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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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An Iraqi protester waves the national flag while demonstrators set fires to close streets near Baghdad's Tahrir Square during a demonstration against an Iranian missile strike, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops in a major escalation between the two longtime foes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

'Monster' Soleimani 'was planning a very big, bad attack'

Trump insists ‘All is well!’ after Iran missile attack; Tehran claims 80 dead

By AP and ToI Staff

US president says initial outlook after series of Iranian strikes on Iraqi bases housing US troops is, ‘So far, so good!’

Vice President Mike Pence greets troops at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, November 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Iran claims 80 American troops killed in missile barrage; US says no casualties

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: In this January 25, 2018 photo, American troops coordinate with Iraqi counterparts to launch airstrikes and artillery from a small complex in the town of Qaim, Iraq. (AP Photo/Susannah George)

US confirms over a dozen Iranian missiles fired at Iraq bases housing its troops

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a conference in Jerusalem on January 8, 2020 (Flash90)

Iran will suffer ‘crushing blow’ if it attacks Israel, Netanyahu warns

By Raphael Ahren

Netanyahu speaks after Iran fires missiles at US bases in Iraq, threatens Israel; at same conference, US Ambassador Friedman prays for ‘overwhelming’ victory over Tehran

Iranian Jews pray at the tomb of Harav Oursharga, one of the holiest Jewish sites in Iran, in the city of Yazd 420 miles south of the capital Tehran, November 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranian Jews pay condolence call to family of Soleimani

US President Donald Trump speaks during an 'Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch' at King Jesus International Ministry, in Miami, January 3, 2020. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Trump insists no plans to pull US troops out of Iraq, for now

By Paul Handley

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with thousands of students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

With missile attack, Iran’s supreme leader boasts of ‘slap in the face’ of US

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ayatollah Khamenei also credits ‘great, brave warrior’ Soleimani, killed last week, with undermining US efforts in region, including administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

Qais al-Khazali (C) commander of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq pro-Iran faction attends the funeral procession of slain Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and eight others at the Imam Ali Shrine in the shrine city of Najaf in central Iraq, January 4, 2020. (Haidar HAMDANI/AFP)

Iraq’s pro-Iran factions ramp up threats to US after Iran missile strikes

By AFP

In this file photo taken on December 13, 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen looks on during a press conference at the Europa building in Brussels. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP)

EU promises to try to save nuke deal as Iran steps away after Soleimani killing

By AP

Rescue teams work amid debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on January 8, 2020, killing everyone on board. (AFP)

Iran won’t hand over black boxes from Ukraine airliner that crashed, killing 176

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Amid speculation that accident was linked to missile barrage, Tehran officials insist engine trouble was the cause, but Boeing says 737 was in good condition with experienced crew

Ukrainian passenger plane crashes in Iran, killing all 176 on board

By Mohammad Nasiri, Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell

63 Canadians among dead in plane crash in Iran

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Some commercial airlines reroute flights as missiles fly in Middle East

By Emily Schmall

A military truck evacuates Israeli citizens through a flooded road in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, on a stormy winter day, on January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Fears of flooding persist as storms move into central Israel

Northern cities see heavy damage from rains; 100 students rescued from Nahariya school

7:28 pm

Lebanon prosecutor summons Ghosn to explain Israel trip
7:08 pm

Britain's Prince Harry, Meghan to step back as 'senior' royals
6:58 pm

Aviation group says Iran plane crash should be treated as 'shootdown event'

A military vehicle carries people across a flooded road in the northern city of Nahariya on January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Man killed in Nahariya flood as heavy rains swamp north

Eyewitnesses say 38-year-old was trying to rescue passengers of an overturned car in coastal town when floodwaters carried him away

A US Air Force F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Arabian Sea, January 6, 2020. (US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaysee Lohmann)

Israel media reviewThe whether men: 8 things to know for January 8

By Joshua Davidovich

From the blogs

Neshama Carlebach

Learning to believe again

On this new stage of my journey, my father is no longer the center of my healing process; I now know we each have our own inner work to do

Claire Trilling

Crime and violence in Israel’s Bedouin communities

Sensitive issues – revenge killings, violence against women, crime rates among youth – cannot be untangled from the changing and uncertain role of tribes and tribal values

The year religious Zionism became irrelevant

Israeli Jews are struggling to define the relationship between being Israeli and being Jewish, and the traditional moral beacon can no longer guide them

Archie Gottesman

We will never JewBarrass you

Irreverent and welcoming, JewBelong (’for when you feel you don’t’) offers opportunities to find meaning and connection

Rokhl Kafrissen

For ‘Fiddler’ in Yiddish, they clap. For Yiddish itself? Gornisht

The search for roots and longing to connect has to compete with the toxic effect of centuries of internalized Jew-hatred

New Washington Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis is sworn in, Monday, January 6, 2020, in Olympia, Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

State of Washington swears in first Native American-Jewish Supreme Court justice

By Emily Burack

Illustrative. A hacker breaking into a computer. (gorodenkoff via iStockPhoto)

Israeli cyber-researchers find security flaws in popular Chinese app TikTok

By Shoshanna Solomon

Check Point team says vulnerabilities — now fixed by app maker — could have allowed hackers to access accounts, private information and videos

OrCam develops device that amplifies hearing aids’ smarts

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli tech firms raise record $8.3 billion from investors in 2019

By Shoshanna Solomon

Border Police bans officers from using Chinese app Tiktok over security fears

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a conference celebrating US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's declaration about the legality of West Bank settlements in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019 (courtesy Kohelet Policy Forum)

ICC probe won’t deter Israel from expanding settlements, Netanyahu vows

By Raphael Ahren

PM hails DC’s about-face on legality of Israeli towns beyond the Green Line, hints at his wish for Trump win in 2020; Pompeo in video: Our stance on settlements advances peace

The East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa, February 15, 2017. (Dan Balilty/AP)

Netanyahu’s office said blocking construction of 2,000 new homes in Har Homa

Illustrative: Israeli police stand near an excavator as it demolishes a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher on April 7, 2009. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

2019 saw spike in Palestinian home demolitions by Israel, rights group finds

Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at the Knesset on September 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu's immunity bid

Justice minister assails Knesset legal chief for ‘serious conflict of interest’

By Raoul Wootliff

Amir Ohana demands that Eyal Yinon recuse himself from any involvement in PM’s request for parliamentary immunity due to his wife’s role in state prosecution

Labor-Gesher party leader Amir Peretz and Blue and White party chairmen Benny Gantz meet in Jerusalem on October 28, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Center-left Labor asks centrist Blue and White to join forces, is turned down

Then-Labor party leader Avi Gabbay speaks during a party conference in Tel Aviv, June 23, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Former Labor party leader Avi Gabbay to head Cellcom telecommunications company

From right: Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hold a banner at the march against anti-Semitism in New York City, January 5, 2020. (John Lamparski/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via JTA)

Analysis

4 ways New York’s government is trying to fight rising anti-Semitism

From beefing up security to bolstering community outreach, here are some ways officials and community leaders are working to break the wave of hate crimes against Jews

Illustrative: An NYPD vehicles sits outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, February 4, 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

As anti-Semitism rises, a new NY bail law comes under attack

Joan Terrell-Paige has come under fire for a social media post expressing sympathy with the Jersey City shooters. (Jersey City Public Schools)

Why the Jersey City official who called local Jews ‘brutes’ has not resigned

More Headlines

A British teenager convicted of falsely accusing a group of Israelis of gang rape covers her face as she arrives with her mother to the Famagusta District Court, in Paralimni in eastern Cyprus on January 7, 2020. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP)

After her release, British teen in Cyprus rape case heads home

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Poland's President Andrzej Duda gives a press conference on February 6, 2018, in Warsaw. (AFP/Janek Skarzynski)

Snubbed as speaker, Polish president won’t attend Holocaust event in Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Elizabeth Wurtzel in 2015 (YouTube screenshot)

Elizabeth Wurtzel, writer of ‘Prozac Nation,’ dies at 52

By AP and ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaking at an Orthodox Christmas Eve dinner on January 6, 2020, in Bethlehem. (Credit: Wafa)

In possible hint at new international bid, Abbas vows to use ‘soft diplomacy’

A 19-year-old American tourist posted to social media from under an Israeli bus. (Screen shot from Instagram)

Tourist trapAmerican tourist gets trapped in luggage hold of Israeli bus

By JTA

Visitors enter through the main gate with the inscription "Arbeit macht frei" (literally in English: "work makes (one) free") at the entrance to the Auschwitz German Nazi death camp ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's landmark visit in Oswiecim, Poland, on December 5, 2019. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)

Record 2.3 million people visited Auschwitz in 2019

By AFP

Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends the traditional selling of hametz (food containing leavening) of the State of Israel to a non-Jew before the upcoming Passover holiday, on March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Chief rabbi doubles down on comments against immigrants as Liberman urges probe

Illustrative: Scaffolding at a construction site in downtown Tel Aviv, August 13, 2019. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)

Construction worker dies in fall off scaffolding at site

An Iranian flag flutters at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on November 10, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Earthquake hits near Iran nuclear plant, injuring 7

By AFP

Pomeranian puppies caught in the bag of a woman who is suspected of trying to smuggle them into the country, January 7, 2020. (Israel Police)

Who let the dogs inWoman caught smuggling valuable puppies into country

Israeli border police officers stand guard next to the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, July 27, 2017. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

Police arrest 6 Muslim worshipers after clashes at Temple Mount

One of many Santas currently visiting Israel on a January 2020 Ministry of Tourism trip (Courtesy Israel Ministry of Tourism)

Sleigh on overDozens of Santas bring some off-season cheer to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

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