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What Matters Most On Friday, July 30, 2021

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President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal receive their third COVID-19 vaccine shots at Sheba Medical Center, July 30, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

UK, Turkey, Georgia, Cyprus now on banned travel list

President leads way as Israel starts giving 3rd COVID vaccine dose to elderly

Isaac Herzog and his wife get booster shots; ex-PM Netanyahu says Israel wasted a month ‘but better late than never’

A man receives his second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from a Magen David Adom national emergency service volunteer, at a private nursing home in Ramat Gan, on January 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Bennett calls on Israelis over 60 to get third COVID vaccine dose

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio encourages Jewish New Yorkers to get a coronavirus vaccine by Monday in time to be fully vaccinated by Rosh Hashana, on July 29, 2021. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

NYC mayor calls on Jews to get vaccinated in time for Rosh Hashanah

This Jan. 2, 2016 file photo shows the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mercer Street off Cape Town, South Africa. (Johan Victor via AP)

2 crewmen slain in strike on Israeli-operated ship; Jerusalem blames Iran

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) speaks with officials before he boards his plane on his return to the United States from Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City, on July 29, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool/ AFP)

Blinken warns time running out on return to Iran nuclear deal

By AFP

AnalysisRussia might be testing Israel in Syria, but no reason for panic

By Lazar Berman

Saudi Arabia’s judoka Tahani Al-Qahtani faces off against Israel’s Raz Hershko, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, on July 30, 2021. (Israel Olympic Committee)

Tokyo 2020

Israeli bests Saudi in historic judo match at Olympics; medal count remains at 1

By Emanuel Fabian

Raz Hershko, Tahani Alqahtani shake hands following fight; 2016 bronze medalist Or Sasson defeated in early stages

Jessica Fox of Australia competes in the Women's C1 of the Canoe Slalom at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

In 3rd Olympics outing, Australian Jewish paddler wins gold in canoe slalom

By Emily Burack

Israel’s Olympic long jumper Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (L) and runner Selamawit Teferi (R) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on July 30, 2021. (Israel Olympic Committee)

Tokyo 20202 Israeli athletes advance to final rounds in Tokyo Olympics

By Emanuel Fabian

Deborah Lipstadt, author of 'Antisemitism: Here and Now' (Osnat Perelshtein via JTA)

Biden to nominate Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as US antisemitism envoy

By Jacob Magid and JTA

Administration has been under pressure to fill vacant post amid surge in antisemitic attacks; noted scholar has been long-time favorite to get the role

Thousands of Polish nationalists march to the US Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, on May 11, 2019, to protest US pressure on Poland to compensate Jews whose families lost property during the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

82 MKs appeal to Polish counterparts to block anti-restitution law

A virtual model of the proposed Holocaust memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens outside the UK Parliament. (Screen capture/YouTube)

UK greenlights plan for new Holocaust memorial outside Parliament

By AP

An Israeli medical worker prepares a COVID vaccine. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Analysis

Experts: Third vaccine dose for elderly might not help, but it won’t hurt either

Introduction of booster shots for people aged 60+ seen as safe, but one senior doctor says it’s ‘not clear enough what the real benefit is’

Israeli teen receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Petah Tikva, on July 19, 2021. (Flash90)

No major side effects among vaccinated children, initial Israeli data suggests

In this file photo taken on July 20, 2021, a Tunisian woman receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine at the Palais des Congres in the capital Tunis.(Fethi Belaid/AFP)

WHO: Delta variant driving ‘fourth wave’ in Middle East

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israel's Scott Burcham, right, dives and cannot reach a ball picked up by Rob Paller, center, as Blake Gailen (2) looks on during a baseball game against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 30, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

Tokyo 2020

Israel’s Olympic baseball team pounded 8-1 by US, further dimming medal hopes

By ToI Staff and AP

After defeat by MLB prospects and released players, Ken Hultz’s squad will face lowest-ranking team from other group, must win that game to remain in contention

Israel's Mitchell Glasser (22) collides with teammate Blake Gailen as he catches a fly out hit by South Korea's Jaeil Oh during a baseball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 29, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Tokyo 2020Israel’s Olympic baseball team loses first match 6-5 to South Korea

Miami Marlins relief pitcher Richard Bleier throws a pitch during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday, on July 28, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

Miami Marlins Jewish pitcher throws a scoreless inning on Jewish Heritage Day

By Marvin Glassman

A technician processing a sample for testing with the MeMed COVID-19 Severity test (courtesy of MeMed)

Israeli test tells COVID patients their chance of deterioration, on 0-100 scale

By Nathan Jeffay

People who tested positive give a drop of blood, wait 15 minutes, and discover their coronavirus destiny; if severe, doctors empowered to avert the outcome

Shirly Pinto, the first deaf Knesset member, is sworn in to the Knesset on June 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Interview

Israel’s first deaf MK aims to be a full-time warrior for disability rights

Yamina lawmaker Shirly Pinto says she is devoting herself to ensuring that her hearing-impaired son will grow up in a different world than she did

JDC's new CEO Ariel Zwang visits with participants of Hanoch Digital, a JDC program that helps Israeli Haredim embrace technology to confidently enter the job market. (courtesy)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: New JDC CEO Ariel Zwang on being a continual breaker of glass ceilings

The first female head of the century-plus-old organization is no stranger to going where few women have gone before. Now she calls on other groups to open up their boardrooms, too

This studio photographic illustration shows a smartphone with the website of Israel's NSO Group which features 'Pegasus' spyware, on display in Paris, on July 21, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP)

NSO said to block some government clients from using its spyware

‘Almost everything we checked, we found no connection to Pegasus,’ employee of Israel-based firm asserts to NPR amid misuse allegations

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on February 27, 2020. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

Israeli cybersecurity firm Riskified holds Wall Street IPO at $3.3B valuation

Hannah Pressman

Simone Biles embodies the Jewish value of preserving life

Everyone expected a different kind of Olympic glory for this most skilled gymnast, but her prioritizing safety and well-being was more powerful than her tumbling

Kathryn Ruth Bloom

’We can’t help you, and you are going to die’

How could I tell the West African with beautiful handwriting and a full-blown case of AIDS that the anti-viral treatment he wanted was still in early research phases?

You can only be ‘one traveler,’ living one life

An old cabin, a lifelong friend, two places I can call home, and the poetry to put it in perspective – these have made all the difference

The holiness of complexity

It’s tempting to think religion is distinct from the physical world, but Moses taught that even rocks, water, and dirt are possible paths to meet the Divine

Muayyad Bahjat al-Alaama, whose son was allegedly killed after a case of mistaken identity by Israeli soldiers, at a mourning tent in his hometown of Beit Ummar in the West Bank, on Thursday, July 29, 2021 (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel)

Palestinians say man shot dead in clashes during funeral for boy killed by IDF

By Aaron Boxerman

Shawkat Awad, 20, reportedly shot by troops amid riot; father of 11-year-old killed on Wednesday likely to lose permit to work in Israel; ‘I died too,’ he says

Palestinian fishermen prepare their nets for fishing in the Mediterranean Sea off Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on September 2, 2020 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel expands Gaza fishing zone after 4 days of curbs due to arson balloons

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends a Cabinet meeting with President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House, on April 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

US envoy says Biden admin will press for release of Israelis held in Gaza

Alternative beef burgers made of plant-based materials by Redefine Meat. (Courtesy, Redefine Meat)

Reporter's notebookTasty, juicy, and very like the real deal

At sizzling event, Israel’s Redefine Meat launches its 3-D cow alternative

With slogans like ‘A whole different animal,’ and ‘Precisely the same, entirely different,’ startup unveils its high-end, plant-based 3-D printed products at Tel Aviv tasting

An artist’s impression of the interstellar asteroid Oumuamua. Scientist Avi Loeb believes it could have been an extraterrestrial artifact. (Courtesy/European Southern Observatory, M. Kornmesser)

Israeli Harvard professor launches search for ‘extraterrestrial civilizations’

Avi Loeb’s Galileo Project will seek out objects made by existing or extinct otherworldly cultures; theoretical physicist has clashed with scientific establishment over theories

Master classes and seminars are held at Keshet Eilon in the Western Galilee twice a year (Courtesy: Sarit Uzieli)

In former chicken coop, kibbutz helps young violinists come out of their shells

By Jessica Steinberg

Kibbutz Eilon serves as a temporary home for string whizzes with a festival and summer school

Analysis

Could the shaky coalition break Orthodox hold on religious life in Israel?

Ending Haredi domination on issues like civil marriage, Shabbat transportation, kosher supervision and Western Wall prayer is one area new government could make progress

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man speaks with then-Economy Minister Naftali Bennett following a discussion about drafting ultra-Orthodox men to service in the Israeli army in the Yad Sara building in Jerusalem, on June 11, 2013. (Zuzana Janku/Flash 90)

Ethiopian Immigrants arrive in Israel as part of Operation Tzur Israel, March 11, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Absorption minister won’t back budget without funding for Ethiopia immigration

Muriel Mandell works on her iPad at her apartment in downtown Manhattan's Greenwich Village. After a career as a reporter and schoolteacher, she began writing children's books, including 'A Donkey Reads,' right. (Lori Silberman Brauner/ viaJTA)

'You want to contribute, otherwise why exist?'

Former wartime reporter and kid’s book author is 99 – and she isn’t slowing down

By Lori Silberman Brauner

Ahead of her 100th birthday, tech-savvy Muriel Mandell teaches fellow seniors photo editing, animation and word processing, and is still a prolific reviewer of children’s books

Illustrative: A man blows a shofar covered with a face mask at a synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on August 21, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

High Holidays 5781

US synagogues made COVID-safe High Holiday plans. Then came the Delta variant

More Headlines

View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)

Fitch reaffirms Israel’s A+ rating, citing strong finances, pandemic rebound

Illustrative: In this January 6, 2021, photo speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks in the House Chamber. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)

US Jewish groups hail House bill giving aid to Israel, Palestinians

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Julie Perry (Screen capture: YouTube)

VA House candidate: Being a conservative teacher is like being a Jew among Nazis

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, on May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner)

Ted Cruz blocks bill advancing Israel-Arab normalization in spat over language

An Intel building in Jerusalem, on May 18, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Intel Israel appoints Arab vice president for the first time

New York City Council member Chaim Deutsch shown at a budget negotiating team meeting in 2018. (John McCarten/New York City Council/ via JTA)

Jewish ex-councilman in NYC gets 3 months in prison for tax evasion

A police patrol car on fire in the city of Lod, on May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

5 Arab Lod residents indicted for participating in riots during Gaza conflict

Illustrative: A member of the Muslim Brotherhood waves his hand from a defendants cage in a courtroom in Torah prison, southern Cairo, Egypt, August 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt hands death sentences to 24 Muslim Brotherhood members

By AFP

Then-Senator Carl Levin of Michigan attends a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, December 4, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Longtime Jewish senator Carl Levin dies at 87

By Mike Householder, Corey Williams and DAVID EGGERT

Civil defense workers extinguish a forest fire, at Qobayat village, in the northern Akkar province, Lebanon, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese authorities struggle to contain wildfires as they spread into Syria

By HUSSEIN MALLA and FADI TAWIL

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