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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 1, 2018

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US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2018. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Spreading conspiracy theory, Trump points finger at Soros over migrant caravan

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Day after visiting synagogue where gunman angry over Jewish support for migrants killed 11, president appears to back unproven claim that Jewish billionaire behind group

In this May 4, 2018, file photo, attendees walk by a display of AR-15's and AR-10's at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

NRA takes aim at three Jewish billionaires pushing ‘elitist agenda’

By JTA

Then-US president Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, accompanied by Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, place stones and flowers on a memorial as they pay their respects at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Trump returns to campaign trail after Pittsburgh trip sparks controversy

By Sebastian Smith

Anti-Semitic graffiti is written on the Beth Jacob Congregation of Irvine on October 31, 2018 in Irvine, California. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images/AFP)

California synagogue vandalized with ‘f*** Jews’ graffiti

By AFP

Police searching for vandal who spray painted epithet on side of Beth Jacob in Irvine, amid heightened anti-Semitism fears

Ben & Jerrys 'Pecan Resist' ice-cream, launched October 2018. (Ben & Jerry's)

Cold receptionBen & Jerry’s anti-Trump flavor gives Israelis brain freeze

By Agencies and Stuart Winer

Education Minister Naftali Bennett leads a faction meeting of his Jewish Home party at the Knesset on March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

After Pittsburgh shooting, Bennett ‘not sure’ there’s surge of US anti-Semitism

By Eric Cortellessa and Raoul Wootliff

Aliza Bloch, center, on October 30, 2018. (Yaakov Lederman/FLASH90)

In major upset, Bloch boots Abutbul to become first female mayor of Beit Shemesh

Former principal beats two-term ultra-Orthodox mayor by 533 votes after all-night vote count to take helm of city riven by religious tensions

Suspended Ashkelon mayor charged with bribery loses election by 350 votes

Israel media reviewFor Bloch, against the bloc: 8 things to know for November 1

By Joshua Davidovich

AnalysisNew leadership in West Bank could deepen cracks in settler unity

Head of the Shin Bet security service Nadav Argaman attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense committee meeting at the Knesset on March 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Shin Bet head met Abbas in bid to renew leadership ties — report

By Alexander Fulbright

TV report says Nadav Argaman was dispatched by PM to Ramallah to meet with PA chief, who rebuffed offer of joint economic projects

7:31 pm

Netanyahu to Bulgarian PM: Our civilization under attack by 'militant Islam'
7:22 pm

Report: Israel asked France to warn Lebanon's PM over Hezbollah missile factories
6:53 pm

Shin Bet head said to have met Abbas in bid to renew leadership ties

In this February 3, 2007, file photo, an Iranian technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

TV report: Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet

Tehran strategic networks attacked, Hadashot TV says, hours after Israel revealed it tipped off Denmark about Iran murder plot, and days after Rouhani’s phone was found bugged

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish and Azeri counterparts (unseen) on October 30, 2018, in Istanbul. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

Iran accuses Mossad of running ‘false flag’ ops to frame Tehran

By ToI Staff and AFP

A foot drill by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps depicting the White House with a Star of David on top, broadcast on Iranian TV on October 16, 2018. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Iranian marching drill depicts collapse of Star of David-adorned White House

Bar Refaeli wearing the niqab in a clothing ad launched on October 30, 2018. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Dressing down

Ad starring Bar Refaeli in niqab slammed as Islamophobic

By Michael Bachner

Video shows supermodel removing Muslim garb with message ‘Freedom is Basic’; she deletes it from social media amid backlash

What Pittsburgh tells us about the Jewish future

With US anti-Semitism at historic lows, the long-term threat to American Jewry lies in the erosion of civil society

Micah Lakin Avni

How will we combat Israel’s delegitimization? In Concert

Introducing a bold partnership aimed at improving the country’s image and standing in world public opinion

Andrew Silow-Carroll

What Israeli Chief Rabbi David Lau really said about the Pittsburgh shooting

Reports Lau refused to call ’Tree of Life’ a synagogue were wrong — he was expressing profound pain for the victims

Miri Regev and degenerate art

The culture minister is abusing her mandate, for it is the artist’s duty to test the limits of self-expression

From left to right: Clyde Haberman, veteran New York Times reporter; Julian Zelizer, Princeton University Professor of History & Public Affairs and CNN Political Analyst; Halie Soifer, Executive Director, Jewish Democratic Council of America; Jeff Jacoby, opinion columnist for The Boston Globe; Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Executive Director, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)

US midterm elections

Cathryn J. Prince

Domestic issues, not Israel, key to pivotal Jewish voters in midterm elections

Despite constituting just 2% of the population, US Jews may have a disproportionate impact on the vote — and Republicans and Democrats alike are aware of it, say analysts

AnalysisPittsburgh shooting casts long shadow over looming US midterms

Steve West (West campaign website)

Missouri Republican’s kids to voters: He’s an anti-Semite, don’t vote for him

By AP

Tree of Life Synagogue shooting victim Joyce Fienberg, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, was buried on October 31, 2018. (courtesy)

‘My heart hurts’ says victim’s brother as 5th Pittsburgh shooting victim buried

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In a crowd of hundreds, noted academic Joyce Fienberg praised as a selfless friend, neighbor and relative whose ‘unparalleled goodness lives on’

Pittsburgh victim remembered as doting grandfather, selfless community member

By Arielle Kaplan and Ben Sales

Groups push #ShowUpForShabbat campaign after Pittsburgh massacre

By JTA

Stars of Hope brings comfort to Pittsburgh with the help of trauma survivors

By Arielle Kaplan and Ben Sales

Driver's license photo of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers (Pennsylvania DOT)

As victims buried, Pittsburgh synagogue shooter indicted on 44 counts

By MARYCLAIRE DALE and Allen G. Breed

Robert Bowers charged by federal grand jury over massacre of 11 Jews at prayer, could face the death penalty

Screen capture from video of toppled headstones at the Hebrew Rest Cemetery, in Orange, Texas. (YouTube)

Headstones toppled at small Jewish cemetery in Texas

By JTA

Iowa Representative Steve King speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, on January 24, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Republican campaign chair denounces white supremacy after Steve King remarks

By JTA

Israel's Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev, center, visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi with UAE officials on October 29, 2018. (Courtesy Chen Kedem Maktoubi)

Analysis

Giant leap for Israel-Gulf ties hasn’t shattered the Palestinian glass ceiling

Do Netanyahu’s visit in Oman and ‘Hatikva’ playing in Abu Dhabi show that normalization with the Arab world is not tied to progress in the peace process? Not so fast, analysts warn

Israel's Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev, center, visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi with UAE officials on October 29, 2018. (Courtesy Chen Kedem Maktoubi)

Trump aide Greenblatt lauds ‘warmer’ ties between Israel and Gulf

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi shaking hands in Ramallah on October 31, 2018. (Credit: Wafa)

Omani FM visits Ramallah after Netanyahu’s visit to Muscat

In this October 30, 2018 photo, a man removes damaged tires at a workshop in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

In Gaza, tire shortage hits motorists but not protesters

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Despite Israeli-Egyptian import ban, border rioters rely on seemingly endless supply of old, discarded tires — while drivers have to resort to creative alternatives

Members of the Hamas terror group's military wing attend the funeral of six of its fighters at a cemetery in the Deir al-Balah refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 6, 2018. (Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Member of Hamas military wing killed in ‘accidental explosion’

A suspected explosive device discovered in the yard of a kindergarten in southern Israel on November 1, 2018. (Eshkol security)

Police clear kindergarten in south after suspected Gaza balloon bomb found

By Judah Ari Gross

Tour guide and researcher Dotan Brom will lead several tours on gay life in Haifa at the Haifa Story Festival, beginning this Thursday, November 1, 2018 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Long-isolated Haifa neighborhoods open up to reveal their secret histories

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Illustrative photo of an Israeli army jeep in Hebron, November 7, 2013 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Defense Ministry to advance plan for Jewish apartment building in Hebron

Jair Bolsonaro, far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate for the Social Liberal Party (PSL), gestures to supporters during the second round of the presidential elections, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 28, 2018. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicates he wants to move embassy to Jerusalem

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this October 12, 2013 file photo, the casket of one of the migrants who died when their boat capsized off in the Canal of Sicily is lifted by crane to an Italian Navy ship at the Lampedusa island harbor. (AP Photo/Mauro Buccarello)

56,800 dead and missing: The hidden toll of migration

By Lori Hinnant and Bram Janssen

Kim Kardashian being honored by the Gift of Life marrow registry in Los Angeles, Oct. 29, 2018. (Kara Frans Photography via JTA)

Using her millionsKim Kardashian honored for bone marrow effort to save Jewish man

By JTA

This April 15, 2018 photo shows a migrant child's jacket which was retrieved by artist Mohsen Lahzib, who tries to create beauty out of sorrow, at his space in the southern port town of Zarzis, Tunisia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Photo essayThe sea takes migrants and brings back bodies

By Nariman El-Mofty and Lori Hinnant

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov at his office in Jerusalem on September 5, 2018. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu urges EU to end its ‘hypocritical and hostile stance’ toward Israel

The Atar family, killed in a car crash near the Dead Sea on October 30, 2018. (Courtesy)

Hundreds attend funerals of family of 8 killed in car crash

Harvey Weinstein speaking at National Geographic’s Further Front Event at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, April 19, 2017. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for National Geographic)

Harvey Weinstein accused of sexually assaulting girl, 16

By AP

Illustrative image of members of the LGBT community and supporters participating in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset rejects bill granting surrogacy parenthood rights to homosexual couples

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, at a pheasant hunt in Akron, Iowa, Saturday, October 26, 2013. (AP/Nati Harnik)

Rebuked by backers, far-right congressman Steve King holes up ahead of vote

By Thomas Beaumont

An oil spill in the Arava area of southern Israel, on December 4, 2014. (Nature and Parks Authority)

Damages from massive 2014 oil spill amount to NIS 281 million

Illustrative: Elbit Systems Ltd.'s Hermes900 Maritime Patrol system will help monitor Europe's coast (Courtesy)

Elbit wins drone contract for up to $68m to help monitor Europe coast

By Shoshanna Solomon

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