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What Matters Most On Saturday, August 28, 2021

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, on August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (GPO)

Biden: Always there for Israel; PM: New bipartisan spirit

At first meeting, Biden pledges to Bennett that Iran will ‘never’ get nukes

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

After 50-minute meeting at White House, US leader says he prefers diplomacy with Tehran but there are ‘other options’; hopes for ‘close personal relationship’ with Israel’s new PM

US President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House. on August 27, 2021. in Washington, DC. (Pool/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)

Atmosphere in White House ‘not optimistic’ about Iran deal — Israeli official

By Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, speaks as he meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (GPO)

Full text: Biden and Bennett’s statements at the White House

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech marking the Iranian New Year, in Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

After Biden’s warning to Iran, Khamenei fumes: ‘Americans truly have no shame’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

With US president telling Israeli PM of ‘other options’ if nuclear talks fail, supreme leader says current administration no different from Trump’s

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R) and US President Joe Biden have coffee in the White House private presidential dining hall on Aug. 27, 2021. (White House/Twitter)

Bennett: Biden loves Israel; I invited him to visit after Delta variant defeated

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

PM tells reporters he found US president very ‘attentive to our needs’ in ‘wonderful meeting;’ praises his commitment to curb Iran, but warns: ‘there isn’t a lot of time’

An improvised synagogue at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his entourage to pray over Shabbat on August 28, 2021. (Israeli Embassy in Washington)

Insta-gogueBennett’s team sets up shul at DC hotel amid unexpected Shabbat stay

Protesters demonstrate in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on July 30, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Biden raised reopening of Jerusalem consulate, opposition to evictions, with PM

Op-ed

In shadow of Kabul chaos, Bennett tells Biden why US must stay engaged in region

Imagine the ‘nuclear nightmare’ the whole world would face were radical Islamists to acquire the bomb, the PM tells a president shaken and bloodied by Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks as he meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Live updates (closed)Bennett says he has invited Biden to visit Israel ‘after Delta variant defeated’

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

US says drone strike kills alleged planner of Kabul airport bombing

By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, KATHY GANNON, Ellen Knickmeyer and Lolita C. Baldor

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

ExplainerHow dangerous is ‘ISIS K,’ the Islamic State offshoot in Afghanistan?

By KATHY GANNON and Ellen Knickmeyer

Members of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, a Sunni Islamist militant group, wave the Taliban flags as they celebrate the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in the city of Idlib, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Taliban takeover energizes, galvanizes radical Islam around world, analysts warn

People walk on the tarmac as they disembark from a Airbus A400M military transport aircraft at the French military air base 104 of Al Dhafra, near Abu Dhabi, on August 23, 2021, after being evacuated from Kabul (BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)

UK, France end Afghan evacuation efforts, but many who wish to flee left behind

As US withdrawal deadline nears and terror threats grow at Kabul airport, countries wrap up their efforts to fly refugees out of the country

A US Air Force aircraft takes off from the military airport in Kabul on August 27, 2021, as the Pentagon said the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan still faces more possible attacks like the bombing that killed scores of people outside the Kabul airport. (AFP)

As Kabul blast death toll rises to over 170, US warns further attacks ‘likely’

Wounded women arrive at a hospital for treatment after two deadly blasts outside the airport in Kabul on August 26, 2021. (Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

World expresses outrage over ‘barbaric’ Kabul airport attack; so does Taliban

By AFP

Giulia Boukhobza

I see myself in that Afghan girl – and I want to scream

As a Jewish, female refugee from Libya, I know all too well the consequences for women and girls in a society that takes religious dogma to the nth degree. Shame on us.

I throw away books

If no one’s going to open it again, it goes in the bin (and good luck to that guy on Facebook trying to sell his 16-volume Encyclopedia Judaica)

Harvard head chaplain Greg Epstein (Screencapture/YouTube))

Harvard University elects a Jewish head chaplain — who doesn’t believe in God

By AFP

Greg Epstein has been a humanist chaplain at prestigious school since 2005, will now lead team of more than 40 chaplains, representing 20 religions

Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass in 'The Chair' (Eliza Morse/Netflix via JTA)

The real-life Nazi salute incident that may have inspired Netflix’s ‘The Chair’

By Chloe Sarbib

The show’s co-creator attended a US school where a math teacher jokingly called out ‘Heil Hitler!’ when demonstrating an obtuse angle, similar to the plot of the dramedy series

In this image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sirhan Sirhan arrives for a parole hearing on Friday, August 27, 2021, in San Diego. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

Two of RFK's sons speak in favor of release

California parole board votes to free Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan

By JULIE WATSON and brian melley

Sirhan, a Palestinian Christian angry at RFK for Israel support, weeps during hearing when asked about Middle East conflict, commits to ‘peace and non-violence’

Palestinian protesters from a group calling themselves the "Night Confusion Units" gather near the Gaza-Israel border east of al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 16, 2020.(Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Nighttime rioters plan return to Gaza border; 13-year-old dies week after clash

Palestinian ‘night confusion units’ will head to the barrier with Israel on Saturday night, despite Israel’s decision to ease some restrictions on the enclave

View from above the Manara Square in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 11, 2011. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Israel, PA discuss potential aid to Ramallah amid fears of economic collapse

By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid

File: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh flashes the victory sign before he speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hamas leaders in Jordan for first time in years to attend funeral

8-year-old Dinah Slepovitch has greeted Yiddishland attendees each morning for the last five years, and continues to do so in August 2021. (Danielle Ziri)

'It's a deep dive into our culture and heritage'

A Yiddish retreat in upstate NY unites ‘mamaloshen’ enthusiasts young and old

By Danielle Ziri

The Workers Circle’s Trip to Yiddishland is a week-long celebration of language, culture, art, music and dance, with dedicated attendees aged 8 to 92

Refugees board buses that will take them to a processing center after they arrive at Dulles International Airport after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan August 27, 2021 in Dulles, Virginia (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Jewish aid group: Afghan refugees face obstacles in US, community help is key

Challenge will continue for new arrivals in US, including finding housing and employment and getting work certification; but Jewish congregations’ support can be crucial, HIAS says

Afghan evacuees are pictured at the US Air Base Ramstein, Germany on August 26, 2021 (Armando BABANI / AFP)

US airbase in Germany becomes tent city, a stop for Afghans on way to new life

By Sebastien ASH

Composite photo: 18-year-old Anas Al-Wahwah (L) and 26-year-old Ibrahim Abu Amra, both shot dead in separate gun violence incidents on August 28, 2021 (Courtesy)

Two slain in latest killings within the Arab community

18-year-old shot dead in car in Lod, 26-year-old murdered in Bedouin town of Tel Sheva; police suspect both incidents tied to family feuds

Israel Travels

Flock to Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum for this family-friendly bird exhibit

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

See how ancient avians were feared, revered, or just part of everyday life in cultures around the world, plus kids can enjoy an interactive play area with costumes and games

Wassily Kandinsky, Painting with Houses ( Courtesy/ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Amsterdam to return Kandinsky painting to Jewish family following public outcry

By Cnaan Liphshiz

‘Painting with Houses,’ worth $22 million, was acquired from Irina Klein and her husband, under duress during the Holocaust, for $1,600

Danish conceptual artist Kristian von Hornsleth poses next to a sculpture he made being shown in a new exhibition at the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish art show defies ‘cancel culture’ but faces criticism for antisemitism

By Vanessa Gera

Vanessa Wruble is one of the organizers behind an August 2021 march for voting rights. (Mark Hartman/JTA)

Meet the longtime Jewish activist behind this weekend’s US voting rights marches

By PHILISSA CRAMER

More Headlines

Israeli students going to school in Tel Aviv, on April 18, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

With COVID trending down, Health Ministry said set to recommend opening schools

In this Feb. 6, 2021 photo, a worker in protective overalls carries disinfecting equipment while walking outside the Wuhan Central Hospital, where Li Wenliang, the whistleblower doctor who sounded the alarm and was reprimanded by local police for it in the early days of Wuhan's pandemic, worked in Wuhan in central China. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus

By NOMAAN MERCHANT

Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon shows off the silver medal he won at the Tokyo Paralympics on August 28, 2021. (Lilach Weiss/Israel Paralympic Committee)

Tokyo 2020Israeli swimmer Ami Omer Dadaon wins silver at Tokyo Paralympics

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

Anti-vaxxer indicted for threatening to harm education minister and her family

Bassem Awadallah, then-director of the Office of King Abdullah II of Jordan, attends a celebration to mark Independence Day, in Amman, Jordan, on May 25, 2008. (Nader Daoud/AP)

US raises concerns about treatment of ex-Jordanian official in ‘sedition’ plot

By Josef Federman and OMAR AKOUR

In this photo from October 24, 2015, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd during the holy day of Ashoura, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Nasrallah: Beirut port blast judge’s subpoena of caretaker PM is ‘unacceptable’

Microsoft fixes cloud vulnerability after warning from Israel-based company

By AP and ToI Staff

Republican congressman Thomas Massie walks down the House steps after a vote at the Capitol, September 17, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/JTA)

GOP congressman compares COVID measures to Holocaust, leading intern to quit

By JTA and ToI Staff

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