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What Matters Most On Saturday, July 6, 2019

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A fire burns at the home of Carmel Mouda in the central city of Rosh Ha'ayin on July 6, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Arson suspected in fire at home of daycare manager filmed abusing children

Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Ahead of deadline, Iran readies to increase uranium enrichment level

By Jon Gambrell

Top aide to Khamenei accuses Europeans of having ‘indirectly violated’ nuclear deal, says upping enrichment beyond terms of pact backed ‘by every component of the establishment’

The Grace 1 supertanker in the British territory of Gibraltar, July 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Senior Iranian cleric says UK should be ‘scared’ of Tehran’s response over ship

By ToI Staff and Agencies

General view of the board of governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

UN nuclear watchdog to hold emergency meeting on Iran next week

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan consoles the family of Solomon Tekah, 19, who was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, sparking riots, July 4, 2019 (courtesy)

Manslaughter charges said off the table for cop who shot dead Ethiopian Israeli

Public security minister says protests were ‘an explosion of pain and rage’ by those who’ve faced racism all their lives; PM’s son: Rallies funded by NGOs backed by Germany

Ethiopian-Israelis, family members and activists protest following the death of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah, who was shot and killed the previous night by an off-duty police officer in Kiryat Haim, July 1, 2019. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Army official fined for telling Ethiopian soldier he’d call cop to shoot him

Michel Kichka, the award-winning Israeli cartoonist, illustrator and lecturer, reflecting on his career and future work (Courtesy Michel Kichka)

For a political cartoonist full of opinions, drawing comics is no joke

By Jessica Steinberg

A bipartisan delegation of US House members who visited Israel and the West Bank in July 2019 (Courtesy)

US House members talk restoring aid to Palestinians with Israeli, PA officials

By Eric Cortellessa

Visiting Israel and the West Bank, members of Congress discuss the two-state solution and celebrate July 4 at Jerusalem embassy

A Palestinian protester waves the national flag during a demonstration along the fence east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 26, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)

7,000 protest on Gaza border after latest understandings between Israel, Hamas

Pieter van Oordt, right, with his brother Roger at the Israel Products Center in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, Feb. 19, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Dutch Christians rebuff officials seeking labeling of Israeli settlement goods

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative: A diced tomato (@eyaltomato on Instagram)

Family Heirlooms

Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani shocks NYC with his $24 tomato

The dish, a single peeled tomato cut into eight pieces and drizzled with olive oil and sea salt, is on the menu at HaSalon, his new restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen

The members of Temple Mishkan Israel — from left, Hanna Berger, Ronnie Leet, Joanie Gibian Looney and Charles Pollack — stand in front of the Torah ark. The synagogue has not held weekly services for decades. (Amy Milligan via JTA)

Selma’s only synagogue has 4 members and is fighting for its life

Illustrative: Ukrainian Jewish immigrants arrive at the Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, December 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Book excerpt

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the countries’ rabbis also went to war

The absurdity of campaign financing in Israel

Parties should not be allowed to use state funding for ongoing expenses to cover the debts accrued during political campaigns

Snakes and leaders

Why did the Israelites in the desert need a healing intermediary? Why didn’t they just pray directly to God for a cure? (Hukat)

Photo essay

Iraq celebrates naming Babylon a UNESCO World Heritage site

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra

It was from the 4,300-year-old city that Nebuchadnezzar sent his vast army to Jerusalem to put down an uprising and bring the Jews back as slaves

Obituary

Sam Schulman, last surviving US crew member on legendary ‘Exodus,’ dies at 91

After living through the Holocaust, Schulman volunteered to help bring Jewish refugees to pre-state Israel. When asked by his mother why, he responded: ‘I want to go, I have to go’

Sam Schulman in front a photo of himself at an exhibition of the ‘Exodus’ at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in 2003 in Richmond, Virginia (Courtesy Schulman family)

Jonathan Cohen, third from left, is seen with other members of the Netflix series “Family Business.” (Netflix via JTA)

New Netflix show ‘Family Business’ is a French-Jewish version of ‘Breaking Bad’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

More Headlines

Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israeli woman charged in Georgia for stealing sunglasses from airport shop

Chief Polish Rabbi Michael Schudrich climbs fence of barricaded Krakow synagogue. (Shimon Briman/JTA)

Chief Polish rabbi climbs fence of barricaded Krakow synagogue

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The title 'Be an ambassador' in an Education Ministry video from a course lambasted by rights group Adalah as 'racist propaganda' (YouTube screenshot)

Rights group pans ‘racist propaganda’ course for Arab kids before overseas trips

Conservative MP and leadership contender Boris Johnson takes part in a Conservative Party Hustings event in Perth, Scotland, on July 5, 2019. (Andy Buchanan/AFP)

Boris Johnson cites Jews, Bangladeshis as immigrants that shaped British culture

From right to left: Blue and White leaders Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Moshe Ya'alon, and Gabi Ashkenazi at a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Blue and White’s Ya’alon rules out merger with other parties ahead of election

Thousands of Jews and visitors from around the world have visited the gravesite of the Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his passing, July 5, 2019. (Mark Abramson/Chabad.org via JTA)

50,000 flock to Lubavitcher Rebbe’s grave in NYC to mark 25 years since death

By JTA

Authorities clean up graffiti in Beit Shemesh appearing to say "Aliza Bloch is Hitler" on July 5, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Police, Haredim scuffle in Beit Shemesh over graffiti against female mayor

Charles B. Wessler arrives at the 91st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

‘Green Book’ producer Charles Wessler helping establish new Warsaw Ghetto museum

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Yaakov Dov Bleich carrying a Torah scroll into the synagogue of Drohobycz, Ukraine on July 3, 2019. (Rephael Isaak Vilenskiy via JTA)

Ukraine synagogue where Menachem Begin was married gets first Torah since WWII

By JTA

Prof. Zeev Rotstein, CEO of Hadassah Hospital, speaks during a press conference to introduce the new medical team at the hospital's hemato-oncology department, June 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)

Hadassah Ein Kerem chief grilled on suspicion of inflating salaries — report

California State Assemblyman Tyler Diep ran this ad against Democrat Josh Lowenthal in their campaign last year. (Twitter)

California lawmaker apologizes for depicting Jewish opponent clutching dollars

By JTA

Controversial comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala arriving at a Paris courthouse, March 12, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE)

French comedian Dieudonne given two-year sentence for tax fraud

By AFP

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