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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 29, 2019

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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, December 17, 2019. (Evan Vucci/AP)

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Trump breaks silence on Monsey attack, calling it ‘horrific’

By Michael Bachner

Some 18 hours after stabbing rampage at rabbi’s home that left 5 injured, US president urges action to ‘eradicate the evil scourge of anti-Semitism’

7:32 pm

UK synagogue responds to anti-Semitic graffiti by urging unity between communities
7:21 pm

Trump reacts to Monsey rampage after 18 hours, calling attack 'horrific'
6:53 pm

Two dead, two in critical condition in shooting at Texas church

Authorities gather on a street in Monsey, New York, Sunday, December 29, 2019, following a stabbing rampage late Saturday during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP/Allyse Pulliam)

Five people hurt in mass stabbing attack at rabbi’s home in New York

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Authorities and first responders gather in front of a residence in Monsey, New York, Sunday, December 29, 2019, following a stabbing spree late Saturday during a Hanukkah celebration in a rabbi's home. (AP Photo/Allyse Pulliam)

A Hanukkah lighting turns bloody as knifeman sows terror at rabbi’s home

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Orthodox Jewish men talk on Forshay Road in Monsey, NY, December 29, 2019, down the street from the scene of a stabbing rampage that occurred the night before, during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP/Allyse Pulliam)

Israeli leaders ‘shocked and devastated,’ demand action after Monsey attack

Orthodox Jews listen to ex-NY state assemblyman Dov Hikind speak in Monsey, New York, December 29, 2019, following a stabbing rampage late Saturday during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP/Allyse Pulliam)

After Monsey stabbing, New York officials vow ‘zero tolerance’ for anti-Semitism

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’s ‘horrified’ by mass stabbing, NYC mayor says he won’t let frequent attacks on Jews become ‘the new normal’

Jewish men walk past a 'Crown Heights Shmira Patrol' security vehicles in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights on February 27, 2019 in New York. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

Woman charged with attacking Jews freed as New York reforms bail rules

By ToI Staff and AP

Onlookers including Orthodox Jewish residents stand on the corner of Forshay Road in Monsey, New York, December 29, 2019, down the street from the scene of a stabbing rampage that occurred late the previous day during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP Photo/Allyse Pulliam)

Op-ed

America’s challenge, as violent anti-Semitism swells

The measure of a healthy society is the degree to which it firmly and effectively banishes its extremists to the ostracized margins

An Orthodox Jewish man stands in front of a residence in Monsey, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, following a stabbing spree late Saturday during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP/Allyse Pulliam)

Israel media reviewFestival of darkness: 6 things to know for December 29

By Joshua Davidovich and Jacob Magid

Anti-Semitic graffiti in the Hampstead neighborhood of northwest London, photographed on December 29, 2019. (Twitter screen capture)

Anti-Semitic graffiti found daubed throughout North London neighborhoods

Police say incident being treated as a hate crime; Board of Deputies of British Jews calls the vandalism ‘a reminder that anti-Semitism is still with us’

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (center right) and opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn walk through the Commons Members Lobby during the state opening of Parliament, in London, December 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)

UK Labour ex-lawmakers say anti-Semitism among reasons for election failure

By Agencies and ToI Staff

From the blogs

Miriam Herschlag

Voices of 2019: 12 necessary ToI blog posts

An unscientific, non-comprehensive selection of writing that blew minds, wrenched hearts, changed views and tickled funnybones

Shana Schochet Lowell

We cannot avoid hate, but we can fight it

I don’t live in a Jewish area. I realize we could be attacked because of our menorahs in the window. So I open my shutters wide and put my biggest menorah up front

Sivan Rahav Meir

He’s an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, she’s a secular Jew. They share a goal

These two former Israelis have formed an improbable partnership to tackle the worrying threat of assimilation. Only in America

ToI writers get personal

12 stories in 2019 that made Times of Israel reporters cry, laugh, cringe, cheer

As the year draws to a close, our reporters reflect on the work that touched them the most, from clambering the cliffs of Qumran to boogying at the Eurovision

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Then-Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman at the ceremony for the opening of a new branch of his Agudath Israel party, ahead of upcoming elections, in the northern city of Safed, July 4, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Cabinet okays Litzman as health minister, drawing fury of Australia’s Jews

Head of Australian Jewry writes angry letter to Netanyahu after UTJ head promoted from deputy post despite accusations he took steps to block extradition of Malka Leifer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Israel, December 1, 2019. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu said set to seek immunity this week; Likud: ‘It’s a temporary matter’

Illustrative: Tourists gather at the Pompeii ancient site near the Villa of Mysteries on the occasion of its presentation to journalists in Pompeii, Italy, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Archaeology

Could a Jewish author have been first to record destruction of ancient Pompeii?

A construction site at Shvut Rachel in the West Bank on May 1, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Israel to advance plans for over 2,000 new settlement homes

Majority of those to be green-lit through various planning stages are outside the generally accepted ‘blocs’; number lower than 3,000 promised by PM last week

Israeli soldiers stand guard along the Gaza border east of the city of Rafah in the southern Strip during Nakba Day protests on May 15, 2019. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Security cabinet said set to review proposed long-term truce with Hamas in Gaza

View of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, May 27, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Report: Israel to ignore PA request to hold elections in East Jerusalem

Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar with supporters at a primary campaign event for the Likud leadership, in Jerusalem on December 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After primary, some in Likud reportedly seek to ostracize vanquished Sa’ar

Netanyahu’s erstwhile rival says he won’t be threatened, as party official says he could be ‘erased’ if he ‘continues to make mistakes’

Labor leader Amir Peretz at the Labor party faction meeting at the Knesset, November 4, 2019. (Hadas Porush/Flash90)

Labor chief says will decide within 10 days on potential left-wing alliance

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Illustrative image of an elderly person with a cane. (oneinchpunch/ iStock by Getty Images)

Woman accused of stealing NIS 600,000 from blind 83-year-old Holocaust survivor

View of the Jordan River after heavy rains in northern Israel, on December 27, 2019. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Days of heavy rainfall raise Sea of Galilee by some 20cm

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh speaks to the press at the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on September 19, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Lebanon could refuse Gaza’s Haniyeh permission to visit – report

Intel Corp,'s Haifa team has developed the new 10th Gen Intel Core processors that bring AI to the PC for the first time (Courtesy)

362 multinationals scout for tech, snap up firms in Startup Nation, report shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israel Bar Association former chairman Efi Nave is seen at a Tel Aviv court on January 16, 2019. (Koko/Pool/Flash90)

Officials to weigh new probe into ex-head of bar association after phone leak

The view from the ancient citadel in Safed, northern Israel. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Paved paradiseNorthern city of Safed gets its first traffic light

This undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, shows the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi's Western desert (Arun Girija/WAM via AP, File)

UAE’s nuclear program could lead to nuclear arms race, disaster, expert says

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A nurse prepares the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, on April 5, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP)

Israel low on flu shots as seriously ill set to overtake past 2 years combined

Eviatar Azarzar (Courtesy)

18-year-old found shot dead in pit named as Jerusalemite Eviatar Azarzar

New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. (Jason Smith via JTA)

Outcry after NYT writer appears to argue Ashkenazi Jews are genetically smarter

Illustrative: Police outside a crime scene (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2 suspects charged with October murder of Kafr Qara man

'Judith and Holofernes,' 1605, by Jan de Bray. (Public domain)

Dairy queenLeave the latkes, take the cannoli in honor of this Hanukkah heroine

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