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What Matters Most On Friday, February 16, 2018

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As Jewish community reels, Florida victims remembered for their kindness

By Ben Sales and Josefin Dolsten

Four students and a teacher gunned down included a soccer player, a musician, a college hopeful, a special needs volunteer, and an educator who died saving pupils

Students grieve outside Pines Trail Center where counselors are present, after Wednesday's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Thursday, February 15, 2018. (AP/Joel Auerbach)

Five members of Jewish community among 17 killed in Florida massacre

By Eric Cortellessa and Stuart Winer

A woman cries as she bows her head in prayer during a vigil at the Parkland Baptist Church, for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida on February 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

‘Taken way too soon’: The 17 students and teachers killed in Florida

This video screen grab image shows shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, at Broward County Jail in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on February 15, 2018.(Miguel GUTTIEREZ/AFP TV)

Florida school shooting suspect belonged to white supremacist group

By TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY

Republic of Florida, which wants Sunshine State to be all white, says Nikolas Cruz trained with group, but acted on his own in carrying out massacre

Florida gunman had extra ammo at school, fired for 3 minutes

By AP

Florida shootingWarning signs may have been missed in school shooting case

By KELLI KENNEDY

Huckabee says US should follow Israel’s lead to prevent mass shootings

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

In this February 15, 2018 photo, John Greenberg, center, 17, talks with his friends outside his home in Parkland, Florida. Greenberg and his friends are juniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student shot and killed more than a dozen people on February 14. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

Tormented by Florida shooting, ‘Jew Crew’ buddies find solace in each other

By JASON DEAREN

Six friends who met in elementary school and planned back-to-back bar mitzvahs forge new bond after narrowly escaping shooter’s path

Mom of Jewish girl killed in Florida shooting begs Trump: ‘Please do something’

By JTA

As gun debate rages, Trump changes the subject

By Andrew BEATTY

The Jewish sheriff at Florida shooting cites Talmudic verse as his motivation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, February 16, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu to UN chief: Israel won’t allow Iran to establish foothold in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

‘They won’t build their bases in Syria — we’ll act against that,’ premier tells Guterres at Munich Security Conference

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, addresses dozens of senior business leaders, encouraging them to invest in Israel, ahead of the Munich Security Conference, February 16, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

PM tells global business leaders: ‘This year in Jerusalem’

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu board a plane at Ben Gurion Airport before departing for Munich, February 15, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/File)

Ahead of Munich confab, PM says he won’t accept limits on Syria strikes

By Judah Ari Gross and Michael Bachner

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on February 15, 2018. (Flash90)

Attorney general hails police for ‘thorough, professional’ probe of Netanyahu

By Raoul Wootliff and Stuart Winer

Day after TV reports of a rift between cops and prosecutors, Avichai Mandelblit dismisses unfounded efforts to create friction, and rejects claim — made by PM — of police bias

Tel Aviv protesters call on PM to quit after police recommend indictment

By AFP

Hebrew media reviewThe press gets Mandelblitzed

By Joshua Davidovich

Lapid rejects claim he was central witness in PM probes

By Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff

A recently constructed security watchpost outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. (Screenshot/Facebook)

Palestinians threaten protests over new Damascus Gate watchposts

By Khaled Abu Toameh

First of three security structures constructed at entrance to Old City to protect against stabbing attacks, sparking outrage over ‘plan to Judaize Jerusalem’

Abbas refuses reconciliation until Hamas cedes control of Gaza — PA ex-minister

By Khaled Abu Toameh

As Gaza Strip deteriorates, Israel turns to world for help

By Josef Federman

Oman foreign minister makes rare visit by Arab official to Temple Mount

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative photo of breast-feeding (CC BY-ND hugabub.com, Flickr)

Transgender woman breastfeeds, first case study shows

By Kerry SHERIDAN

Research by Tamar Reisman and Zil Goldstein finds 30-year-old who was born male successfully nursed her baby exclusively for six weeks

Asylum seekers protesting at the Holot detention center in the southern Negev Desert of Israel, February 17, 2014. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

Spared by Shabbat, first asylum seekers facing deportation given until Sunday

By Melanie Lidman

In bid to soften public relations blow from controversial move, Netanyahu instructs government to refer to plan as ‘removal’ not ‘deportations’

A couple in Abidjan marry according to Jewish tradition, December 9, 2017. (Bonita Sussman via JTA)

Drawn to the faith, West Africans put down Jewish roots

By Josefin Dolsten

Gun control only goes so far

I trained in self-defense in Parkland, Florida, no less, and it changed my life

Is Netanyahu counting on mafia-style omerta?

In any democracy worthy of the name, the rule of law must be the first and only consideration

Deborah Klapper

Why we need coed yeshivas

Segregating boys and girls for post-high school Torah study irrationally limits their ability to follow their passions

The IKEA effect: Why we value what we make

The Tabernacle… the Sabbath…God gave the Jewish people room to create, which changed them for the better (Terumah)

Illustrative: Israeli politician Dan Meridor, left, onstage at a highly protested event put on the the Pinsker Center at King's College London, February 13, 2018. (Courtesy Pinsker Centre)

Dan Meridor welcomed with shouts of ‘Shame,’ protests at London university event

By Jenni Frazer

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Israel's Alexei Bychenko competes in the men's single skating short program of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, on February 16, 2018. (AFP/Aris Messinis)

Gliding to ‘Hava Nagila,’ Israelis land in men’s Olympic figure skating final

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israel's Adam Edelman slows down at the end of the men's skeleton heat 2 during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 15, 2018. (AFP/Mark Ralston)

Israel’s Edelman eliminated in Olympic skeleton

18-year-old Samah Abdallah, who was shot and killed by IDF soldiers in November 2015. (Courtesy of her family)

Army to open criminal probe into 2015 death of 18-year-old Palestinian

Amy Schumer speaking about her film 'Trainwreck' at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival in New York, April 19, 2015. (JTA/Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

SnatchedAmy Schumer ties knot with chef Chris Fischer

By AP

Israeli and American flags seen in Chicago, Illinois, 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Special relationshipState Department official: US and Israel are best friends forever

Kelly Barbieri (l) editor in chief of The Fresh Toast and comic, writer and Letterman alum Jena Friedman (r) at The Fresh Toast Launch Party at Campeon, New York, on October 5, 2016. (Amy Sussman/Invision for The Fresh Toast/AP Images)

Comedian Jena Friedman: It’s easier to be a neo-Nazi than a woman right now

By Gabe Friedman

Senators attend an overnight session at the Polish Senate in Warsaw, on February 1, 2018. (PAP/Radek Pietruszka/AFP)

Poles abroad urged to document, report ‘anti-Polish’ statements

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher sharpening his tools. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

UK Labour Party backs separate labeling for kosher meat

By JTA

Carl Lutz, who worked as vice consul for Switzerland in Budapest during the years of World War II and is credited with having a hand in saving about 86,000 Jews from the Nazis, January 1, 1944/ (CC BY-SA 3.0 FORTEPAN/ARCHIV FÜR ZEITGESCHICHTE ETH ZÜRICH/AGNES HIRSCHI/Wikipedia)

‘Swiss Oskar Schindler’ who saved tens of thousands of Jews in WWII honored

By JTA

Jeffrey Tambor arrives at the 'Transparent' FYC special screening in Los Angeles, April 22, 2017. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, file)

Jeffrey Tambor fired from ‘Transparent’ following sexual harassment claims probe

By JTA

Israeli designer Hed Mayner showing his 2018/2019 collection in Paris in January 2018 (Courtesy Hed Mayner)

Inspired by ultra-Orthodox, massive backwards suits turn heads in Paris

By Jessica Steinberg

Eitan Press of Aleph Male, a beard balm business based on Jewish masculinity, in Jerusalem's Old City, February 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Ancient beard traditions shape the face of modern Jerusalem

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