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What Matters Most On Friday, February 14, 2020

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Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammad bin Salman speaks at the G20 Osaka Summit, June 29, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images via JTA)

In first, US Jewish umbrella group sends delegation to Saudi Arabia

Conference of Presidents members meet with senior Saudi officials, sheikh who visited Auschwitz; talks focus on counter-terror, regional stability

Sudanese Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, head of the transitional government, in June 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Sudan’s leader says Israel has key role in removing his nation from US blacklist

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman poses during a group picture ahead of Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi crown prince won’t meet Netanyahu, Riyadh says

By AFP

Illustrative: A member of the 'hilltop youth' rides a donkey at an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank. (Credit: Zman Emet, Kan 11)

Inside story

Program for rehabilitating ‘hilltop youth’ sees them as dropouts, not criminals

Israelis protest in Jerusalem in favor of annexing the Jordan Valley and other parts of the West Bank, February 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In Jerusalem, settlement leaders protest Netanyahu annexation delay

In this file photo taken on December 11, 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Pompeo says settlement blacklist shows UN’s ‘unrelenting anti-Israel bias’

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

People of the Pod

LISTEN: Has the story of Anne Frank been forgotten? US college students answer

Episode #23: Hitting the quad to see if university-age millennials recognize the Holocaust poster child * Eliseo Neuman on the secret meeting between Netanyahu and Sudan’s leader

Illustrative: Police during a raid in northern Germany, January 30, 2019. (Bodo Marks/dpa via AP)

12 Germans detained for far-right terrorism, planning attacks on minorities

By AP

A Syrian anti-aircraft missiles shoots across the sky near Damascus during an attack on a target near the capital on February 13, 2020. (Screen capture: social media)

4 Iranians, 3 Syrians said killed in Damascus strikes; PM: Maybe Belgium did it

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Late night attack reportedly hits weapons sent from Tehran, Syria accuses Israel of conducting raid; Netanyahu: ‘Perhaps it was the Belgian air force’

In this September 21, 2019 file photo, Shiite Houthi tribesmen hold their weapons as they chant slogans during a tribal gathering showing support for the Houthi movement, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

US Navy nabs Iranian missile shipment to Houthis in Arabian Sea

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A fireball lights up the night sky near Damascus during an attack on a target near the capital on February 13, 2020. (Screen capture: Al-Ikhbariyah Syria TV)

Syria says airstrikes hit targets near Damascus

'Fauda' co-creators Avi Issacharoff (left) and Lior Raz in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

‘Fauda’ co-creator plans Season 4, also at work on a Sex-in-the-City type comedy

Chief of staff: 'The threats are not waiting for us'

The IDF’s new plan: From ‘Waze of War’ to a general charged with countering Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

Multiyear Momentum Plan is designed to create a deadlier, more integrated military, though lack of government makes money an issue

Illustrative. Israeli soldiers from the Lotar counter-terrorism unit take part in a training session in the Adam military base near Modiin on July 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

An IDF lone soldier hands a tailor a pair of trousers during an annual 'Errands Day' event in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2020. (Shahar Azran/Nefesh B'Nefesh)

IDF, Nefesh B’Nefesh, FIDF make tasks easy for lone soldiers with ‘Errands Day’

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands during a joint press conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on October 4, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

Germany, Hungary tell ICC they support Israeli position against war crimes probe

By Raphael Ahren

Like Czech Republic, Germany to argue The Hague has no jurisdiction in West Bank, Gaza as Palestine cannot be considered a state; Hungary to speak out as well

Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, January 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Czech FM asks to submit legal opinion to The Hague arguing in Israel’s favor

By Raphael Ahren

The 'roselach' at Breads Bakery are made with marzipan, rose water, and sprinkled with raspberry. (courtesy Breads Bakery)

On Valentine’s, ditch roses and try ‘roselach’ instead, says Israeli baker in NY

By Melanie Lidman

Yardaena Osband

Talmud, every day

Moses discovered early how necessary the Oral Law is to understand the Torah — it’s one reason I believe everyone should try learning Daf Yomi (Yitro)

When Egypt decided to restore a beautiful synagogue

There are virtually no Jews in Alexandria to make use of the again-glorious edifice, but its message of diversity should reach everyone

My grass is greener now

As the Hebrew saying goes, ’meshane makom, meshane mazal’ — we changed our place and changed our luck. An aliyah story

The Ten Commandments offer a framework that categorizes all the other laws. They also include a succinct reminder of Sinai (Yitro)

A cluster of balloons carrying a suspected explosive device launched from the Gaza Strip that landed in southern Israel on January 16, 2020. (Courtesy)

Suspected balloon-borne bomb lands in Israeli town near Gaza border

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Police sappers rush to scene to dispose of object; incident comes after Israeli defense official says Hamas has promised to end such attacks

Palestinian men prepare an incendiary device to be flown toward Israel, near the Israel-Gaza border east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, January 22, 2020. (Ali Ahmed/Flash90)

Defense official: Hamas agreed to halt rockets, balloons; Israel ends sanctions

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: A balloon carrying an incendiary device is flown out of the Gaza Strip on May 31, 2019 (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

Balloon-borne bomb explodes over Gaza-area school, sending kids to shelters

From left: Erel Segal, Yinon Magal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Riklin, in a video posted to Netanyahu's Twitter account on February 13, 2020. (Screenshot)

Netanyahu blasts public broadcaster for suspending anchor who sang in his video

News presenter Erel Segal faces punitive measures after joining PM in clip less than 3 weeks before elections, which Kan news called a violation of company’s ethics

Political deadlock set to continue, poll shows

Gantz says he’s ‘really to the left’ on socioeconomic issues

Netanyahu: Nir Barkat will be finance minister in ‘next Likud government’

Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square. in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

UAE reportedly held talks with Iran behind Washington’s back in September

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Secret meeting was part of Emirati effort to cool regional tensions amid escalating Middle East violence, alarmed American officials, according to NY Times report

Protesters burn a US flag during a demonstration against the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

From the webMonths of US and Iranian miscalculations almost led to war

By Mark Mazzetti, Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi

US Army soldiers move through Qayara West Coalition base in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, November 9, 2016. (AP/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Rocket hits northern Iraqi base housing US troops

By AFP

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

2020 Democrats step up attacks to blunt Bloomberg’s rise

By Will Weissert and Alan Fram

Candidates lambaste billionaire rival for trying to buy his way into White House, raise questions about his commitment to racial equality

A tall storyTrump gets rise out of ‘Mini Mike’ Bloomberg

By Calvin Woodward

At Bernie Sanders rally, Cornel West cites candidate’s promotion of ‘chesed’

By JTA

Jewish congressman who represents Parkland endorses Bloomberg for president

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Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami speaks at Tehran's Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense museum, during the unveiling of an exhibition of what Iran says are US and other drones captured in its territory, on September 21, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran Guards commander threatens to hit Israel, US if ‘slightest error’ made

Threat comes in response to Times of Israel report Defense Minister Bennett said US agreed to counter Iran in Iraq, while Israel fights it in Syria

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno in the Oval Office of the White House, February 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US Senate votes to restrain Trump’s military powers against Iran

By Matthew Daly

Qassem Soleimani is seen moments before his killing in a US drone strike in an Iranian animated video (Courtesy MEMRI)

Iran animation shows killing of Soleimani, Tehran’s ‘harsh revenge’ on US base

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Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March, on January 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images via JTA)

Jewish women’s group leads US push to pass national bill protecting abortions

By JTA

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg poses at the 2019 "An Unforgettable Evening" benefiting the Women's Cancer Research Fund, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California, February 28, 2019. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Spielberg’s film company buys rights to novel on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By JTA

The front pages of the Jewish News (L) and the Jewish Chronicle. (Jewish News)

From our partnerBritain’s Jewish News, Jewish Chronicle to merge

Harvey Weinstein arrives at court for closing statements in his rape trial, in New York, Feb. 13, 2020. (AP/Richard Drew)

Weinstein lawyer says prosecutors have a ‘tale,’ not a case, in closing argument

By Tom Hays, Jennifer Peltz and Michael R. Sisak

US Attorney General William Barr, left, and President Donald Trump turn to leave after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

US attorney general says Trump tweets on cases make it ‘impossible’ to do job

By MICHAEL BALSAMO

Illustrative photo of a man receiving a vaccine in Safed in northern Israel, November 6, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Sleepy southern town of Yeruham looking to become site of vaccine facility

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rabbi Eliezer Berland arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on February 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sex offender rabbi Berland remanded in miracles-for-cash probe

Illustrative: Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)

Members of white nationalist groups not barred from US military, official says

By JTA

Hats offSan Diego Padres pull cap with logo that fans say looks like a swastika

By JTA

Isabel Pereira was kicked off Sweden's Big Brother reality show after she declared "I hate Jews." (Screenshot)

Reality checkWoman kicked off Swedish ‘Big Brother’ for anti-Semitism

Women take part in a protest in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, February 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Defying radical cleric, Iraqi women protesters take to streets

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra

Federal Judge Jack Weinstein speaks with reporters after visiting the Louis Armstrong housing projects in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Longest-serving US federal judge Jack Weinstein retires at 98

By AP

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