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What Matters Most On Saturday, September 26, 2020

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A Magen David Adom worker wearing protective clothing outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 24, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Anatomy of Israel's COVID-19 failure

Contact tracing failure to blame for severe 2nd wave outbreak – Israel TV report

Israeli officials failed to set up a system to identify and cut infection chains when the number of new cases was manageable, and it’s now too late, investigation says

A man rides a bicycle next to a billboard calling people to wear masks, on empty road following new restrictions in the three-week nationwide lockdown, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photo essayIsrael’s lockdown: Roadblocks, empty beaches, outdoor prayers, cyclists galore

People walk outside the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem on September 25, 2020, amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Over 8,000 infections recorded in all-time high as full lockdown takes effect

This image released by Apple TV+ shows Niv Sultan as Tamar Rabinyan in a scene from 'Tehran.' (Apple TV+ via AP)

Analysis

With ‘Tehran,’ Israeli TV crosses borders; real-life Iran response has been cold

‘Maybe our series will open peoples’ hearts and open up some dialogue,’ says writer Moshe Zonder, whose spy drama, a hit in Israel, debuts on Apple TV+ Friday

A woman holds a portrait of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari during a demonstration on the Dam Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on September 13, 2020, against its execution in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz and against the Iranian government. (Evert Elzinga / ANP / AFP)

US Jewish group campaigns for Iran Olympic ban over abuse, killing of athletes

By ToI Staff and Agencies

File photo: Dr. Henry Kissinger, professor of government at Harvard University, seen December 1968, has been appointed as assistant to President Nixon's National Security Affairs. (AP Photo)

Author interview

‘Machiavellian’ German refugee Kissinger shaped US policy with Jewish philosophy

By JP O’ Malley

Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas gives a pre-recorded speech aired at the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2020. (Screen capture: UN)

At UN, Abbas urges int’l conference for ‘genuine’ peace bid, pledges elections

By Aaron Boxerman

Weeks after UAE and Bahrain agreed to establish ties with Israel, PA leader says no one can ‘negotiate or speak in our place,’ reiterates call for Palestinian state on 1967 lines

UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash speaks to journalists in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

UAE minister: Iran’s aggression made Arab world look at Israel ‘with fresh eyes’

By Edith M. Lederer

An F-35 fighter jet takes off from the Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel (Israel Defense Forces)

Expecting F-35 deal in weeks, Israel seeks downgraded jet for UAE — report

Democratic US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York speaks at a campaign rally for then-Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Ocasio-Cortez withdraws from Rabin memorial event after backlash

Democratic congresswoman pulls participation from Americans For Peace Now commemoration for assassinated Israeli premier, after pro-Palestinian activists call move ‘disgusting’

From left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan are seen on the Blue Room Balcony after signing the Abraham Accords during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump camp hopes normalization pacts translate to Jewish support at polls

By ELANA SCHOR and Jack Jenkins

Members of the US Capitol Police salute US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped casket as she lies in state in Statuary Hall of the Capitol on September 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / POOL / AFP)

'One of the greatest Americans'

Ginsburg lies in state at US Capitol, becoming first woman, first Jew to do so

By LISA MASCARO

Flag-draped casket draws members of Congress, military officials, friends and family to honor late justice; rabbi leading ceremony says RGB changed course of American law

Judge Amy Coney Barrett in Milwaukee, Aug. 24, 2018. (Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com, via AP)

Trump expected to tap Barrett to fill Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat on Saturday

By Zeke Miller, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK

Tom Steyer speaks at the Center for American Progress conference in Washington on May 22, 2019. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/ LightRocket via Getty Images/via JTA)

Meet the leading Jewish political donors in this US election cycle

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the PM's official residence in Jerusalem on September 20, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Anti-Netanyahu protesters appear split on holding rally amid tightened lockdown

After initial announcement that mass demonstration outside PM’s residence in Jerusalem would not be held as normal, some organizers say it’ll go ahead in socially distanced format

A woman walks past a banner encouraging people to wear face masks in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Do masks not only shield against virus, but also help boost immunity?

Lisa Loeb at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. (Juan Patino Photography)

Interview

Grammy Award-winning Lisa Loeb shares her ‘Simple Trick to Happiness’

We’re all gonna die

We must mend how we live, as the arenas of education and the environment suffer, our base expenses are too high, and COVID-19 only makes things worse

The tick is nothing without the tock

Like club card points, you don’t notice time accumulating, and then one day, you have enough for a bottle of cava and a cheesecake to celebrate a landmark birthday

Illustrative: French police officer guards the synagogue of Biarritz, southwestern France, January 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

France interior minister ups security at synagogues in wake of Paris attack

Special protection ordered for Yom Kippur after 2 wounded in stabbing during trial over 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo and kosher market

Police officers stand by a knife, seen on the ground, in Paris, September 25, 2020. (Soufian Fezzani Via AP)

‘Little doubt’ Paris stabbing was terrorism, says French interior minister

By Angela Charlton and OLEG CETINIC

Walid Abdulrahman Abu Zayed flashes a victory sign during an extradition hearing at the Oslo District Court on September 25, 2020. (Terje Bendiksby/NTB/AFP)

Norway court okays extradition of suspect in 1982 attack at Jewish deli in Paris

By AFP

Mordechai and Sheindle Sova were shot in 1941 on a central street of Kyiv, Ukraine, and buried in a ditch after they ignored the order to gather to be murdered at Babyn Yar. (Courtesy/Igor Kulakov, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center via JTA)

Analysis

80 years after Babyn Yar massacre, researchers lift victims out of anonymity

Project by Ukrainian Holocaust memorial center newly identifies hundreds killed by Nazis in one of war’s worst massacres, giving some solace to surviving descendants

French court blocks Roma bid for restitution under Jewish Holocaust victim laws

Auschwitz museum head asks to swap spots with Nigerian boy jailed for blasphemy

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Dutch city honors rapper who called Holocaust a ‘cover-up for dumb sheep’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative: Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as a makeshift morgue at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, April 9, 2020. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

WHO warns 2 million virus deaths ‘very likely’ without collective action

By AFP

As number of COVID-19 fatalities worldwide nears a million, senior official at global health body calls on countries to act to prevent current tally from doubling

Illustrative image: A lab technician processes blood samples. (AP/Taimy Alvarez)

How and when will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective?

By William Petri

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Sept. 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

As virus surges, critics say UK hasn’t learned from mistakes

By Jill Lawless

British actor Miriam Margolyes (courtesy)

Interview

BDS-supporting Harry Potter actor Miriam Margolyes: ‘I’m just a nice old lady’

By Francine Wolfisz

Google Images search results for "Jewish baby stroller" as of September 25, 2020. (Screenshot)

Why does a Google search for ‘Jewish baby strollers’ yield anti-Semitic images?

Online algorithm produces Holocaust allusions in response to innocuous-seeming query, likely due to a trolling campaign, a ‘data void,’ or a message board meme, analysts say

Chaim and Chavie Bruk, seen here with four of their five children, didn't know anyone who had adopted in the Orthodox community when they started building a family. (Courtesy of the Bruk family/ via JTA)

Multiracial Orthodox family in Montana seeks to break taboos about adoption

By Josefin Dolsten

More Headlines

Shira (L) and her husband (R) accused of attacking her on September 18, 2020 (Courtesy/Screen grab)

Outrage after judge agrees to anonymity request of man accused of stabbing wife

Asher Biton (L) and his wife Rivka (R) speak with Channel 13 news, September 25, 2020 (Screen grab)

Ashdod man seriously hurt in rocket attack this month: ‘I received gift of life’

Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib speaks with journalists in Baabda, Lebanon, September 14, 2020 (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Lebanon’s PM designate resigns amid impasse with Hezbollah, Amal

Illustrative: An F-16 fighter jet flies past the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' SPYDER surface-to-air missile system, during a performance by the Singapore Air Force aerobatics team Black Knights at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, February 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Czech Republic seeks to purchase Israeli air defense system

By AP

Israel's offshore Leviathan gas platform. (Albatross)

Israel and Lebanon to launch direct maritime border talks, report says

Protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, September 21, 2019. (AP Photo/ Nariman El-Mofty)

Egyptian police disperse rare, small protests, arresting 10 demonstrators

By Isabel Debre

The time capsule extracted from a wall during renovations at what used to be a synagogue in Manchester, UK. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Manchester via JTA)

150-year-old time capsule found in wall of oldest synagogue in Manchester

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Erik Lamela (L) of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Europa League qualifying round match between Shkendija and Tottenham Hotspur at Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia, on September 24, 2020. (Robert Atanasovski/AFP)

From our partnerUK’s Tottenham, Maccabi Tel Aviv to face off in soccer match next week

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