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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 30, 2017

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Iranians chant slogans as they march in support of the government near the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / TASNIM NEWS / HAMED MALEKPOUR)

On 3rd day of anti-regime protests, Iran blames US, Israel for stirring unrest

By ToI Staff and AFP

Iranians chant slogans as they march in support of the government near the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017.
Tens of thousands of regime supporters marched in cities across Iran in a show of strength for the regime after two days of angry protests directed against the country's religious rulers. (AFP PHOTO / TASNIM NEWS / HAMED MALEKPOUR)

Iran warns against ‘illegal gatherings’ as fresh protest reported in Tehran

By Ali Noorani and Eric RANDOLPH

A still from video footage of protestors in Iran's second-largest city demonstrating over rising prices and high unemployment. (Twitter screen capture)

After arrest of demonstrators, Trump warns Iran ‘the world is watching’

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacks Iran over its treatment of Christians in a video released on December 29, 2017. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Netanyahu: Iran’s Christmas greetings ‘the height of hypocrisy’

By Alexander Fulbright

Premier takes shot at foreign minister’s holiday tweet, noting recent reports of the arrests of Christian converts

Iran hard-liners rally as new protests challenge government

Largest Iran protests since 2009 spread to Tehran

‘We told the Israelis clearly, we’re staying in Syria,’ US official says

UNESCO head Audrey Azoulay speaks at a press conference following her election on October 13, 2017, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. (AFP Photo/Thomas Samson)

UNESCO chief receives Israel’s withdrawal notice: ‘I regret this deeply’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Audrey Azoulay’s confirmation of Israeli departure comes after last minute scramble to submit paperwork; Jewish state will leave UN’s cultural arm on December 31, 2018

A woman walks across Israel square in Guatemala City on December 27, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Orlando ESTRADA)

Guatemala says nations must respect its decision to move embassy to Jerusalem

By AFP and ToI Staff

Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, prepares to speak on the floor of the General Assembly on December 21, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

P-UN-k'dNikki Haley pranked into thanking fake Polish PM for UN Jerusalem vote

(JTA collage)

From Aharon Steinman to Zsa Zsa Gabor

10 inspiring Jews who died in 2017

By Gabe Friedman

Remembering those members of the tribe who accomplished great things in the arts, comedy, politics and leadership

Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay (2nd L) and former defense minister Amir Peretz (2nd R) tour the Gaza border region on December 26, 2017 (Courtesy/Zionist Union)

Gabbay slams Netanyahu for failure to halt Gaza rocket fire

Comments come a day after 3 rockets fired into Israel apparently target a ceremony honoring IDF soldier killed in 2014, whose remains are held by Hamas

Palestinian protester said to die of wounds from Gaza clashes with IDF

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Michael Oren says IDF should ‘shoot to kill’ suspected terrorists

By JTA

Mother of slain soldier says rocket fire won’t deter efforts for his return

Jewish Olympian and author of 'The Champion Mindset,' Joanna Zeiger. (Courtesy)

This Jewish Sports Hall of Fame athlete wrote the book on thinking like a champ

By Rich Tenorio

The French Ministry for the Economy and Finance in Paris (CC BY-SA Pline/Wikipedia)

France denies report its tax authority has ‘secret’ department devoted to Jews

By Simona Weinglass

Israel’s Globes reported the unit was set up over past year, employs 20 Hebrew-speaking tax-evasion investigators

The hadvalah ceremony at Limmud FSU in Oakland, California. (Ekaterina Efimova)

Limmud FSU slams Israeli government for neglecting Russian-speaking Jews

Author Nicole Krauss (Goni Riskin)

Interview

In new Nicole Krauss novel, Tel Aviv is the backdrop for two US Jews’ reboot

By Renee Ghert-Zand

‘Rage Rooms’ are, well, all the rage

It turns out that you’re not doing anyone any favors when you encourage ‘getting your aggression out’

A new-old policy on intermarriage

Welcoming all families doesn’t mean Conservative rabbis should officiate at the mixed wedding

In this photo from December 23, 2017, people walk along the Old City of Jerusalem's walls, next to Jaffa Gate. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photo essay

Old City walls offer glimpse of Jerusalem’s richness

By Ilan Ben Zion and Oded Balilty

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Jerry Seinfeld performing at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Dec. 19, 2015. (Guy Prives/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)

Food for the funny boneSeinfeld spotted at top Tel Aviv falafel shop ahead of shows

By JTA and ToI Staff

This file photo taken on September 14, 2017 shows British musician and former Beatles member Ringo Starr posing for a photograph in London. (AFP PHOTO / CHRIS J RATCLIFFE)

Arise, Sir RingoRingo Starr tapped for knighthood

By AP and ToI Staff

A policeman stands guard in front of Mar Mina church, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Video shows Egypt’s church gunman calmly walking away

Barbed wire fences surround detention buildings at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Two Belgians acquitted in Poland of Auschwitz electric fence theft

By AFP

Palestinian activists hold posters during a demonstration calling for a boycott of Israeli products in the West Bank city of Nablus, file (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Israel okays $72 million anti-BDS project

By JTA

Illustrative: Beach view at Koh Samui Island Thailand (Tupikov/iStock/Getty Images)

Israeli tourist killed in Thailand; said to hit his head jumping into waterfall

Jackals sit on a road in the mountains surrounding Jerusalem, August 4, 2008. (Haim Shohat/Flash90)

Soldiers kill suspected rabid jackal after being attacked

Marcus Raskin, an American philosopher and social critic who co-founded the Institute for Policy Studies (YouTube Screen Capture)

Marcus Raskin, influential liberal think tank founder, dies at 83

By Eric Cortellessa

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