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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 7, 2018

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The new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives will see, from left, Jewish lawmakers Jerrold Nadler and Adam Schiff in key leadership roles, upstart Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez representing the insurgent left and Nancy Pelosi in line to be speaker. (Getty Images/via JTA)

As Democrats win House, Jewish lawmakers to step into key roles

Changing of House leadership could bring new oversight over Trump’s business dealings and immigration policies, but Israel ties likely to remain unaffected

A voter casts his ballot at the East Midwood Jewish Center polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on November 6, 2018. (Angela Weiss / AFP)

Both Republican and Democratic Jewish groups hail election results as a win

By JTA

In this July 29, 2018, photo, Illinois Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker talks with supporters in Geneva, Ill. New Illinois campaign reports show that Pritzker has pumped $146.5 million of his own money into his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Jewish Congress members poised to take key leadership roles

Jared Polis, Democratic candidate for Colorado's governorship, speaks during the first stop of a statewide bus tour to drum up support among Democrats Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Silverthorne, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Jared Polis elected first Jewish governor of Colorado

By JTA

The 43-year-old Democrat is also the state’s first openly gay person elected to the post

Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., speaks with Roll Call in her office on Capitol Hill on October 26, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Nevada Rep. Jacky Rosen, former synagogue president, wins Senate bid

By JTA

Elaine Luria speaks at a Democratic committee meeting in Norfolk, Va., Feb. 3, 2018. The Navy veteran upset a Republican incumbent to win a House seat. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)

2 Jewish veterans score Democratic upsets in House races

By JTA

Muslim women make US history with congressional wins

Democrats Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib headed to Congress after election that notched a series of wins for minority candidates

In this November 6, 2008 photo, Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, is photographed outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Democrat Leslie Cockburn concedes defeat at her watch party at Three Notch'd Brewing Co. in Charlottesville, Virginia, during election night on Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Zack Wajsgras)

Virginia Democrat accused of anti-Semitism loses congressional bid

Arthur Jones (ArtJonesforCongress.com)

Illinois Nazi Arthur Jones wins 40,000 votes, but loses race by huge margin

By AFP

David Rosen, from left, Jennifer Karol and her husband Tom Karol react to an update on the 32nd Texas congressional race during an election night party for Democratic candidate Colin Allred at the Magnolia Hotel Dallas Park Cities in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Jacobsohn)

Democrats retake the House, setting up divided government

By LISA MASCARO

Republicans lose more than two dozen suburban districts across the nation, ending eight years of control that began with the Tea Party revolt of 2010

US President Donald Trump arrives for a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally at McKenzie Arena, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 4, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

GOP keeps Senate control for 2 more years, in partial triumph for Trump

President Donald Trump looks at his watch near the end of a campaign rally Monday, November 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Trump calls midterms a ‘tremendous success’ despite losses

By Catherine Lucey and Jonathan Lemire

Protesters demonstrate against US President Donald Trump near the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh as he visited the site where 11 Jewish worshippers were killed, on October 30, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)

Analysis

After midterm campaign marred by anti-Semitism, US Jews divided as ever

Pittsburgh massacre, Republican criticism of Soros, and success of Democrats critical of Israel imperils already shaky consensus of American Jewish community

A person pauses in front of Stars of David with the names of those killed two days earlier in a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, in Pittsburgh, October 29, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)

Israeli lawmakers debate anti-Semitism in the US, without American Jewish input

An Orthodox Jewish man fills out his ballot papers at a polling center on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Israel media reviewMixed messages: 9 things to know for November 7

By Joshua Davidovich

Edward Snowden speaks to journalists and invited guests at a Tel Aviv event produced by the Orenstein Hoshen PR agency (Courtesy)

Israeli tech helped Saudis kill journalist, Snowden tells Tel Aviv confab

By Simona Weinglass

Fugitive NSA leaker lambastes Israel’s NSO Group as ‘the worst of the worst,’ is rebuked by former Mossad official who now works in the surveillance industry

RT LTA Systems Ltd. has developed a new surveillance and communications baloon, the SkyStar 120, that is mounted on an all-terrain vehicle (Courtesy)

Surveillance balloon firm unveils smaller, more flexible blimp

By Shoshanna Solomon

In this Feb, 17, 2016 file photo, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, center speaks via video conference to people in the Johns Hopkins University auditorium, in Baltimore. G(AP Photo/Juliet Linderman, File)

Snowden warns Israelis of dangers in accepting too much government surveillance

By AFP

Ethiopian Israelis greet President Reuven Rivlin at a Sigd Celebration in Jerusalem on November 7, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Rivlin at Sigd celebration: We will not allow race-based discrimination

President condemns episode at Barkan winery where Ethiopian employees weren’t allowed to touch wine; stresses efforts being made to return Hamas captive Avera Mengistu

7:28 pm

Rivlin at Sigd celebration: We will not allow race-based discrimination
7:16 pm

Trump hopes to meet N. Korea leader next year
7:14 pm

Frenchman accused of Gaza gun-running was 'tricked,' his lawyer says

We helped asylum seekers and got elected – now they have a voice

Tel Aviv’s city council now has a radical Mizrachi feminist member with a new message: a humane solution is possible

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Yes, anti-Semitism is a problem again. No, it is not 1939.

Let’s not grant more power to the hate-mongers than they deserve — Jews are at home in America

Has the golden age of American Jewry come to an end?

Four reasons why there has never been a greater time in history to be a Jew, starting with Israel-Gulf ties

Rafael A. Beyar

Here’s why, despite it all, Israelis live longer

An average lifespan of 82.5 puts Israel in the top 10 countries for longevity — ahead of the US, with its 78.7 years

Bible Quiz participant Sintayehu Shafrao welcomes his mother Alem Wondie at Ben Gurion Airport on November 6, 2018 as she arrived with the rest of his family. (Courtesy Heart of Israel)

Bible Quiz star’s family immigrate, sole Ethiopians allowed in this year

By Melanie Lidman

Relatives of Sintayehu Shafrao, 18, who represented Ethiopian Jews still living in Ethiopia in this year’s Bible Quiz, land at Ben-Gurion as community marks Sigd pilgrimage holiday

Medical marijuana smoking supplies at a store adjacent to the 'Tikun Olam' store in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2016. Tikun Olam Ltd. is the largest supplier of medical Cannabis in Israel, operating under license from the Health Ministry since 2007. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Thousands of patients in limbo as ministry temporarily shuts top cannabis grower

By Melanie Lidman

As health officials cite concerns with hygiene, patients left with with no way to fill prescriptions fume at both ministry and Tikun Olam company over ‘broken system’

Illustrative photo of a man receiving a vaccine in Safed in northern Israel, November 6, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Measles vaccination rates in anti-vaxxer areas of Jerusalem leap to 80%

Illustrative photo of schoolchildren taking an exam. (Shutterstock)

Leaked ‘gifted’ kids test offers a glimpse into Israeli ‘tiger parent’ culture

By Simona Weinglass

Dr. Davida Eisenberg-Degen, a specialist in Rock Art and Graffiti at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)

Hold the camels: 2,000-year-old cistern in Beersheba engraved with sea vessels

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Archaeologists believe that whoever carved boats into the landlocked water storage pit had technical knowledge of their construction

In this photo from December 12, 2012, policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Staircases and postholes: New finds offer insight on how Egypt built pyramids

Interview

Raphael Ahren and Adam Rasgon

UN envoy: Arab world must boost aid to Palestinians, but buck stops with Israel

Jamie McGoldrick, the UN deputy special coordinator for the peace process, advocates for Palestinian reconciliation, says the UN wants the PA to resume control of Gaza

UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Jamie McGoldrick in his Jerusalem office, October 31, 2018 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash in an interview with AFP at his office in Dubai on June 7, 2017. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)

UAE minister scolds Hamas over its ‘solidarity’ with Iran

Palestinians rally in support of Qatar at a Qatari-funded housing project in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on June 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

Qatar announces aid for Gazan poor amid Israel truce talks

By AFP

Israeli soldiers during a raid in the village of Shuweika, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem on October 20, 2018. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90/File)

Soldiers descend on family home of Barkan terrorist as manhunt continues

Palestinian media broadcasts footage of Israeli security forces surrounding home, a day after IDF issues re-issues demolition orders

Liberman cancels meeting with bereaved families, blaming leak

Hundreds join families of Barkan terror victims in protest calling for reprisal

Clashes erupt in Nablus as IDF escorts Jews to shrine

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Illustrative: An easyJet airliner on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 3, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Alert air traffic controller averts collision at Ben Gurion Airport

Illustrative photo of a phone scammer (Photo credit: lolostock/iStock)

Victims of French-Israeli ads scam to get some money back, not from Israel

By Pierre Assouline and Simona Weinglass

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 hesitates over proposed Jerusalem embassy move

By AFP

Author Roald Dahl in 1982, around the time his commentaries against Jews and Israel began to increase. (Public domain)

Giant hate speechAnti-Semitic Roald Dahl kept off UK commemorative coins

Deputy Attorney General Dina Zilber speaks at a Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting on the proposed "Loyalty in Culture" bill, which will limit state financial support for art deemed antithetical to the state's interests, at the Knesset on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Attorney general defends deputy embattled for criticizing ‘loyalty’ bill

Ari Fuld, who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist outside a West Bank shopping mall on September 16, 2018. (Facebook)

Terror victim Ari Fuld posthumously awarded medal for shooting his stabber

By Judah Ari Gross

In this file photo taken on May 02, 2018, Rene Trabelsi speaks on the phone outside the Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tour operator Rene Trabelsi named Tunisia’s first Jewish minister in decades

By AFP

Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) responds to what she says were sexist comments about her made by Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern, November 6, 2018 (Facebook screenshot)

MK under fire for appearing to say minister slept her way to the top in army

Illustrative: A Border Police officer frisks a Palestinian man in front of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on September 20, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)

Officers convicted of beating Arab bystander get community service

Ramadan Dabash, a Palestinian resident of Sur Baher running for Jerusalem's city council, at his second home in Beit Hanina, July 2018 (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

Palestinian list fails to win any seats on Jerusalem city council

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2018. (AFP/Sergei Ilnitsky)

Netanyahu meeting with Putin said scrapped as tensions over Syria linger

Abdellah Boutadghart, right, of the Moroccan embassy in Senegal, and Rabbi Eliezer Di Martino of Lisbon at the main cemetery in Praia for the burial of a Cape Verde resident, May 2, 2013. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

In ‘small antidote to anti-Semitism,’ Jewish graves rededicated in Cape Verde

By Amelia Nierenberg

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