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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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Medical staff at the coronavirus ward of the Kaplan Medical Center, in Rehovot, on September 22, 2020 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israel hits 200,000 cases, a month after reaching 100,000

Virus surges to almost 7,000 daily cases as cabinet meets on tightening closure

Gamzu says public still not fully cooperating; testing hits almost 60,000 Tuesday; deputy health minister expects indoor prayer to stop, no inter-city travel for protests

A protester holds a sign depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest a against him outside his residence in Jerusalem, July 31, 2020. (AP/Oded Balilty)

As PM seeks ‘tighter’ lockdown, Gantz says he’ll back limits on protests, prayer

Police arrest a man who drove toward police and demonstrators during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the PM's official residence in Jerusalem, on September 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cabinet delays decision on new virus rules as Netanyahu pans protest ‘farce’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Alternate PM and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, both wearing protective mask due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu, Gantz said to bypass coronavirus cabinet vote on full lockdown

Amid ministerial disagreements, PM and defense minister, along with health, foreign, justice and interior ministers reportedly agree to skip authorization of key panel

7:34 pm

Yisrael Beytenu MK: 'Criminal negligence' of government will not go unpunished
7:27 pm

Netanyahu, Gantz said to bypass coronavirus cabinet vote on full lockdown
7:18 pm

Protest group: PM responsible for 'greatest failure in history of the country'

Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, and US President Donald Trump participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House on September 15, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Top Israeli officials fly to Bahrain to hammer out normalization treaty

Heads of PM’s Office, Foreign Ministry join first-ever Israir flight through Saudi airspace; delegation comes a day after Netanyahu call with Manama’s Crown Prince Salman

Bahrain's Crown prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Manama, Bahrain, November 11, 2016. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

Netanyahu and Bahrain crown prince have ‘very friendly’ first call since accord

By Raphael Ahren

In this January 23, 2020, file photo, a delegation of Muslim religious leaders gather at the gate leading to the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, together with a Jewish group in what organizers called 'the most senior Islamic leadership delegation' to visit the former death camp in Oswiecim, Poland. (American Jewish Committee via AP, File)

No deal with Israel, but Saudi Arabia pushes outreach to Jews

Kite surfers and beachgoers are seen at a cordoned-off beach in Tel Aviv on September 19, 2020, during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Israel media review

Morbidly obtuse: What the press is saying on September 23

By Joshua Davidovich

Virus cases leap to numbers once though impossible, as politicians bicker over whether they can limit prayer while letting protests continue

Israel’s burial societies gird for wave of coronavirus deaths

Five confirmed coronavirus patients flew abroad for vacations – report

Just one-quarter of Israelis trust Netanyahu to lead virus fight — poll

Doctor showing medical records to cancer patient in hospital ward (Ridofranz; iStock by Getty Images)

Cancer patients may have heightened COVID-fighting ability — Israeli scientists

By Nathan Jeffay

Oncology patients’ weakened immune system can prevent body ‘overreacting’ to virus, say Haifa researchers; theory still to be tested, but already published in peer-reviewed journal

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Joshua Z. Rokach

The time I argued my case before RBG

Justice Ginsburg knew that results often count more than procedure, especially when rigidity serves no purpose – and in that vein, took care of some specifically Jewish concerns

That’s not the AIPAC I know

What ’Kings of Capitol Hill’ (and others) get wrong is how the lobby sticks to its principles even when they’re inconvenient for either side of our polarized political scene

Mayim Bialik on what Yom Kippur and the book of Jonah mean to her this year

My religious tradition reminds me of my powerlessness. It also has ways for me to try again – to not give in to despair

An eternal hero, eternally reimagined: Ansky’s ‘Dybbuk’ turns 100

A supernatural thriller, a courtroom drama, a tale of love and obsession, and an elegy for a dying culture, this Fiddler-on-the-Roof-meets-The-Exorcist has something for everyone

US ambassador to Israel David Friedman during a visit in the Jewish settlement of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, February 20, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

US ambassador: It will take 6-7 years for UAE to get F-35 jets

By Judah Ari Gross

Friedman appears to denounce critics of planned sale, which Israeli defense officials fear could harm Israel’s military edge, saying matter is being addressed by ‘professionals’

US Defense Chief Mark Esper, left, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on September 22, 2020. (Jim Garamone/ Department of Defense)

Pentagon head tells Gantz US will protect Israeli edge, as F-35 sale zooms ahead

An Italian AW119KX training helicopter, 12 of which were purchased by Israel as apart of a defense trade agreement with Rome on September 23, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

Jerusalem, Rome finalize defense trade: Italian choppers for Israeli missiles

By Judah Ari Gross

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington, September 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Granddaughter confirms Ginsburg’s dying wish: That Trump not fill her seat

By ToI Staff and AP

Dispelling US president’s suggestions of Democrat plot, Clara Spera tells BBC she took down request from Supreme Court judge in the days before her death, verified she got it right

GOP Senate candidate defends controversial Ginsburg abortion meme

By Randall Chase

Senate Republicans dash ahead with plans to fill court seat before election

By LISA MASCARO, Zeke Miller and MARY CLARE JALONICK

Zoom Kaddish, virtual ‘guarding’: Jews adapt burial rituals to mourn Ginsburg

By PHILISSA CRAMER

A photo of Oliver Sacks featured in the Ric Burns documentary, 'Oliver Sacks: His Own Life.' (Courtesy)

Director interview

With months to live, neurologist Oliver Sacks gave a master class on how to die

By Rich Tenorio

Illustrative photo of a couple kissing at the beach. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Back into bed

Israeli research urges resuming sex soon after a heart attack

Many who undergo cardiac events fear bursts of physical exertion, but regular sexual activity improves self-perception and is linked to better survival rates, 3-decade study finds

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaking in a pre-recorded message played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York, September 22, 2020. (UNTV via AP)

At UN, Rouhani says next US leader will ‘surrender to the resilience of Iran’

Defiant president slams Trump’s new sanctions, implies rebuke for Arab nations warming ties with Israel: ‘We never made a deal over the Holy Quds’

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaking in a pre-recorded message played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York, September 22, 2020. (UNTV via AP)

Iran’s Rouhani says UN rejection of sanctions marks ‘victory’ over Trump

By AFP

Illustrative: A fire breaks out in a factory outside of Tehran, Iran on September 22, 2020. (Screencapture/Twitter)

Large fire breaks out in factory outside Tehran

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki at a press conference on September 22, 2020. (WAFA)

Palestinians relinquish Arab League chairmanship in protest of normalization

By Aaron Boxerman

Ramallah ultimately decides to remain in organization, after publicly threatening to withdraw altogether over its refusal to condemn UAE, Bahrain

Reporters with the Xinhua Press Agency watch as US President Donald Trump is seen on a video screen remotely addressing the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2020, at UN headquarters. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

Trump at UN: Other countries ‘coming fast’ to make peace with Israel

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures at a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on September 21, 2020. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)

At UN, Erdogan assails Israel’s ‘dirty hand’ in Jerusalem; Erdan walks out

By Jacob Magid and AFP

Members of the band Yamma, including singer Talya G.A Solan (center), Yonnie Dror, Aviv Bahar, Nur Bar Goren, and Avri Borochov. Solan has found new audiences for music based on ancient Hebrew texts through YouTube (Ruth Luar)

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Illustrative photo: Preparations are made for an evening meal at Masbia, a nonprofit soup kitchen and food pantry in a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn on September 18, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

NYC authorities raise alarm as new virus outbreaks spotted in Orthodox areas

Health officials point to 6 neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens with spiking numbers as contributing one-fifth of all new cases in city, sparking fears of repeat of deadly spring

A memorial for people who have died as a result of of covid-19 is seen on the National Mall on September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Edelman / AFP)

Trump says 200,000 virus deaths a ‘shame,’ but could be much worse

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People picnic during the annual Midsummer celebrations in Stockholm, Sweden, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

AnalysisSweden avoids 2nd virus surge, but many questions remain on its outlier approach

By david keyton

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Leila Khaled at the congress of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, in Ankara, Turkey, February 11, 2018 (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Zoom said to cancel event with Palestinian terrorist hijacker Leila Khaled

This photo taken on August 28, 2009, shows "Vissarion the Teacher," or "Jesus of Siberia," Russian ex-traffic cop Sergei Torop, with his followers in the remote village of Petropavlovka. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Russian special forces arrest Siberian ‘Jesus Reincarnate’ cult leader

By AFP

Topaz Luk, social media adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives with the premier at the Knesset, September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu aides fined for violating quarantine

The parents of Iyad Halak, an autistic Palestinian man who was fatally shot by Israeli police, Khiri, right, and mother Rana, talk during an interview in Jerusalem, June 3, 2020. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Parents of autistic Palestinian killed by police petition over case delays

In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, US Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at a rally in Springfield, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh File)

People don’t fully understand anti-Semitism, Ilhan Omar says

Israel's Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz poses with a copy of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) statute signed by Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Italy and the Palestinian Authority; on September 22, 2020. (Energy Ministry)

Israel joins new regional forum in hope of selling gas to Europe

An illustrative image of a preterm baby (Courtesy)

Israel’s PregnanTech creates silicone ring to help halt premature births

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tires slashed on a police car in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, September 23, 2020 (Israel Police)

Settlers suspected of attacking police at flashpoint settlement

Ukrainian border guards block the road to Jewish pilgrims on the Belarus-Ukraine border, in Belarus, September 15, 2020. (TUT.by via AP)

Frustrated Hasidic pilgrims blame Israel government for Ukraine border ordeal

By Michael Blum

Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." (YouTube screenshot/via JTA)

Crazy ex-producerRachel Bloom now ‘In Love With The Dancer From My Bat Mitzvah’

By Curt Schleier

This undated booking file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows Christopher Cantwell, of New Hampshire. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP)

‘Crying’ US neo-Nazi goes on trial for rape threats in far-right feud

By AP

Kickboxing champ Obed Hrangchal won national medals in India in several martial arts before moving to Israel. (Courtesy of Shavei Israel/via JTA)

Indian kickboxing champ moving to Israel, plans to represent his new home

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