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What Matters Most On Friday, October 9, 2020

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Thousands evacuate as multiple blazes threaten Israeli communities amid heatwave

Dozens of firefighting teams fight conflagrations across country; several homes hit in Kfar HaOranim, Nof Hagalil; disruptions on highways 6 and 443

Illustrative: View of the sun setting over the mountains from Neve Ilan, outside Jerusalem. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Temperatures in Israel have risen by 1.4 degrees since 1950

Unholy heat: Data shows Jerusalem’s endless summer may be the fiery new normal

By Joshua Davidovich and Sue Surkes

Hot days are getting hotter, sweltering nights are no longer rare and heat spells are lasting longer. Figures for Jerusalem, Israel and the region point to a scalding trend

Israelis dance with Torah scrolls during the festival of Simchat Torah, September 2010. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Israel media review

Danse Macabre: What the press is saying on October 9

By Joshua Davidovich

Ultra-Orthodox adherence to virus rules (or lack thereof) remains in the spotlight with another holiday upon the Jews, and business owners may look to start their own rebellion

Citing virus, chief rabbis urge Israelis not to pray indoors on Simchat Torah

Top cop placates Haredi extremists: You know we don’t check in the synagogues

Police disperse hundreds of ultra-Orthodox violating lockdown in Modiin Illit

A medical staff member at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center wearing protective gear takes a swab to test for COVID-19 on October 8, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel sees virus test positivity drop to lowest rate in a month

Some 8% of test results Thursday showed COVID-19 infection, after weeks of hovering around 12%-13%

Illustrative: In a video released by the Israel Defense Forces on July 29, 2020, soldiers man the phones at the IDF Home Front Command's headquarters during a visit by coronavirus czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)

IDF contact tracing unit overwhelmed by recent outbreak — but improving

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a ceremony in the military's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv on June 18, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief hosted his in-laws on Sukkot in violation of lockdown

Illustrative: Members of the ultra-Orthodox community speak with NYPD officers on a street corner on October 7, 2020, in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/John Minchillo)

Interview

Top NY Haredi rabbi: Virus compliance waned because people thought crisis passed

Agudath Israel spokesman says Brooklyn protests sparked by anger at New York authorities, who he says bullied Orthodox Jewish community instead of engaging with it

Jewish Insider reporter Jacob Kornbluh (bottom left) is surrounded by dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters in Brooklyn, New York, on October 7, 2020. (screencapture/ Twitter)

NYC mayor pans ‘disgusting’ attack on reporter at ultra-Orthodox virus protest

By JTA and ToI Staff

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers a COVID-19 update during a briefing in New York City, September 29, 2020. (Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP, File)

Agudath Israel sues NY’s Cuomo for imposing virus restrictions on holy days

Analysis

Laura Ben-David

PHOTO ESSAY: Ending Sukkot with joy – despite the pandemic

If musical instruments and singing were a regular part of Orthodox services, as they were today, I would probably become a regular

Illustrative: Armed gun rights protesters, led by a member of the far-right Boogaloo boys, march in Richmond, Virginia, August 18, 2020. (Chad Martin/LightRocket via Getty Images, JTA)

Analysis

Officials fear violence on US Election Day. Some worry it could target Jews

Security experts say white supremacists prepared to take up arms in support of Trump’s re-election and could threaten Jewish institutions, including synagogues

Hardy Lloyd has incited violence against the Jewish community of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh. (Screen shot/CBSN Pittsburgh via JTA)

White supremacist who called for attacks on Pittsburgh Jews released from prison

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Michigan, Oct. 8, 2020. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)

13 extremists charged in plots to kidnap Michigan governor, spark ‘civil war’

By DAVID EGGERT and Ed White

Defiance and rampant desecration of God’s name in my Brooklyn neighborhood

Orthodox leadership could have encouraged my community to take the rules seriously and keep our loved ones safe. They failed… and worse

COVID-19 imperils local Jewish media. That’s bad news for everyone

As papers close, I worry about ’news black holes,’ where local journalism cannot serve its role as a watchdog or fill the niche Jewish needs that mainstream media cannot meet

Dead men write no books, whether they’re known for their almanacs or for the Five Books of Moses (VeZot HaBerachah)

David Breakstone

Life is fleeting. Rejoice!

This year, we may need a little prompting to remember that our abiding sense of joy will sustain us through the temporary periods of tragedy

View of the Leviathan gas field gas processing rig near the city of Caesarea, on January 31, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Report: In same room at maritime negotiations, Lebanese won’t talk to Israelis

Beirut’s team said set to ask American, UN mediators to relay messages across the room when they meet next week; energy minister announces makeup of Israeli delegation

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sept. 21, 2016 (Syrian Presidency via AP)

Assad: No talks with Israel without return of Golan Heights to Syria

Illustrative: A Hezbollah supporter chants slogans as he holds his group's flag during a protest against US involvement in Lebanon's affairs, near the US embassy in Aukar, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, July 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah says rare maritime talks with Israel don’t mean normalization

Screen capture from video of Israeli singer Liraz Charhi. (YouTube)

Israeli singer to release album of secret collaboration with Iranian artists

By Stuart Winer

Liraz Charhi worked with willing musicians via encrypted messaging apps to fulfill a long-held dream of recording with those living in her parents’ home country

Lena Floerl, 25, a member of a prominent feminist organization, takes part in a so-called 'vigil of shame' in Vienna, Austria on October 6, 2020 (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)

Vienna mayor who was Hitler’s role model becomes magnet for statue protests

By Jastinder KHERA

Karl Lueger led city in early 20th century; now anti-racist activists are demanding removal of monument in his honor

Visitors at the synagogue in Halle the day after a gunman targeted the house of worship in eastern Germany, October 10, 2019. (Jens Schlueter/Getty Images/via JTA)

Graffiti tributes to Halle Yom Kippur victims defaced with swastikas

By AFP

Palm Beach County School principal William Latson, October 31, 2019. (WPTV Screen grab via CNN)

Florida school rehires principal who refused to say the Holocaust happened

By PHILISSA CRAMER

US President Donald Trump gives thumbs up on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump wants to hold rally on Saturday; Pelosi questions his fitness for office

By Sebastian Smith and Michael Mathes

US president says he’s planning to campaign in Florida, Pennsylvania; House speaker proposes legislation to investigate removing him from office under Constitution’s 25th Amendment

US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he leaves Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to return to the White House after being discharged, October 5, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Trump urges indictment of Biden, other officials for investigating 2016 campaign

By AFP and ToI Staff

This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump, Biden teams debate next debate: Next week? Never?

By Zeke Miller and Will Weissert

Workers offload sacks of cereals from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) off a truck in Minkaman, South Sudan, June 26, 2014 (AP Photo/Matthew Abbott)

UN’s World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize

By AFP and ToI Staff

Organization combating hunger worldwide helps feed tens of millions every year; it operates in dozens of countries, as well as in the Palestinian territories

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jaffa, next to Tel Aviv, on October 8, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Hundreds of anti-Netanyahu protesters march in Tel Aviv despite virus lockdown

At least 2 demonstrators arrested, one for assaulting police officer; other rallies held across the country in accordance with emergency measures

Footage aired by Channel 12 news on October 7, 2020, shows retired air force general Amir Haskel during a protest in August outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Cops to probe leak of internal video of anti-Netanyahu protest leader

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum on August 24, 2020. (Knesset Spokesperson's Office)

Gantz, Netanyahu clash ahead of December deadline that could trigger elections

More Headlines

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Cairo, Egypt, in 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Top PLO official Saeb Erekat diagnosed with coronavirus

By Aaron Boxerman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jerusalem on September 1, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/PMO)

Netanyahu tells Ethiopian PM he plans to airlift 2,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel

By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes

Illustrative: Iranians use ATMs of Bank Melli Iran in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

US hits Iran’s entire financial sector with sanctions

Illustrative: A Palestinian hurls a Molotov cocktail toward Israeli security forces during clashes, near the city of Hebron, in the West Bank, on October 11, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

IDF says it is holding body of Palestinian shot dead for hurling firebombs

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prof. Moti Ravid (Arielinson / Wikipedia)

Bnei Brak hospital chief resigns after saying Hasidic public ‘killing people’

Then-Col. Ghassan Alian during a patrol in July 2013 in Jenin. Col. Alian, who heads the Golani Brigade, returned to the unit after being injured in battle two days earlier (Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)

Druze general injured in 2014 war named next liaison to Palestinians

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli players watch the penalty shootout during the Euro 2020 playoff semi-final soccer match between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on October 8, 2020. (Andy Buchanan/AFP)

Israel knocked out of Euro playoffs after losing shootout to Scotland

By Kieran CANNING

Illustrative: A construction site of new residential buildings in a new neighborhood in Beer Yaakov, central Israel, on March 26,2020 (Flash90)

Data shows bounce-back in housing market over summer, improving on 2019

Elliott Broidy, February 27, 2008 (AP/David Karp)

Jewish Republican donor charged in covert lobbying scheme

Inbar Regev, 8, swimming with her family's pet python snake in their home in Ge'a, southern Israel. (Screenshot: Twitter)

From the webMeet the Israeli girl who enjoys swimming with her pet python

Akia, a 26-year-old giraffe, and her newborn are seen at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. (Jerusalem Biblical Zoo)

A spot of good newsJerusalem Biblical Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) President and member of Parliament Marine Le Pen delivers a speech after the announcement of initial results during an RN election-night event for European parliamentary elections on May 26, 2019, at La Palmeraie venue in Paris. (Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Le Pen would best Macron in first round of French presidential elections – poll

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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