wave Catalan pro-independence Estelada flags during a demonstration in Barcelona on October 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lluis Gene)

Spain on a knife’s edge as Madrid seizes control of rebel Catalonia

By Mariëtte Le Roux and Marie Giffard

Actress Scarlett Johansson learns of her family history on the PBS show 'Finding Your Roots,' scheduled to air on October 31, 2017. (screen capture)

Scarlett Johansson learns of family Holocaust tragedy from genealogy show

In forthcoming episode of ‘Finding Your Roots,’ US Jewish actress tearfully finds out her great uncle and his family perished in the Warsaw Ghetto

In TV Show, Paul Rudd learns of anti-Semitism his family faced in London

By JTA

World judo must honor its own ethics code, stop UAE’s anti-Israel discrimination

The emirate trampled all over the sport’s governing principles in preventing Israel’s team from competing under its own name and symbols

A scene from the film '1945.' (Courtesy of Menemsha Films/via JTA)

'The neighbors, shop owners, took everything the Jews had'

Taboo-breaking film depicts Hungary’s grim welcome to Holocaust survivors

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Screening November 1, award-winning fictional movie has struck a nerve among Hungarian Jews whose families lived through the suspicion and hostility it depicts

Legendary singer Aznavour given award for family efforts to save Jews in WWII

By AFP

US museum debuts first 3-D holograms of Holocaust survivors

Niveen Rizkalla working with IsraAID in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Courtesy of IsraAID)

The Israeli NGO that is bringing relief to America’s disaster areas

Britain's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Michael Gove leaves after attending a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London on June 12, 2017, following the June 8 snap general election in which the ruling Conservatives lost their majority. (Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

UK minister apologizes for Weinstein ‘joke’ on live radio

By AFP

Environment Secretary Michael Gove sparks angry backlash after comparing interview with ‘going into Harvey Weinstein’s bedroom’

Producer Mark Halperin participates in "The Circus of Politics" panel during the Showtime Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California, August 11, 2016. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

New harassment claims against prominent US political journalist

By AP

Illustrative: US actress Rose McGowan and Founder of #MeToo Campaign Tarana Burke, embrace on stage at the Women's March / Women's Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on October 27, 2017. (Rena Laverty/AFP)

Weinstein accuser urges women to fight back

By AFP

In this photo released by the Hamas media office, Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas terror group's political bureau, visits Tawfiq Abu Naim at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 27, 2017. (Mohammad Austaz, Hamas Media Office via AP)

IS said behind attempted assassination of Hamas security chief in Gaza

By ToI Staff and AFP

Tawfiq Abu Naim in moderate condition after explosion in his car

Supporters of the Islamic State wave guns and flags at a rally in Raqqa, Syria (photo credit: YouTube screen cap/Vice)

American who ‘regretted’ joining IS gets 20-year sentence

By AFP

A Jewish political gathering in Russia around the time of the Russian Revolution. (Courtesy Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow)

Probing the past

100 years on, international conferences debate Jewish role in Russian Revolution

Former White House strategist Stephen Bannon speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., February 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Some Republicans label Bannon a white supremacist, angering Jewish conservatives

White nationalist Richard Spencer reacts to the audience as he speaks at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Gainesville, Florida, October 19, 2017. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

Poland objects to visit by US white nationalist Richard Spencer

By Vanessa Gera

Illustrative: Members of the UK's neo-Nazi National Action group rally in York, June 9, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Leader of banned neo-Nazi group appears in UK court

By AP

When Pharaoh took Sarah, she was silent

Did she consent, or should we interpret discomfort and fear that worse could happen if she didn’t comply?

Tzippy Cohen Perlstein

I repurpose leftover challah to enhance salads, soups, and more, with its spice of Shabbat spirituality

Israel and India relations: the dire need of time

India and Israel can help each other without investing much and without wreaking havoc on issues such as the environment

Alex Bregman, left, of the Houston Astros, and Joc Pederson of the Los Angeles Dodgers are powering their clubs early in the World Series. (Bregman photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images; Pederson photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images via JTA)

World Series 2017 highlights Jewish sluggers coming through

By Marc Brodsky

Joc Pederson and Alex Bregman have each homered; Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax still ‘pitching’ in for his old team

Nathan Englander (Joshua Meier)

Interview

With thriller, Nathan Englander spies heartbreaking circle in Mideast conflict

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Nicolae Botezatu (seated), with the cast of Romania's Jewish State Theater, October 2017. (Courtesy of Jewish State Theater/via JTA)

Romanian Jews

To save Yiddish theater, a troupe of Romanian actors abandon their home

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a news briefing at the White House, in Washington, September 15, 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Haley condemns UN official who urged economic sanctions against Israel

By Eric Cortellessa

President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation from the Oval Office during the Berlin Crisis, on July 25, 1961 (photo credit: Cecil Stoughton, White House/John F. Kennedy Library/Flickr)

Intriguing details in JFK files — but no bombshell

By Chris Lefkow

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a press conference in Sydney, October 28, 2017. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)

Australian PM heads to Israel after tumultuous week at home

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA

A portion of the security barrier, which largely separates the West Bank from Israel, under construction near Jerusalem. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

IDF seals off 10 tunnels under West Bank security fence

Palestinian security forces patrolling Bethlehem in 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Israel, Palestinians said back to full West Bank security cooperation

Bassem Eid (right) tries to speak as a heckler is pushed back from the podium after trying to accost him in New York City, on Thursday October 26 2017 (Screen capture Channel 2)

Pro-Israel activists heckled, disrupted during NYC synagogue event

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in The Hague on September 6, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ANP/Robin UTRECHT)

Dutch government ‘obsessed’ with Israel, Simon Wiesenthal Center says

By JTA

Adam Goldberg as the Hebrew Hammer. (YouTube screen capture)

FilmsThe Hebrew Hammer is back, and he’s taking on Hitler

By Yaakov Schwartz

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaking at a HIAS rally in New York, Feb. 12, 2017. (Gili Getz via JTA)

Bill de Blasio donor claims he received favors for illicit contribution

By JTA

A Syrian child holds a piece of cauliflower in his hand at the Ash'ari camp for the displaced in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area outside the capital Damascus on October 25, 2017. (Amer Almohibany/AFP)

Warning: Graphic imagesUN ‘shocked’ by images of ‘deliberately starved’ Syrian children

In this Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, file photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks at the opening ceremony of Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.(Saudi Press Agency via AP, File)

AnalysisSaudi promise of ‘moderate Islam’ shifts power

Trader Joe’s is now selling the popular Israeli snack Bamba. (Trader Joe’s via JTA)

Taste of IsraelYou can now buy Bamba at Trader Joe’s

By Josefin Dolsten

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