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What Matters Most On Monday, October 26, 2020

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People gather near the stage of a pro-Trump rally at Marine Park in Brooklyn, New York on October 25, 2020. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

At Brooklyn Trump rally, Orthodox anger at mayor and governor take center stage

Organizer of previous protest, which turned violent, mostly shunned at New York City park gathering; attendees stick to health guidelines but fume at restrictions

People participate in a march and rally for President Donald Trump on 5th Avenue on October 25, 2020 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)

Fights break out, 7 arrested, as ‘Jews for Trump’ convoy rolls through New York

By Jacob Magid and AP

Illustrative: A delegation of rabbis from the Lubavitch-Chabad movement visit President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on March 27, 2018. (White House)

‘Thank you Rabbis,’ Trump tweets after support letter from 13 Orthodox leaders

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Thousands of New Yorkers of all backgrounds convened at the 'No Hate. No Fear' solidarity march against anti-Semitism in January 2020. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images, via JTA)

Poll: Nearly 7 in 10 US Jews think Republican Party holds anti-Semitic views

By JTA and ToI Staff

American Jewish Committee surveys also find 52% of all Americans think GOP holds anti-Semitic opinions; 82% of US Jews say anti-Semitism on rise in last 5 years

Over 58 million ballots cast in early US vote, surpassing 2016

By Nicholas Riccardi and Angeliki Kastanis

How US Jewish groups are protecting voting access in 2020

In Arab world, Biden favored over Trump in US election — poll

By AFP

Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits a laboratory in the Israel Institute for Biological Research on October 25, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

Israel begins mass-producing coronavirus vaccines ahead of human trials

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Aiming for regulatory approval by July, Institute for Biological Research to develop 15 million doses for Israelis, Palestinians and other possible buyers

Human trials for Israeli coronavirus vaccine to begin November 1

By Judah Ari Gross

Golan Druze town of Majdal Shams to be cordoned off as infections mount

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Ministers extend virus rules by week; mull reopening schools, commerce

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Israel Unlocked: Powerful online journeys that support Israeli tourism

Join the ToI Community to access our exclusive virtual tours series – and support Israeli tourism at this difficult time

How a man I never met changed my life

It was the Second Intifada, my eldest was a baby, and we were deliberating visiting Israel – how could we, with all the terror attacks?!

Ultra-Orthodox non-compliance rests on fear

The rabbis are assigning higher priority to ’customer retention’ than to the clear halakhic imperative to preserve health and life

Go, and know…

When the world has grown small, and yet family feels farther away than ever, here’s a moment to pause, with a sense of pride, and an awareness of destiny (Lech Lecha)

Trump’s pandering to QAnon should be a deal-breaker

The last time a US president failed to repudiate proponents of rabid conspiracy theories that echo blood libels against Jews was…never

Sudanese pro-democracy supporters celebrate a final power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council August 17, 2019, in the capital, Khartoum. (AP)

Sudan confirms link: It agreed to Israel ties for terror delisting, economic aid

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Khartoum sells deal as economic boon; Sudanese and Israeli officials will meet in the coming weeks to discuss cooperation, including on agriculture and trade

Sudan confirms moving ahead with Israel accord, despite growing opposition

Sudanese torn on Israel ties between loyalty to Palestinians, economic benefits

By Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali

Israel to send $5 million worth of wheat to ‘our new friends in Sudan’

A staff member at Haifa's Bnai Zion Medical Center during the 2020 coronavirus. (courtesy, Micha Brikman)

Analysis

A week into lockdown exit, plunging infection rates tempered by mounting worries

With some restrictions rolled back and more relaxing of rules on the way, virus stats are encouraging, but deaths are still accumulating and the social fabric has ruptured

Plan for 1st-2nd graders to attend school part-time lashed as ‘ludicrous’

As Israel moves to reopen some schools, infections fall along with testing rate

Ministers vote to send kids in grades 1-4 back to school next week

First grade students arrive for their first day of school at Tali Geulim school in Jerusalem on September 1, 2020. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Ministers decide grades 1-4 will go back to school Sunday, salons to reopen

By Michael Bachner

Students will be divided into separate pods; after-school programs also to resume; businesses that receive customers on one-by-one basis allowed to reopen

7:35 pm

Footage shows hundreds of Haredi yeshiva students violating virus rules
7:25 pm

Likud MK Haim Katz to face second indictment over tax offenses -- report
7:09 pm

Turkish media report explosion in town near Syrian border

Although it is still relatively rare, it has become more common in recent decades for Jews to have traditionally Christian names. (Illustration by Grace Yagel/ JTA)

When Christian is Jewish: Living a Jewish life with a non-Jewish name

By Josefin Dolsten

Israel's Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev, center, visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi with UAE officials on October 29, 2018. (Courtesy Chen Kedem Maktoubi)

Netanyahu said to ban ministers from visiting UAE until he makes trip first

PM reportedly holding back cabinet members including Miri Regev, who visited Abu Dhabi 2 years ago when she was sports minister

AnalysisIn neverending budget saga, is Likud about to cannibalize one of its own?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum on October 19, 2020. (Shmulik Grossman/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)

Netanyahu’s secretary diagnosed with coronavirus

Ellie Cohanim, left, the deputy US anti-Semitism monitor, looks on as Elan Carr, center, the US anti-Semitism monitor and Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the chairman of the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence, sign an agreement to combat anti-Semitism in Washington DC on October 22, 2020. (Ron Kampeas)

In Arab first, Bahraini institution joins with US to combat anti-Zionism

Agreement signed by King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence confirms cooperation with State Department on tackling anti-Semitism and delegitimization of Israel

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks to The Associated Press, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

After Holocaust-denial precedent, Pakistan asks Facebook to ban anti-Islam posts

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustration by Avi Katz

Necessary stories

The Azedarach Tree

By Haim Watzman

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A mother hugs her son in front of a memorial at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Sunday, October 27, 2019, the first anniversary of the shooting at the synagogue, that killed 11 worshipers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tree of Life shootingPittsburgh congregations mark 2 years since shooting under shadow of COVID-19

By Adam Reinherz

View of the main road in the Arab-Israeli village of Majd al-Krum, near the northern Israeli city of Karmiel, on November 8, 2017.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Government extends multi-billion dollar plan for Arab municipalities

By Aaron Boxerman

Yeshiva students study in separation capsules in Jerusalem on September 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

1 in 5 students in yeshiva ‘capsule’ program contracted COVID-19

The Reading Station in Park HaMesilah in Jerusalem after it was set on fire by vandals on October 25, 2020 (Courtesy/ Jerusalem Municipality)

Book burning in Jerusalem: City to set up cameras after arson at mini library

An Israir flight seen taking off from Ben Gurion Airport, on March 24, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

UAE-based Israeli businessman Koen said bidding $50 million for Israir Airlines

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli soldiers guard at a bus stop near the settlement of Kokhav HaShahar, in the West Bank, on January 6, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Attackers pepper-spray soldier, try to steal his gun — police

By Judah Ari Gross

An illustrative image of a stack of credit cards. (alexialex; iStock by Getty Images)

Four startups join Visa’s innovation center in Tel Aviv

By Jake Epstein

The facade of the LA Mayer Museum for the Islamic Arts in Jerusalem. (Courtesy, Sotheby's)

Rivlin: State must help stop sale of Jerusalem’s Islamic art museum collection

A Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Urum al-Jawz, in Idlib province, Syria, October 20, 2020. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)

Russia strikes kill at least 78 Turkey-backed rebels in Syria, monitor says

View of the oil refineries in Haifa Bay, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)

Cabinet appoints high-level committee to rule on future of Haifa Bay area

Illustrative: Solar panels in the desert near Eilat, Israel. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Cabinet greenlights target of 30% renewable energy by 2030

Illustrative image of wealth amid the coronavirus pandemic (Feverpitched; iStock by Getty Images)

Coronavirus pandemic strips 154 Israelis of millionaire status

By Shoshanna Solomon

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