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What Matters Most On Saturday, July 31, 2021

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

Multiple Iranian drones used in deadly attack on Israeli-operated ship — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

NYT cites Israeli officials who say several UAVs apparently slammed into vessel’s living area; US Navy experts inspect boat, find ‘clear visual evidence that attack occurred’

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

‘Iran is a global problem’: Israel weighs response to deadly attack on ship

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Members of Israel's team pose with their bronze medals after the medal ceremony in team judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Tokyo 2020'Everyone gave their heart and soul, and together we did it'

Mixed judo team wins bronze, 2nd medal for Israel at Tokyo Olympics

Judokas win spot on podium after 4:1 victory over Russian team; decisive bout won by Nelson-Levy; Paltchik says they were ‘eulogized too soon’ after criticism earlier in week

Team Israel celebrates winning the judo mixed team's repechage bout against Brazil during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on July 31, 2021. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Tokyo 2020Israel’s mixed judo team defeats Brazil, will battle Russians for Olympic bronze

Russia's Aslan Karatsev returns the ball to France's Jeremy Chardy during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles second round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Russian-Israeli tennis player Karatsev makes mixed doubles finals in Tokyo

By ToI Staff and AP

Karatsev and partner defeat world no. 1 Djokovic at semifinal, will face another Russian duo in battle for gold

Israel's Itay Shanny competes in the men's individual eliminations during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo on July 31, 2021. (ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Tokyo 2020Israeli archer Itay Shanny’s surprise Olympic run ends in dramatic shoot-off

Deborah Copaken undergoing sound bowl therapy in Kathmandu, July 2017 (Stephen Douglas Alexander)

Interview'These are not just my scars, they are America’s scars'

Photojournalist dodges death to build herself back up after her body breaks down

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In ‘Ladyparts,’ Deborah Copaken laughs and cries through a decade of medical scares, divorce, financial struggles and sexual harassment in an America that routinely fails women

A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a man at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site in the Golan Heights, on July 30, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Serious COVID cases pass 200 for first time since mid-April

2,424 infections cases recorded Friday, in new high during current wave; expert: basic reproduction number likely lower than official figure, suggesting spread of virus is slowing

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, starting the campaign for the third dose booster of the Coronavirus vaccine. (Haim Zach / GPO)

‘Fast and furious’: Israel seeks to give 3rd dose to 1.5m seniors in 8 days

A plan for progress on Palestine

The least bad option requires a series of bold, unilateral measures by Israel and $100 billion in compensation. The price of doing nothing will be far higher

On not pulling punches

Who doesn’t want to protect their kids from pain? But that impulse can do more harm than good: we must help them grapple with whatever they may encounter (Ekev)

Helene Wecker (Sheldon Wecker)

InterviewJewish author's marriage to Muslim impetus for fantasy tale

After long hiatus, author Helene Wecker resurrects fans’ beloved Golem and Jinni

By Renee Ghert-Zand

With a mix of old and new characters, ‘The Hidden Palace’ advances the duo’s magic, heartbreak and love into early 20th century New York and Middle East

American historian and author Deborah Lipstadt poses for photographer at the Rome Film festival in Rome, on October 17, 2016. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt nominated as US antisemitism envoy

Diverse array of Jewish groups welcome announcement, which also included tapping of New York LGBT synagogue Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to Commission on International Religious Freedom

Illustrative: A protester holds a Yellow Star reading 'Not Vaccinated = Jew' as protesters take part in a demonstration in Milan on July 24, 2021, against the introduction of a mandatory 'green pass' for indoor dining and entertainment area, in the aim to limit the spread of the coronavirus. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Oklahoma GOP likens vaccine mandates to Nazi persecution of Jews

By AP

A JewBelong bus ad in downtown San Francisco. The ads are part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of antisemitism. (Gabriel Greschler/J. Jewish News of Northern California/ via JTA)

'We’re trying to ring the alarm bells. Where is everyone?'

Campaign hopes to fight US Jew-hatred with shocking ads, but who’s reading them?

By Eliyahu Kamisher

Amid an alarming spike in antisemitism, JewBelong pivots to garner mainstream support, but critics say the organization’s eye-catching billboards largely resonate with donors

Argentine show uses Anne Frank to illustrate ‘women who don’t leave house’ song

By JTA

Illustrative: A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion flies during the ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018. (Michael Sohn/AP)

US State Department okays potential sale of 18 heavy lift helicopters to Israel

Deal for Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallions to replace IDF’s aging fleet gets greenlight; US says it’s in its own national interests for Israel to have strong self-defense capability

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz speaks during his visit to the Beilinson Medical Center, on July 27, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Meretz ups threat to oppose budget as talks to boost healthcare funds break down

Cabinet is set to review and vote on the Finance Ministry’s proposal for the new state budget, but many points of disasgreement remain between ministers

Israel's Ian Kinsler celebrates with Mitchell Glasser after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

MLB vets immerse themselves in Jewish heritage, build Israel’s baseball team

Manager Eric Holtz says all the players on the US-based squad are ‘playing for the name on the front of the jersey’

Israeli winemaker Yaakov Berg holds a bottle of his red blend named after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Psagot Winery in the Sha'ar Binyamin industrial park near the Psagot settlement in the West Bank, north of Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

7 GOP Senators push law to label settlement goods as ‘made in Israel’

Anti-BDS Labeling Act would enshrine as law one of Trump’s final orders and comes in wake of Ben & Jerry’s decision to end sales in ‘occupied Palestinian territories’

A city-operated mobile pharmacy advertises the COVID-19 vaccine in a Brooklyn neighborhood on July 30, 2021 in New York City (SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

As transmissible as chickenpox: US documents sound alarm on Delta variant

CDC presentation declares ‘The war has changed’ as a result of new strain, warns infections in vaccinated individuals may be as transmissible as in the unvaccinated

Cars line up at Miami Dade College North campus' COVID-19 testing site, July 29, 2021, in Miami (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Biden says US will see new virus restrictions ‘in all probability’

By AFP

People from a coalition of housing justice groups hold signs protesting evictions during a news conference outside the Statehouse, July 30, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

With eviction ban end, millions of Americans risk losing homes amid virus spike

By Heather Scott

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From 'Hit and Run,' the new Netflix series created by 'Fauda' creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, premiering August 6, 2021. (Courtesy: 'Hit and Run')

Another hit?New Netflix nail biter by ‘Fauda’ creators shifts between NYC, TLV

By Jessica Steinberg

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei checks the time in farewell meeting with outgoing President Hassan Rouhani's administration in Tehran, Iran, in July 28, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s Khamenei grants clemency to over 2,800 prisoners

By AFP

Police are seen in Lod during ethnic rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city in central Israel, May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Jewish suspect indicted over 2 months after mob assault of Arab man

A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

FBI probe: Chemicals that caused Beirut blast only a fifth of original shipment

In this Sept. 8, 2017 file photo Alternative for Germany, AfD, deputy chairwoman Beatrix von Storch attends a press conference with former UK Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Brazil’s welcome to granddaughter of Hitler’s finance minister draws Jewish ire

By Marcus M. Gilban

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, January 12, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump pressured Justice head to ‘just say election was corrupt’

By AFP

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