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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 15, 2017

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A rescue worker searches the debris with his sniffing dog on the earthquake site in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, Tuesday, November 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel offers quake help to Iran, Iraq, but immediately turned down

By Raphael Ahren

Prime minister announces move in address to US Jews; he also defends his freeze of Western Wall compromise deal

Illustrative: Buildings damaged by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck two days before in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's western Kermanshah province, November 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare/File)

Quake-stricken Iranians fume at ex-leader Ahmadinejad’s housing scheme

By Siavosh GHAZI

Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman (left) and Miss Iraq Sarah Idan share a moment at the 2017 Miss Universe beauty pageant

‘Peace and love’ as Miss Israel and Miss Iraq pose together on Instagram

‘This is Miss Iraq and she’s amazing,’ gushes Israel’s Adar Gandelsman as the two Miss Universe representatives of enemy states try to bridge the gap

Saudi King Salman, left, speaks with his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as they wait for Gulf Arab leaders ahead of the opening of a Gulf Cooperation Council summit, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in May 2012. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Pro-Hezbollah paper alleges Saudis have made plans for ties with Israel

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sits during a meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General in Tehran on November 6, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

Iran: ‘Shameful’ Saudi Arabia begged Israel to bomb Lebanon

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman looking through binoculars during a visit to the Israel's northern border, November 14, 2017. Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense)

Touring northern border, Liberman vows no Iran presence in Syria

Defense minister says he will not allow neighboring country to ‘become a forward operating base against the State of Israel’

AnalysisThreatened south to north, IDF seeks calm while steeling for worst

By Judah Ari Gross

Netanyahu says he told Putin Israel not bound by Syria ceasefire

Hebrew media reviewIranians at the border

By Adiv Sterman

An Iron Dome anti-rocket battery is deployed in central Israel, on November 14, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Iron Dome deployed in greater Tel Aviv area as IDF girds for possible attack

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Anti-missile battery placed in heavily populated urban area, which includes Tel Aviv, amid fears of Gaza rocket launch as Islamic Jihad seeks revenge

Illustrative. A Mavic drone, manufactured by the Chinese company DJI. (ThoroughlyReviewed/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

State watchdog: Army has no comprehensive solution to drone threat

By Judah Ari Gross

Portraits of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas decorate the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on November 1, 2017. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Palestinian reconciliation falters as Gaza crossing with Egypt stays shut

Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in the trailer for 'Justice League' released on October 8, 2017. (Screen capture:YouTube)

Film review

Wonder Woman can save the world but not even Gal Gadot can save ‘Justice League’

By Jordan Hoffman

Gal Gadot attends the "Justice League" photocall at The College on November 4, 2017, in London, England. (David M. Benett/ Dave Benett/WireImage via JTA)

Live updates (closed)

Gal Gadot says entire cast did not want Ratner involved in ‘Wonder Woman II’

By Gavin Rabinowitz

Israeli actress reportedly refused to sign onto sequel unless Warner Bros. cuts its financing deal with the producer who has been accused of sexual harassment

7:29 pm

Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, a leader of postwar Italian Judaism, dies at 84
7:17 pm

Macron says he did not offer Lebanon PM 'exile'
7:10 pm

France says Lebanon's Hariri will arrive 'in coming days'

Divorce: Achilles’ heel of Jewish law

Why my town of Efrat is actively protesting a local get-refuser

Brave new Jewish world

In the process of revamping traditional Judaism in ultra-Orthodoxy’s image, Israel is losing itself

US President Donald Trump's special Middle East peace envoy Jason Greenblatt hosts Michal Salomon and her five children and father at the White House, November 2017. Salomon's husband, father-in-law and sister-in-law were murdered in a July stabbing attack at their home in the West Bank settlement of Halamish. (Via Twitter)

In White House, Israeli widow laments payout to family of her husband’s killer

By Eric Cortellessa

Halamish stabbing survivor Michal Salomon ‘expresses dismay’ to US administration over expected Palestinian Authority stipend

The demolished home of a Palestinian terrorist in the village of Bayt Surik on November 15, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF demolishes home of terrorist who killed 3 in Har Adar

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian rioter in Wadi Joz, near the Old City of Jerusalem, July 21, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

US bill would prevent funding jailing of Palestinian minors

By JTA

Leora Ezrachi-Vered (Avi Nave)

Women in Judaism

Ordination of 100th Israeli Reform rabbi keeps a daughter in the family business

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Illustrative: A plate of hummus. (Teodora Djordjevic/ Getty Images)

Hummus among us: Chefs debate what makes Israeli food Israeli

Clockwise, from left: The church Renate is believed to have attended during the war; Aad and Fie Versnel with Renate, circa 1945; Renate reunited in 2015 with Cobi and Els after more than 50 years. (Courtesy Nadine Wojakovski)

WWII Heroes

How a Facebook post got wartime rescuers recognized as Righteous Gentiles

By Nadine Wojakovski

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A military armored personnel carrier is seen with armed soldiers on the road leading to President Robert Mugabe's office in Harare, Zimbabwe Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe army takes Mugabe, wife into custody, controls capital

By FARAI MUTSAKA

Detail from Jewish painter Marc Chagall's 'Les Amoureux.' (Courtesy Sotheby's website)

Chagall sets auction record at $28.5m in New York

By AFP

Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay speaks with The Associated Press during an interview at the Labor Party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 14, 2017. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

InterviewLabor leader Gabbay vows to unseat Netanyahu, give peace a chance

Eduardo Artes (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Chilean presidential candidate calls Israel ‘a threat to world peace’

By JTA

Students at Milecimo da Silva High School recently simulating Nazi human experiments in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. (Screenshot from Facebook via JTA)

Brazil high schoolers simulate Nazi human experiments for science fair

By JTA

Illustrative: BDS movement in France. (CC BY-SA, Odemirense, Wikimedia commons)

France calls for access after pro-BDS lawmakers barred from Israel

An illustrative photo of the construction of new houses in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, on September 25, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

In first, Israel Prize to be awarded for promoting settlements — report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spars with Israeli MMA fighter Noad Lahat at the Knesset on November 15, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)

In their cornerNetanyahu meets MMA fighters ahead of major bout

The Israeli pavilion at Medica 2017 (Courtesy)

Israeli firms display life-saving tech in Dusseldorf

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israel Museum staff making decisions about artwork placement in "The Museum," about the country's most well-known cultural institution (Courtesy 'The Museum')

Gallery glimpsesBehind the scenes at the Israel Museum, in new documentary

By Jessica Steinberg

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