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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 11, 2021

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Combination photo, from left: Hossein Amirabdollahian, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi (AP Photos/Misha Japaridze, Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s Raisi taps minister wanted for role in Buenos Aires Jewish Center bombing

By AP and ToI Staff

New interior minister Ahmad Vahidi sought by Interpol; the president’s pick for top diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, is an avowed anti-Westerner with ties to IRGC, Hezbollah

Iran's newly elected President Ebrahim Raisi stands on the podium during his swearing in ceremony at the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran on August 5, 2021. (Atta KENARE / AFP)

Israel said to warn CIA chief that new Iranian president is mentally disturbed

By ToI Staff and AFP

CIA chief William Burns, left, meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem, August 11, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershon/GPO)

Bennett meets CIA chief Burns to discuss Iran, increased Israel-US cooperation

Morocco's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohcine Jazouli greets Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (center) at Rabat-Sale International Airport, August 11, 2021 (Shlomi Amsalem, GPO)

Lapid touches down in Morocco to kick off historic visit

By Lazar Berman

Foreign minister to open diplomatic mission in Rabat, meet with Moroccan counterpart Bourita; two-day trip is first by an Israeli top diplomat since 2003

Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 3, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Health officials predict thousands of seriously ill COVID patients within month

One thousand chairs are placed at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to symbolize the deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday, September 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

‘People die in a pandemic’: Shaked rapped for seeming to brush off COVID deaths

By Raoul Wootliff

Health care workers take test samples at a drive through coronavirus testing center in Jerusalem, on August 10, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Serious COVID patients hit 400 as nearly 6,000 cases diagnosed Tuesday

Mohamed Agbariyah receives a coronavirus vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination center in the northern Arab Israeli town of Umm el-Fahm, January 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

As Delta variant surges, a third of eligible Arab Israelis remain unvaccinated

By Aaron Boxerman

Coronavirus infections are very low in the community, but officials fear lack of immunization could lead to a serious outbreak, especially among Bedouins

A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a man at a drive-thru coronavirus testing facility in Jerusalem, on August 10, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel set to expand Green Pass; TV: 3rd shot may soon be offered to over-45s

Israelis aged 60+ receive their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary Clalit health care center in Tel Aviv, on August 10, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

3rd COVID shot highly potent in Israel’s immunocompromised, early study shows

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, center, leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on August 1, 2021. (Emil Salman/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

COVID cabinet expected to approve new restrictions as cases spike

Ministers weigh limiting the size of gatherings and requiring all Israelis over age 3 to present a ‘Green Pass’ for entry to most locales

6:24 pm

Incoming NY governor says she's ready to lead
5:39 pm

Netanyahu reportedly heading on two-week vacation to US
5:30 pm

Antibodies surge in those who got booster shot, study shows

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during opening day of the 2019 legislative session in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Kathy Hochul, set to replace Cuomo as NY governor, no stranger to state’s Jews

Lt. gov. was among first to call out recent antisemitism spurt in New York; made impression by attending meetings with US Jewish community leaders and touring Hasidic strongholds

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event at the new Settlement Community Center in the Bronx borough of New York, on March 26, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Pool Photo via AP)

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment accusations

By MARINA VILLENEUVE

Israelis take part in a protest march to demand immediate action on climate change, Tel Aviv, on March 29, 2019. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

Explainer

What can Israel do to fight the climate crisis? An expert names the top 5 steps

A house is burning as forest fires approach the village of Pefki on Evia (Euboea) island, Greece's second largest island, on August 8, 2021. Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately on August 8 to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee. Greece and Turkey have been battling devastating fires for nearly two weeks as the region suffered its worst heatwave in decades, which experts have linked to climate change. (ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP)

Pace of global warming ‘quicker than we thought’ says only Israeli on UN panel

Illustrative image: Israelis take part in a protest demanding immediate action on climate change in Tel Aviv on April 27, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing August 11 – Climate crisis and hot spot Sheikh Jarrah unpacked

Why I stopped wearing tefillin

I was going to be a Conservative rabbi when I grew up; instead, a stint of intensive Torah study in the Orthodox world set me on a different path

Michael Eisenberg

Have more children!

Taking care of the next generation makes us invest time, energy, and resources to make the world a better place; and then the kids will solve the climate crisis

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Encountering the Divine in prayer and sexuality

The experience truly cannot be expressed in words. It takes us out of ourselves, and yet allows us to connect most powerfully

Rachel Barenblat

Rabbis are supposed to offer hope on the High Holidays. What if I can’t?

Given the damage we humans have wrought on our health and well-being and the earth itself, I knew I needed inspiration myself before I could help others

Illustrative: Programming scripts on a computer monitor. (Motortion/iStock by Getty Images)

Chinese group carried out widespread cyber espionage campaign in Israel – report

Hackers infiltrated Israeli government bodies and companies in operations likely motivated by business and tech interests; Iran and UAE also targeted

Illustrative image of a Wix-made app. (Courtesy/Wix)

Wix rolls out tool for building apps without any coding

Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Relations Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmad al Khalifa, right, meets with Tal Kelman, head of the Strategic Division of the IDF Planning Directorate, August 10, 2021. (IDF spokesperson/Twitter)

Senior Bahraini official openly meets IDF commander who handles Iran

Army publishes photo of Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmad al Khalifa shaking hands with Tal Kelman, in further sign of strengthening alliance between countries

Minister: Israel holds direct contacts with Saudis, others in Gulf to fight Iran

Iranian state media claims Israeli submarine passed through Suez into Red Sea

Gantz, Herzog threaten Israel will step up responses if Iranian attacks continue

By Emanuel Fabian

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center) visits a police station on August 11, 2021, to announce a new national plan to tackle crime in the Arab sector. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

With new policing division, Bennett unveils plan to tackle crime among Arabs

By Aaron Boxerman

PM says high crime levels are the result of state neglect: ‘The situation is intolerable and we will put an end to it’

Interview'We need to understand why they acted as they did'

New book dredges up Warsaw Ghetto ‘police’ who sent fellow Jews to their deaths

By Rich Tenorio

Polish historian Katarzyna Person quotes firsthand accounts to reveal the bleak reality that set the stage for the creation of the infamous Jewish Order Service

Tokyo 2020'Thank you all for your love and warmth'

‘Delighted to be back in Israel’: Olympic champion Linoy Ashram welcomed as hero

‘I will not forget this reception my whole life,’ says gold medal gymnast to hundreds of supporters gathered at airport to greet her after Tokyo victory

IAF and AFCENT F-15 and F-16 jets are seen over southern Israel during the 'Desert Eagle' drill, on August 10, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli, US air forces complete first-of-a-kind joint drill in southern Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

‘Desert Eagle’ exercise between IAF and US Air Force Central Command comes as ties set to move under US military’s Mideast-focused CENTCOM

Then US Vice President Joe Biden (R) leans over to talk with Amos Hochstein, a State Department Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs, before speaking at the Caribbean Energy Security Summit at the State Department in Washington, January 26, 2015. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Biden taps Israel-born Amos Hochstein to oversee disputed Russia energy plan

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) is seated during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at the Heliopolis Presidential Palace, on May 26, 2021, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

US hails Egypt’s ‘constructive’ role in Gaza, elsewhere, despite rights concerns

By AFP

A man walks past an Orthodox yeshiva in Brooklyn, Sept. 29, 2020. (Daniel Moritz-Rabson/ via JTA)

Interview

New documentary tackles debate over secular education in New York City yeshivas

Justice for Sarah Halimi placards, April 2021 (Crédit : Consistoire israélite du Haut-Rhin)

Sister of murdered French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi asks Israel to try case

Lawyers file antisemitism complaint with Israel Police after French court decided killer won’t stand trial because he had used drugs; however, France doesn’t extradite its citizens

Illustrative -- A protester holds a banner depicting French President Emmanuel Macron as a 'puppet' during a demonstration, part of a national day of protest against the mandatory COVID-19 health pass to access most of the public space, in Lille, northern France, on August 7, 2021. (Francois Lo Presti/AFP)

Frenchwoman faces antisemitism trial over sign calling prominent Jews ‘traitors’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Norwegian Imam Noor Ahmad Noor. (Kirkelig Dialogsenter via JTA)

Norwegian imam who has led interfaith dialogue said Jews should be killed

By Cnaan Liphshiz

75 years on, harsh British detention of Holocaust survivors in Cyprus remembered

By Peter Martell

One of the last remaining metal huts that housed thousands of Jewish prisoners attempting to reach Israel will be the centerpiece of a new Jewish Museum in Larnaca

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A painting adorns a wall at a closed United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school during a general strike by UN staff, in Gaza City, Sept. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas said to block UN team from inspecting school where tunnel was found

Russian scientist Vladimir Tselin. (IF-MSTUCA.RU via JTA)

Russian scientist, 82, beaten on Moscow bus in antisemitic attack

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Courtroom sketch shows Iranian defendant Hamid Noury (2nd from left) sitting in the District Court of Stockholm with his defense attorney Daniel Marcus (3rd from left) on the opening of his trial for war crimes and murder, on August 10, 2021. (Anders Humlebo/AFP)

Iranian official on trial in Sweden for war crimes tied to new president Raisi

By AFP

Illustrative: The grave of a daughter of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav after it was torched in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, in 2015. (Oholei Tzadikim via JTA)

Ukraine grave of Rabbi Nachman’s daughter destroyed, desecrated with pig heads

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Israel Olympic baseball manager Eric Holtz watches his team practice at Salt River Fields spring training facility, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP/Matt York)

Team Israel baseball coach steps down after lackluster Olympics

By Marc Brodsky

Walter Yetnikoff in New York on January 17, 1978. (AP/Carlos Rene Perez)

Walter Yetnikoff, schmoozy brawler who headed CBS Records, dies at 87

By Hillel Italie

A pygmy blue butterfly (Brephidium exilis thompsoni) on sea purslane, Sesuvium portulacastrum, in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. (Charles J. Sharp/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Out of the blueButterfly experts aflutter over arrival of foreign species at Dead Sea

Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel chief warns against lockdown, downplays inflation fears

'Missing Faces - Live' by Iris Erez is one of the performances at the upcoming Jerusalem Puppet Festival, August 22-26, 2021 (Courtesy Orly Erez Lachubesek)

No strings attached: Puppet fest may offer free rapid COVID testing at entrance

By Jessica Steinberg

In this picture taken on August 9, 2021, Taliban fighters stand along a road in the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by the Taliban over the weekend. (AFP)

Thousands flee as Taliban seize another provincial capital in Afghanistan

By Usman SHARIFI

An illustrative photo of a section of once-top secret pages from a congressional report into 9/11, July 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

US to review classified 9/11 files for possible publication

By AFP

US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad arrives for talks in Doha, Qatar, on August 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

US vows Taliban will become global pariah if it takes Afghanistan by force

By KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGAR

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