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What Matters Most On Friday, January 10, 2020

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A car drives on a flooded road in the northern city of Nahariya on January 8, 2020. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)

Sea of Galilee rises 9 inches in 24 hours

Torrential rains in northern Israel break 51-year record

Seven people have died in weather-related events in a winter that has seen some areas of the country repeatedly deluged in downpours

An Israeli man surfing during torrential storms that flooded large parts of the country. (Screenshot)

Surf's upMaking waves: Israelis surf the streets after torrential rain

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

Trump: 'It was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood'

Iranian missile downed Ukrainian jetliner, US and Canadian officials say

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Trump, Canada’s Trudeau indicate belief plane was shot down accidentally; Tehran says notion ‘makes no sense’; Canada demands role in probe

Video appears to show missile hitting Ukrainian plane near Tehran

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran denies its forces shot down passenger jet, calls on West to share data

By Agencies and ToI Staff

As Iran and US take step back from the brink, Canada grieves plane crash victims

By Rob Gillies and Tim Sullivan

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh. (screen capture: YouTube/MEMRITVVideos)

Top Iranian general: Strikes on US bases were just start of big operation

Head of the IRGC Aerospace Force says Iran chose not to kill US soldiers to avenge Soleimani; claims dozens of injured American troops were evacuated via Israel, Jordan

Pedestrians walk past banners of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone attack on Friday, in Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

On the streets of Tehran, relief for now at no wider conflict

By MEHDI FATTAHI and Aya Batrawy

US President Donald Trump speaks about the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, DC, January 8, 2020. (Eric Baradat/AFP)

Trump says new Iran sanctions have come into effect

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center left, talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, center right in Baghdad, during a Middle East tour, January 9, 2019. (Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP)

Iraqi PM tells Pompeo that US must decide mechanism for troop withdrawal

Abdul-Mahdi’s comments suggest he stands by previous statements that US soldiers should leave country despite recent signals toward deescalation between Tehran and Washington

Mourners carry the coffin of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani during his funeral in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq is caught in the middle as Iran and US trade blows

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSEM ABDUL-ZAHRA

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, left, and his German counterpart Heiko Maas arrive for a media conference after the cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

EU foreign ministers gather in Brussels to salvage Iran nuclear deal

By Samuel Petrequin

Screen shot of People of the Pod podcast. (Courtesy)

People of the Pod

LISTEN: US and Iran on brink of war? NY Jews wage own battle with anti-Semitism

Episode #18: Top Mideast analysts on Trump’s decision to take out Soleimani * NYC anti-hate crime chief on epidemic of violence * Hit the streets to hear New Yorkers’ Jewish pride

An Israeli F-35 fighter jet takes off during the "Blue Flag" multinational aerial exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 11, 2019. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

Israel media review

Speculation nation: 5 things to know for January 10

By Joshua Davidovich

A mysterious reported bombing is tied to Israel, a less mysterious prisoner release is tied to a Russian swap and, after the rains, the calculators come out

Illustrative: A picture taken on November 12, 2018, from al-Qaim in Iraq's border al-Anbar province shows the Syrian border city of Abu Kamal in the Deir Ezzor region. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

8 said killed in airstrike on pro-Iranian militia in eastern Syria

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on April 6, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)

Senator Graham: Iranian leaders ‘religious Nazis’ who want to ‘kill all Jews’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: An El Al airline plane at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

El Al flight from Newark makes emergency landing after passengers smell smoke

Travelers to stay in Canada as plane requires inspection and airline won’t fly on Shabbat; smoke said to come from rear galley

US President Donald Trump arrives for a "Keep America Great" campaign rally at Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, on January 9, 2020. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Celebrating Soleimani killing, Trump says Democrats would have leaked strike

By AP and ToI Staff

At first campaign rally of 2020, President alleges that Iranian general was planning attacks against US embassies outside of Baghdad, mocks Democrats for wanting to be briefed

Florida guard accused of threatening to kill Trump to avenge Soleimani

By AP

Michigan imam eulogizes Soleimani for backing Syria against US, ‘Zionists’

US House votes to curtail Trump war powers against Iran

By AP

Sidqi al-Maqt, arrested for spying for Syria, raises his arms as he speaks to reporters, March 27, 2015 (Screen capture: Channel 2)

Israel releases Syrian spy, Golan ambulance attacker, in goodwill gesture

By AFP and ToI Staff

Move raises speculation that it may be tied to efforts to free backpacker from Russia, but Jerusalem insists it is in return for repatriation of remains of soldier Zachary Baumel

Mourners holding posters of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani attend a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, January 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Network of Syrian, Iraqi spies said to have helped US kill Soleimani

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Images of user-generated far-right playlists on Spotify (screen capture: Spotify)

Spotify says it’s removing playlists that glorify Hitler, urge gassing of Jews

By Marissa Newman

Music service says it prohibits content that is ‘offensive, abusive, defamatory, pornographic, threatening, or obscene’; profiles registered to Adolf Hitler remain online

NAACP, ADL team up to educate public officials against hate in New Jersey

Jewish student sues Pennsylvania university for lack of action on anti-Semitism

By JTA

Swastika drawn on head of Toronto man with Alzheimer’s

By JTA

Bernard-Heni Levy in his 1994 film 'Bosna!' (Courtesy Cohen Media Group)

Interview

Celebrity philosopher ‘BHL’ talks gritty warzone films and rising anti-Semitism

By Jordan Hoffman

Yardaena Osband

This is a story that never ends

Joseph could forgive his brothers, but how was he ever to forget that they had sold him into slavery? (Vayechi)

I was skeptical about the march against anti-Semitism. I was wrong

I had never been in a crowd of Jews that large, ever. That simple fact was actually pretty — no, make that very — cool

Band of brothers

Jacob’s deathbed scene may have been the only time in Jewish history that all the tribes were of one mind and one purpose, but it is the aim for which we should strive (Vayechi)

Unabashed Jewish pride

Jews must always be at the ready to denounce the hatred we know exists, but we cannot allow Jew-hatred to define our lives

Dan Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino are the husband and wife team behind "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." (Steve Zak Photography/Getty Images/Amazon Prime via JTA)

The minds behind Mrs. Maisel on how they aim to represent Jews on screen

By Emily Burack

Actor Buck Henry arrives at Lincoln Center in New York for the premiere of the film "The Squid and the Whale" Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. (AP/John Smock)

Buck Henry, prolific writer-actor behind ‘The Graduate,’ dies at 89

By ANDREW DALTON

Born Henry Zuckerman to a Jewish family, Henry would become known for comedic Hollywood work, collaborations with Mel Brooks and stints on ‘Saturday Night Live’

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In this handout photo provided by the House of Commons, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during the first Prime Minister's Questions of the year, in the House of Commons in London, January 8, 2020. (Jessica Taylor/House of Commons via AP)

UK MPs finally approve Brexit bill, clearing way to leave EU at end of month

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert

Lady Kitty Spencer arrives foir the wedding ceremony of her first cousin, Britain's Prince Harry, to US actress Meghan Markle, at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018. (Gareth Fuller/AFPs)

Princess Diana’s niece engaged to Jewish tycoon

By Cnaan Liphshiz

File: Kimia Alizadeh of Iran celebrates after winning the bronze medal in a women's Taekwondo 57-kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Iran in ‘shock’ as its only female Olympic medalist appears to flee country

By AFP and ToI Staff

Likud MK David Bitan attends a meeting of the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset on March 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Bitan withdraws nomination as minister after delays ‘under various pretexts’

Illustrative: 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 slams Shin Bet for interrogation tactics used on Jewish terror suspects

The tell of Abel Beth Maacah from the northwest, with the Golan Heights in the background. (photo credit: Ferrell Jenkins)

Hebrew nametag on ancient wine jar reopens debate on size of Israelite kingdom

Sen. Marco Rubio, a member of both the Senate Intelligence Committee and Foreign Relations Committee, takes questions from reporters after a briefing by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and other national security officials, Jan. 8, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US senators introduce bill backing $3.3 billion bill annual aid to Israel

Illustrative: UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis gives a speech as he attends a Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony at Central Hall Westminster, on January 27, 2015. (AP/Chris Jackson)

UK chief rabbi disinvited from London event marking end of Talmud study cycle

Moshe Kantor, the head of the European Jewish Congress, is pictured during an interview with AFP in Jerusalem on January 6, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Europe’s Jewish population could vanish due to anti-Semitism, says Jewish leader

By AFP

In this file photo taken on October 3, 2018 Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (L) meet with young people on a visit to Joff Youth Centre in Peacehaven in East Sussex, southern England, on October 3, 2018 (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP)

Royal pain: UK monarchy scrambles after Harry, Meghan bombshell

By Robin MILLARD

Israeli troops operating in the West Bank.(IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF gives home demolition notice to families of 3 suspected West Bank terrorists

Writer Robert Caro speaks at the 2012 Texas Book Festival in Austin about his latest work, 'The Passage of Power' (Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images/via JTA)

Biographer Robert Caro’s papers to get permanent installation in New York

By LAURA E. ADKINS

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