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What Matters Most On Saturday, August 7, 2021

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Israel's Linoy Ashram poses with her gold medal during the podium ceremony of the individual all-around final of the Rhythmic Gymnastics event during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics center in Tokyo, on August 7, 2021. (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)

Tokyo 2020'It's what I dreamed of for all my life'

Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram wins Israel’s 3rd-ever Olympic gold

22-year-old takes top place on the podium, bringing home Israel’s 4th Tokyo medal; teammate Nicol Zelikman is 7th; Israelis finish 4th in group all-around qualifiers

Russia's Dina Averina (silver), Israel's Linoy Ashram (gold) and Belarus' Alina Harnasko (bronze) pose during the medal ceremony of the individual all-around final of the Rhythmic Gymnastics event during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics center in Tokyo, on August 7, 2021. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP)

Russia outraged over ‘injustice’ of Olympic gold medal for Israel’s Linoy Ashram

By AFP and ToI Staff

(From L) Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Kenya's Brigid Kosgei qnd USA's Molly Seidel compete in the women's marathon final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Sapporo on August 7, 2021. (Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Tokyo 2020

Israel’s Salpeter finishes marathon in 66th place after leading for much of race

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Runner was in 3rd place with 4 km to go when she stopped running due to stomach pains, but came back to complete race; fellow Israeli Maor Tiyouri comes in 48th

Gold medalists USA's April Ross (L) and Alix Klineman pose with their medals after the victory ceremony of the women's beach volleyball event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Shiokaze Park in Tokyo on August 6, 2021. (Angela WEISS/AFP)

Tokyo 2020American Jewish athlete Alix Klineman wins beach volleyball gold in Tokyo

Kitty Hart-Moxon shows her and her mother's Auschwitz tattoos, for BBC documentary 'The Holocaust : A Story of Remembrance' (Screen grab)

She had her late mother's tattoo removed as well

Tattoo that Auschwitz survivor cut out of her arm features in new UK exhibition

Kitty Hart-Moxon, 97, says most die with their tattoos, but hers will ‘be there forever’; also, she’d had enough of ‘silly questions’ when asked if it was boyfriend’s phone number

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

With 1st declared rocket attack in 15 years, Hezbollah risks war to test Israel

IDF’s projection in early 2021 that the Lebanese terrorist militia will try to initiate limited conflicts on the border comes true

Israeli artillery fires toward Lebanon from a position near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona following Hezbollah rocket fire from the Lebanese side of the border, on August 6, 2021 (JALAA MAREY / AFP)

Hezbollah fires rockets toward Israel on July 8 2021 (Screencapture)

Hezbollah warns it will hit Israel again if IDF strikes, releases attack video

By Aaron Boxerman

Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi and other top officers at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 6, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gantz warns Lebanon: Your situation is dire and we can make it even worse

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks to a group of American Jewish community leaders in New York, on June 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)

Israel ‘would ultimately like to see regime change in Iran,’ says envoy Erdan

Comments by ambassador to US and UN represent some of most far-reaching made by an Israeli official in favor of overthrowing the ayatollahs’ regime

Illustrative: Tugboats are moored next to the Israeli-linked tanker MT Mercer Street, off the Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates, on August 3, 2021. (Karim Sahib/AFP)

G7 countries condemn attack on Mercer Street tanker off Oman, blame Iran

By AP and Jacob Magid

In this image provided by Maxar Technologies, the oil tanker Mercer Street is seen off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on August 4, 2021. (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Iran rejects ‘baseless’ G7 accusations over fatal attack on Mercer Street tanker

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Analysis

Sensing a shift in power dynamic, Iran steps up shadow war with Israel

A seemingly emboldened Tehran may be upping its aggressive posture in the region in order to press its nuke talks position and test new leaders in Washington and Jerusalem

Lebanese soldiers stand next to a truck carrying a multiple rocket launcher after confiscating it, in the southern village of Shouayya, on August 6, 2021 (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Lebanese soldiers stand next to a truck carrying a multiple rocket launcher after confiscating it, in the southern village of Shouayya, on August 6, 2021 (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

US urges Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah attacks on Israel

Yirmiyahu Danzig

The Igbo Hebrews and their struggle against antisemitism

Could it be that Western Civilization’s eurocentric and antisemitic bias has blinded the Jewish world to the existence of an entire community of our own people?

Shut up and teach? Why labor unions weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

My union condemned Israel because an injury to working people in one country needs to be resisted by working people throughout the world

Illustrative: Smoke rises following Israeli missile strikes on Gaza City on May 13, 2021. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

IDF strikes Hamas sites in Gaza after arson balloons spark fires in south

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says it hit Hamas camp and rocket-launching position; Strip residents report blasts in the northern part of coastal enclave

Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze in southern Israel that was sparked by a ballon-borne incendiary device launched by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, on August 6, 2021. (Moshe Baruchi/KKL-JNF)

Gaza terror groups send fire balloons into Israel, sparking four blazes

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces during a demonstration against the Israeli outpost of Evyatar in the village of Beita in the West Bank, on August 6, 2021. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP)

Palestinian said killed by IDF live fire during clashes near illegal outpost

By Aaron Boxerman

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat-Michigan, listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on February 12, 2020. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Jewish leaders condemn Tlaib’s ‘antisemitic dog whistle’ in recent comments

Congresswoman spoke of people ‘behind the curtain’ exploiting ‘the rest of us,’ from Gaza to Detroit

Michael Herzog is interviewed by VOA Persian on August 11, 2019. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Mike Herzog, president’s brother and Brig. Gen. (Ret), named as ambassador to US

Veteran adviser to defense ministers, peace negotiator to serve during both Bennett and Lapid’s terms as PM, pending cabinet approval

Israel sends firefighting team, equipment to Greece as thousands flee blazes

By ToI Staff and AP

‘We’re talking about the apocalypse,’ says Greek Coast Guard officer evacuating residents and tourists from Evia island; one person killed near Athens as fires close in on capital

Analysis

As deadly weather disasters sweep globe, is a 1.5°C warming target impossible?

Questions over whether Paris Agreement’s aspirational target can be met, as UN’s first comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change since 2014 to be released Monday

Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

In this Nov. 28, 2019, file photo, smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin in central China's Shanxi Province. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)

ExplainerEarth’s energy budget is out of balance and is warming the climate

By scott denning

Flames from the Dixie Fire consume a home on Highway 89 south of Greenville on Aug. 5, 2021, in Plumas County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire destroys a California town

By Christopher Weber and noah berger

Natan Sharansky on June 24, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Natan Sharansky and wife recovering after contracting COVID-19

By JTA

Sharansky, 73, who along with his Avital was vaccinated months ago, urges Israelis to get third vaccine dose if eligible for booster

Government said weighing lottery between vaccine holdouts to encourage shots

$31 million set aside for various efforts to inoculate over 1 million unvaccinated, but legal hurdles remain; health officials say 600-700 seriously ill would trigger lockdown

An illustrative photo of a Mifal Hapayis lotto booth in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

In this March 29, 2021 file photo, a worker readies syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Metairie, LA. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

US CDC study shows vaccine gives COVID-19 survivors big immune boost

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and Mike Stobbe

The Mercaz Academy will operate a Jewish day school in what had been the elementary school campus of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County in Plainview, Long Island. (Mercaz Academy/ via JTA)

'This school is an essential part of Jewish life here'

Parents chip in to save a Long Island Jewish school — by buying it themselves

With the help of local leaders, the institution — to be reincarnated as the Mercaz Academy — will continue to serve the community, and retain its teaching staff

More Headlines

Illustrative: A Delta aircraft is seen on Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Evert Elzinga)

18 Orthodox Jewish girls taken off Amsterdam-NY flight in COVID protocol dispute

By Cnaan Liphshiz

This Aug. 22, 2014, aerial photo shows a view of Pavmotis Lake, with the lake isle and city of Ioannina, in northwestern Greece (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Grave desecrated in Jewish cemetery in Greek city of Ioannina

By AP

Nach Waxman in an undated photo (Kitchen Arts & Letters via JTA)

ObituaryNach Waxman, NYC cookbook store owner and Jewish text enthusiast, dies at 84

(L-R) Eric Andre, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero in The Village Temple in New York City, in an episode of "Desus & Mero." (Screen capture/YouTube)

Honorary tribe membersDesus and Mero get bar mitzvahed (sort of) in their Showtime series

By Gabe Friedman

Annika Schleu of Germany cries as she couldn't controls her horse to compete in the equestrian portion of the women's modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Tokyo 2020German coach thrown out of Olympics for punching uncooperative horse

By AFP

Joint gold medalists Mutaz Barshim, of Qatar, and Gianmarco Tamberi, left, of Italy pose for a photo following the men's high jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Shining example‘You made me cry’: Olympian touched by reaction to shared gold

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