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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 14, 2021

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An episode of "The Memory Generation" will include Betty Grebenshikoff (left) and Ana Maria Wahrenberg, who reunited on Zoom after 82 years of not knowing what happened to each other after Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany (courtesy: USC Shoah Foundation)

InterviewsBetty, in Florida, and Ana María, in Chile, reunite on Zoom

‘Amazing detective work’ reunites best friends thought murdered in the Holocaust

By Matt Lebovic

82 years after fleeing Nazi Germany with their families, two childhood friends are brought together by USC Shoah Foundation researcher who ‘linked’ their testimony

US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, shortly before the mob assault on the US Capitol. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

US Senate acquits Donald Trump of inciting insurrection in Capitol assault

By ToI Staff and Agencies

After days of deliberations and last-minute drama that almost saw trial extended to call in witnesses, chamber votes 57-43 to convict, short of two-thirds majority needed

As impeachment trial ends, Biden’s White House eager to turn page on Trump

By Alexandra Jaffe and Jonathan Lemire

Acquitted by Senate, Trump said to fear criminal charges over US Capitol riot

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Trump hails acquittal from ‘witch hunt,’ says his movement ‘has only just begun’

Couple kissing at the light rail station on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 11, 2020 (Courtesy Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Analysis

Jessica Steinberg

Zoom me, maybe: Singles seeking love in a time of COVID find new ways to hook up

Many say finding a partner while socially distancing is a challenge, but being able to slow down and meet on video can have its upsides as well

Parents accompany their children to kindergarten in Tel Aviv, on October 18, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Survey: Pandemic strengthened sibling bonds in Israel, hurt parents’ sex life

Finance Minister Israel Katz at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Medical Center on December 20, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Finance minister: We’re opening for good — there will be no more lockdowns

Israel Katz says Israel ‘will be first country in the world to return to controlled activity’ starting next week; plans further support to businesses affected by pandemic

8:31 pm

Russians stage Valentine's Day flashmobs to support Navalny
7:42 pm

Finance Minister Katz: This'll be last opening; there will be no more lockdowns
7:22 pm

Health Ministry data shows 90% of Israelis over 60 fully vaccinated

Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman visits in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod after clashes broke out between police and ultra-Orthodox Jews over lockdown violations, January 12, 2021. (Flash90)

Defending skeptic MK, Liberman claims ‘we don’t know anything about the vaccine’

Yisrael Beytenu chair draws rebuke for comments he made after party No. 4, Eli Avidar, said he wouldn’t be getting vaccinated because he wasn’t high risk

Anti-vaccination slogans and grafitti spray painted on walls of a vaccination center, January 5, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Health Ministry sets up team to fight fake news on vaccines

A mobile vaccination center in the Shokeda forest on February 13, 2020 (Courtesy Magen David Adom)

Natural immunityMobile vaccination unit inoculates Israelis on forest stroll

Facing another school reopening

Requiring (and enforcing!) masks and distancing would protect our children in school, so why are we either sending them back unprotected or keeping them home day after day?

Tanya Hoshovsky

Guess what? St. Valentine didn’t kill the Jews

My teacher lied about Valentine’s Day to steer us away from the secular world; I think she went way too far

Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei at an undisclosed southern city of Germany, September 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Exiled Iranian judo champion lands in Israel for Tel Aviv tourney

Saeid Mollaei, who was forced to throw fight in order to avoid facing Israel’s Sagi Muki in 2019 championship, will represent Mongolia at Grand Slam competition this week

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PODCAST: Daily Briefing, Feb. 14 — Trump’s acquittal, Biden still noncommittal

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden, in Jerusalem on March 9, 2010. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)

Israeli ambassador says Netanyahu unperturbed by lack of call from Biden

US says president’s failure to phone Israeli premier after over three weeks in office is ‘not an intentional dis’ and that the two leaders will speak soon

Left: Then-US President-elect Joe Biden on January 14, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Matt Slocum); Right: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, December 9, 2020. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

AnalysisBiden could be forced to show his hand on Iran nuclear deal in next 7 days

By AFP and ToI Staff

US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell returns to the chamber from a short break in the Senate trial of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell, after voting to acquit: Trump ‘morally responsible’ for Capitol riot

By Alan Fram and LISA MASCARO

In stunning rebuke minutes after acquittal, Republican Senate minority leader says former president still subject to criminal and civil law: ‘He didn’t get away with anything yet’

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with House impeachment managers, speaks to the press after the Senate voted to acquit former US President Donald Trump, in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2021 (Alex Edelman / AFP)

Pelosi rips into ‘cowardly’ Republican senators after Trump acquitted

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., stand with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., as Trump speaks while departing after a Senate Republican Policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

AnalysisAfter acquittal, Trump remains dominant force in Republican Party

By Steve Peoples

Director Ibtisam Mara'ana-Menuhin at a screening of a 2017 documentary film which she produced (courtesy)

Labor candidate apologizes for remarks rejecting Memorial Day remembrance

Arab Israeli film producer Ibtisam Mara’ana, 7th on Labor slate, says she’s sorry for offense she caused by ignoring siren, adds she now observes customary 2 minutes of silence

Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Several violent incidents as anti-Netanyahu protesters rally for 34th week

President Reuven Rivlin (R) welcomes Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades to his residence in Jerusalem, January 14, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Cyprus president in Israel to sign quarantine-free travel deal for vaccinated

Agreement will mutually recognize coronavirus vaccination documents, enabling the inoculated to travel freely between the two countries; expected to be implemented in a month

El Al planes on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport on August 3, 2020. (Jack Guez/ AFP)

US said to demand its planes be allowed to fly stranded Israelis to Israel

Illustrative: Israelis dress up in costumes in central Jerusalem ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim on March 10, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Gantz to demand tight Purim restrictions to allow reopening of commerce

Blue and White head wants immediate decision to allow preparations ahead of holiday next week; 14 new cases of South African variant found, including 1 person reinfected with virus

Illustrative: Medical staff in the coronavirus ward of Ziv Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Safed, on February 4, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

COVID patients on ECMO machines reach record 52, passing ‘blackest’ prediction

A shop at the mall in the city of Bat Yam that was partially opened against government regulations, on February 11, 2021 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Cabinet compromise on reopening businesses said expected as morbidity drops

Illustrative: Wall Inscriptions of the Memnonium of Seti I, Abydos. (Brooklyn Museum Archives/Wikimedia)

Egypt unearths world’s oldest-known beer factory

Brewery found in Abydos dates back over 5,000 years; drink was apparently used in sacrificial rites

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Ketem, in better times. (Courtesy, Moran Ajami)

Post-lockdown outing ends in poisoning deaths of pet dogs

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at the London West Hollywood hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 19. 2019 (Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP)

Ben Shapiro to fund Gina Carano film after her firing for Holocaust comments

By ToI Staff and AFP

An image from 'White Eye,' the award-winning, 20-minute short film by Tomer Shushan (Courtesy White Eye)

Going for goldIsraeli film shortlisted for live action short Oscar

By Jessica Steinberg

New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. (Jason Smith via JTA)

NY Post runs Bret Stephens column on ‘N-word’ firing that NYT reportedly spiked

This Feb. 10, 2021 image taken by the United Arab Emirates' 'Amal,' or 'Hope,' probe and released February 14, 2021, shows Mars (Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center/UAE Space Agency, via AP)

UAE’s ‘Hope’ probe sends back first image of Mars

The Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, Portugal (The Assembly of the Republic via JTA)

Portuguese lawmaker: Israel’s vaccine success due to Jewish financial powers

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Old covers of the Arizona Jewish Post. (Courtesy of the Arizona Jewish Post via JTA)

Arizona’s 75-year-old Jewish Post to cease operations amid pandemic

By Andrew Lapin

People wearing hats and patches indicating they are part of Oath Keepers attend a rally at Freedom Plaza Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

9% of YouTube users have viewed content from ‘extremist’ channels — survey

Members of Lebanese security forces and staff look on during the unloading of boxes of the first shipment of the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, upon arrival to Rafic Hariri University Hospital in the capital Beirut, on February 13, 2021. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

‘Relief’ as first COVID-19 vaccinations arrive in Lebanon

By AFP

A fire destroyed a large section of Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children in Connecticut, on February 12, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Paul Newman’s camp for ill children partially destroyed in large fire

Students sit in a classroom on the first day of the new school year at the United Nations-run Elementary School at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, August 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

From our partnerUK funding backing hate-filled material taught in Palestinian classrooms

Israelis wearing face mask for fear of the coronavirus are seen in public transport in Jerusalem on March 17, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Israeli startup aims to bid farewell to late, empty buses

By Jake Epstein

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