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What Matters Most On Saturday, October 13, 2018

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A Palestinian protester runs by burning tires at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza city, on October 12, 2018. (Said KHATIB / AFP)

IDF kills three Gazans who blow hole in fence, cross border, run at troops

Hamas leader: We won’t halt Gaza marches for ‘diesel fuel and dollars’

Liberman orders fuel transfer to Gaza power plant halted over border violence

Minister: ‘Hamas is a weak and aggressive enemy — a barking and shouting puppy’

US student Lara Alqasem sits for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on October 11, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Court upholds entry ban on US student accused of supporting Israel boycott

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Tel Aviv judge rejects Lara Alqasem’s appeal, says government acting legally to deny her entry; Hebrew U. denounces decision; she can appeal to Supreme Court

American Lara Alqasem, center, sits in a courtroom prior to a hearing at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

ADL, J Street and Reform movement back student BDS activist barred by Israel

By ToI Staff and JTA

Lorde performs at Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 16, 2017. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

New Zealand activists dismiss Israeli court’s damages order over Lorde concert

By AP and ToI Staff

Analysis

We knew nothing: Hitler personal staff claim they were in the dark on Holocaust

New memoir compilation by 3 former servants airs historical dirty laundry, asserts their ignorance of Nazi atrocities despite their close proximity to the Fuhrer

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler with children at the Berghof, his alpine home of choice (public domain)

Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski, right, wrote a Facebook post about his conversation with a German man who travels to Israel to renovate Holocaust survivors’ apartments. (Wishedski/JTA)

Building BridgesGerman group renovates Holocaust survivors’ homes in Israel for free

By Josefin Dolsten

Jan Adam Kruseman’s 'Salome with the Head of the Baptist'

Dutch museums in possession of 170 artworks possibly stolen from Jews

By JTA

A car belonging to a Palestinian couple is seen after it was involved in a deadly crash reportedly due to stone-throwing by Israeli settlers at the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank on October 12, 2018. (Zachariah Sadeh/Rabbis for Human Rights); Aisha Muhammad Talal Rabi (Courtesy)

Palestinian woman dies in W Bank crash allegedly caused by settler rock-throwing

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Police open investigation into death of Aisha Muhammad Talal Rabi, 47, who was reportedly in car with husband when stones were thrown, causing him to lose control of vehicle

19-year-old arrested at Eliyahu Checkpoint in the West Bank, October 12, 2018 (Defense Ministry Crossings Authority)

Armed Palestinian arrested at West Bank checkpoint: ‘I came to kill Jews’

Incendiary balloons found in Bat Yam on October 11, 2018. (Israel Police)

For third time in a week, incendiary balloons found in Jerusalem

This photo taken on March 14, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman shaking hands in the State Dining Room before lunch at the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)

Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if journalist was killed by Saudi Arabia

By AFP

But president says he doesn’t want to limit US arms sales to Riyadh, even if kingdom found responsible for demise of Jamal Khashoggi

Turkish newspaper says Jamal Khashoggi’s slaying recorded on his Apple Watch

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and Jon Gambrell

Trump’s business ties to Saudi Arabia run long and deep

By Bernard Condon, Stephen Braun and Tami Abdollah

AnalysisMissing journalist puts spotlight on Saudi prince’s friendship with Kushner

Black History Month panelist Rabbi Shais Rishon. (Courtesy of Rishon/via JTA)

Analysis

Josefin Dolsten

A black, Orthodox rabbi’s novel addresses racism in the Jewish community

‘We’re invisible,’ says Rabbi Shais Rishon, 36, about Jews of color struggling to reconcile their identities and feel accepted among other Jews

Taj Patterson was allegedly beaten by a group of Hasidic Jews, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2013. (YouTube screen capture)

NY appeals court overturns Hasidic man’s conviction in assault of gay black man

By JTA

A member of Somalia's security services patrols the scene of a suicide car bomb blast on August 30, 2016 in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab)

Critics slam UN Human Rights Council’s election of ‘unqualified’ new members

By Raphael Ahren and Agencies

18 countries voted onto council including Bahrain, Cameroon, the Philippines, Somalia, Bangladesh and Eritrea, which have poor human rights records

A picture taken on June 18, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, shows a general view during the opening of the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. (AFP/Alain Grosclaude)

US, rights groups say UN rights council vote awards abusers

By AP

BBYO teens across the United States held discussions about fostering tolerance as part of the Oneday Against Hate campaign.
(Courtesy BBYO)

A sustained push

Jewish frat boys take on bigotry on campus with OneDay Against Hate

By Cathryn J. Prince

As the ADL charts an unprecedented rise in US anti-Semitism over the last two years, interfaith groups unite in an effort to promote dialogue and understanding in all walks of life

This poster hung on several college campuses and Iowa organizations blames Jews for sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. (StandWithUs via JTA)

3 NY colleges ban man over anti-Semitic fliers on Kavanaugh allegations

By JTA

Katarzyna Markusz

Denying the Jews’ Jedwabne ’narrative’ with impunity

If you demand that Jews leave Poland, are you exercising freedom of speech — or committing a crime?

Overseas US citizens: Here’s how to vote in the Midterms

If you’re registered, but haven’t received your ballot, you can still vote — all the info you need to fulfill your civic duty

Analysis

A guide to the Jewish Senate candidates in the 2018 midterm elections

A look at the history, politics and Jewish ties of the contenders, as well as current forecasts for next month’s races

(Illustration by Lior Zaltzman/Getty Images via JTA)

Iran MP calls to lobby ‘anti-Trump movements’ in US to reduce sanctions’ impact

By AFP

Melania Trump ignores cheating rumors about husband

Stephen Miller’s 3rd grade teacher suspended for revealing he used to eat glue

Rapper Kanye West shows US President Donald Trump a photograph of a hydrogen plane during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House October 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Israeli designer behind hydrogen plane Kanye West pitched to Trump

Shabtai Hirshberg says he was taken by surprise when the rapper showed his idea to the US president, notes the aircraft is not actually currently practical

Exploring the public and private interiors of Jerusalem's better and lesser known buildings during the 2016 Houses from Within tour (Courtesy Houses from Within)

Doors set to open on Jerusalem’s annual Houses from Within tours

By Jessica Steinberg

The Ramat Gan Safari's newest Persian leopard seen on October 11, 2018. (Ramat Gan Safari, courtesy)

Farsi feline

Iranians join Israeli zoo in choosing name for new Persian leopard

Ramat Gan Safari reaches out to Iranians on social media looking for suggestions for its newest arrival

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Ex-Foreign Minister Pik Botha at a news conference in Cape Town Wednesday May 15 1996 (AP Photo / Sasa Kralj)

Pik Botha, apartheid-era South African foreign minister, dies at 86

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A young Israeli woman rides her bicycle past graffiti in Tel Aviv on May 14, 2012. (Serge Attal/Flash90)

Government to approve new penalties for cyclists

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Facebook says hackers accessed 29 million people’s accounts

By AP

UN peacekeepers and Israeli soldiers are seen on the Israeli side of the Quneitra Crossing between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights on September 27, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Israel, Syria agree to reopen border crossing — US

New immigrants disembark from an aliyah flight at Ben Gurion Airport, August 15, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Despite rise in aliyah from Russia, overall numbers slightly down in 2018

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Tarik Cohen tries Jewish food (YouTube Screenshot)

Bear MitzvahChicago Bears’ Tarik Cohen gets a crash course on Jewish culture

By Gabe Friedman

Pastor Andrew Brunson, center left, and his wife Norine Brunson arrive at Adnan Menderes airport for a flight to Germany after his release following his trial in Izmir, Turkey, Oct. 12, 2018 (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

Trump expected to meet American pastor released by Turkey

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, October 12, 2018 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Nasrallah: Hezbollah ‘deliberately’ ambiguous on Israeli claims of missile sites

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