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What Matters Most On Friday, January 4, 2019

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US House Representative Rashida Tlaib participates in a ceremonial swearing-in at the start of the 116th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP)

Rashida Tlaib on Trump: We’re going to impeach that motherf**ker

Rashida Tlaib (in red thobe and glasses), accompanied by her family, being sworn in with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (in pink dress), at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Rashida Tlaib sworn in on Jefferson’s Quran as 1st Palestinian woman in Congress

By Eric Cortellessa

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi administers the House oath of office to Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, during the ceremonial swearing-in of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 3, 2019. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Georgia congressman compares Trump to Hitler

By JTA

Members are sworn in at the House of Representatives during the opening session of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 3, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Congress is now three times as Jewish as the US is

Jews make up only 2 percent of the nation’s population, but have 34 representatives in Congress, or 6 percent of 535 lawmakers in both chambers

Nancy Pelosi reacts as she is confirmed Speaker of the House during the 116th Congress and swearing-in ceremony on the floor of the US House of Representatives at the US Capitol on January 3, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Speaker Pelosi sees ‘new dawn’ as Democrat-controlled 116th Congress opens

By LISA MASCARO

Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint statement at the military base Fort Copacabana, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. (Leo Correa/Pool Photo via AP)

Bolsonaro confirms Brazil to move embassy to Jerusalem

Brazilian leader says only Iran strongly opposed to step, most Arab nations not expected to sanction Brasilia

Wilson Witzel is inaugurated as governor of Rio De Janeiro on January 2, 2019 (screen capture: YouTube)

Having a blastNew Rio governor includes shofar call in inauguration

By Marcus M. Gilban

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, right, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM: Mandelblit facing ‘thuggish, inhumane’ pressure to announce indictment

As Netanyahu accuses ‘left, media’ of seeking to ‘steal’ the April election, AG warns of attempt ‘to undermine the public’s trust’ in the justice system

Welfare Minister Haim Katz arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, December 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

State expected to drop corruption case against Likud minister — report

Israel Resilience Party chairman Benny Gantz speaks to Hadashot news in a February 2018 interview aired for the first time on January 3, 2019. (Screen capture/Hadashot news)

In first political comments, Gantz says certain settlements to remain ‘forever’

In newly released clips from 2018 interview, former IDF chief says he is most concerned by ‘fragmentation’ of Israeli society and the ‘radicalization’ of domestic politics

Yoram Cohen, then-chief of the Shin Bet security agency, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on November 18, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Former Shin Bet chief being courted for ministerial post

In this photo from December 23, 2018, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP, File)

AnalysisHow fragmentation helps Netanyahu re-election hopes

Russian immigrants attend an event marking the 25th anniversary of the major wave of aliya from the former Soviet Union to Israel, at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on December 24, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Analysis

Why most new immigrants to Israel aren’t considered Jewish

Immigration from Russia is on the rise again, bringing back to the fore a debate over the status of Israelis who officially have no religion

Illustrative: New immigrants to Israel stepping off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport. (Courtesy Nefesh B'Nefesh/via JTA)

More than half of new immigrants to Israel in 2018 not considered Jewish

By JTA

Achvat Amim participants learning Jewish topics in the forest. (Courtesy Achvat Amim)

Far-left Diaspora Jews increasingly coming to Israel — and sticking around

By Steven Davidson

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, May 9, 2018. (Amos Ben Gerschom/GPO)

Netanyahu, Putin agree to boost cooperation, defeat terrorism in Syria

As US prepares to withdraw troops, two leaders affirm need for increased military and diplomatic ties, in call initiated by PM

Pompeo says US has helped foster cooperation between Israel and Arab states

Netanyahu: US acting against Iran economically, Israel operating militarily

Pompeo on Tehran rockets: US ‘won’t stand by’ as Iran threatens global security

UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a conference in 2011. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Corbyn filmed applauding extremist Jew’s speech about ‘dismantling’ Israel

By JTA and ToI Staff

Newly surfaced video shows UK Labour head clapping as member of Neturei Karta sect calls for ‘the end of a Zionist state that has kidnapped the name of Judaism’

Illustrative. A mezuzah. (Zeevveez/Flickr)

French family’s car filled with trash, fitted with their stolen mezuzah

By JTA

Le Train Bleu (CC BY-SA 4.0, Gryffindor, Wikipedia)

Employees at famous Paris eatery photographed making anti-Semitic salute

Frank Sinatra performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 1, 1980. (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA); Marcia Freedman, shown with some of her handmade kippas, knitted one for Frank Sinatra that recently sold at auction for nearly $10,000. (Courtesy)

Knitter of Sinatra’s $10,000 kippa unravels the mystery of its origin

By Yaakov Schwartz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) sits next to military secretary Avi Bluth during a cabinet meeting on August 16, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu’s military secretary reprimanded for outpost removal confusion

By Judah Ari Gross

Avi Blot receives official censure from IDF chief of staff for failing to convey government decision to call off eviction

Liberman: Netanyahu threw his military aide under the bus for outpost clearance

Amid criticism, PM claims he told aide to call off Amona evacuation — report

Israel media reviewSituation normal, all fudged up: 10 things to know for January 4

By Joshua Davidovich

Poster for 'Rosenbaum's Rescue,' a new play by Alexander Bodin Saphir. (Courtesy)

A Nazi's pragmatism

Play depicts new details of alleged Nazi self-sabotage in rescue of Danish Jews

Kulanu Knesset member Michael Oren speaks to press in the Israeli parliament, July 29, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Interview

Having quit Kulanu, Michael Oren seeks new party ‘to best serve country’

By Raoul Wootliff

Robbie Gringras

What Birthright can learn from Bohemian Rhapsody

The biopic doesn’t dwell on the seedier aspects of Freddie Mercury’s life, but it does point out the stories it isn’t telling

Make no mistake: this freedom is a miracle

How events that seem to contradict the natural course of history teach the Israelites what their God is all about

My father, my study-partner

The best ’hevruta’ spars with you to challenge your assumptions and enable you to reach new understandings together (in memoriam)

Lawrence Grossman

Syria and the tragedy of American isolationism

When Turkey, Russia, and Iran praise American policy, we should be very worried

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech at the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on January 3, 2019. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP)

Embattled Sudanese leader says he was advised to normalize ties with Israel

Singer Tony Bennett waiting for the opening of the 116th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2019. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)

San Francisco heartCrooner Tony Bennett feted for WWII service as Congress opens

By Eric Cortellessa

Altruistic liver donor Rabbi Ephraim Simon, left, and recipient Adam Levitz meet prior to surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. (Courtesy Chabad)

Double or nothingRabbi who gave kidney to stranger donates liver to another

Jordan's minister for media affairs and communications and government spokesperson, Jumana Ghunaimat (R), stepping on the Israeli flag at the entrance to the trade union headquarters in Amman, December 2018. (Screen capture: Jamuna TV)

Jordanian unionist says more Israeli flags to be drawn at all office entrances

Right wing activists clash with police outside a court hearing in Rishon Lezion, on the matter of the Jewish youth suspects in a major security probe whose details are under gag order on December 31, 2018. (Flash90)

Court orders minors held in Jewish terror probe be allowed to meet with lawyers

Israeli Air Force F-16I on the tarmac during the Blue Flag air exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Croatia gives Israel deadline for F-16 sale amid rare US dispute

By AP and ToI Staff

Brooklyn businessman Jeremy Reichberg, right, leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, on June 20, 2016. (AP/Larry Neumeister)

Jewish fundraiser for NY mayor convicted of bribing police

An explosion during an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt, on January 9, 2017. (Islamic State Group in Sinai/AP)

For first time, Egyptian president confirms Israel helping fight Sinai jihadists

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov at a press conference at the UNSCO offices in Gaza City, September 25, 2017. (Adel Hana/AP)

UN envoy: Stoning of Palestinian PM’s convoy ‘absolutely unacceptable’

By Adam Rasgon and Jacob Magid

An employee of the Palestinian Authority-run radio and television stations inspects the damage at one of the studios on January 4, 2019, after armed men reportedly raided the building in Gaza City. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Gaza offices of Palestinian Authority media raided, trashed by armed men

By AFP

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